Comments on: What the Diet’s been up to lately: revising the law of transgendered people http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/11/what-the-diets-been-up-to-lately-revising-the-law-of-transgendered-people/ Photos, Stories and articles on East Asia Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:54:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Joe Jones http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/11/what-the-diets-been-up-to-lately-revising-the-law-of-transgendered-people/comment-page-1/#comment-295261 Joe Jones Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:19:49 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=2247#comment-295261 At the risk of getting gory, I think the same reasoning might apply in Japan as well, since they demand that the nether regions of the applicant resemble those of the new gender. If you aren't hung yet, you don't resemble a man. It is unfair in a sense, since the process is more difficult in one direction than in the other. At the same time, it's pretty fair to demand that the process be completed no matter which direction is in question. Even if a woman loses her breasts and reproductive organs, she is still physically a woman as far as any disinterested observer in the locker room is concerned. At the risk of getting gory, I think the same reasoning might apply in Japan as well, since they demand that the nether regions of the applicant resemble those of the new gender. If you aren’t hung yet, you don’t resemble a man. It is unfair in a sense, since the process is more difficult in one direction than in the other. At the same time, it’s pretty fair to demand that the process be completed no matter which direction is in question. Even if a woman loses her breasts and reproductive organs, she is still physically a woman as far as any disinterested observer in the locker room is concerned.

]]> By: Mulboyne http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/11/what-the-diets-been-up-to-lately-revising-the-law-of-transgendered-people/comment-page-1/#comment-295215 Mulboyne Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:55:34 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=2247#comment-295215 Just to keep a different topic alive, here's an article on policy in Taiwan: http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=fb3ee484632ed515a751d0865ced2b30 A government policy in Taiwan has made it more difficult for transgenders to get an ID, creating panic in the community. The policy, which went into effect last year, stipulates that female-to-male transgenders cannot get an ID card that identifies them as male unless they have undergone all three parts of gender reassignment surgery. Transgender rights organizations in Taiwan have asked the government to withdraw the policy. Xukuan Gao, spokesperson for the transgender organization Taiwan TG Butterfly Garden, pointed out that in the past, a female-born Taiwanese person who had had her breasts, womb and ovaries removed – the first stage of a three-part surgery, was recognized as a “he” and received a new male ID from the government. But since last October, Taiwan’s government decided not to issue a male ID until the transgender completes all three stages of the surgery, including the last step in which the person gets a surgical penis. There is no similar barrier added for male-born Taiwanese who have surgery to become women, reports Taiwan’s United Daily News. Just to keep a different topic alive, here’s an article on policy in Taiwan:

http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=fb3ee484632ed515a751d0865ced2b30

A government policy in Taiwan has made it more difficult for transgenders to get an ID, creating panic in the community. The policy, which went into effect last year, stipulates that female-to-male transgenders cannot get an ID card that identifies them as male unless they have undergone all three parts of gender reassignment surgery. Transgender rights organizations in Taiwan have asked the government to withdraw the policy. Xukuan Gao, spokesperson for the transgender organization Taiwan TG Butterfly Garden, pointed out that in the past, a female-born Taiwanese person who had had her breasts, womb and ovaries removed – the first stage of a three-part surgery, was recognized as a “he” and received a new male ID from the government. But since last October, Taiwan’s government decided not to issue a male ID until the transgender completes all three stages of the surgery, including the last step in which the person gets a surgical penis. There is no similar barrier added for male-born Taiwanese who have surgery to become women, reports Taiwan’s United Daily News.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Japan: Revising the Law of Transgendered People http://www.mutantfrog.com/2008/08/11/what-the-diets-been-up-to-lately-revising-the-law-of-transgendered-people/comment-page-1/#comment-286517 Global Voices Online » Japan: Revising the Law of Transgendered People Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:55:19 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=2247#comment-286517 [...] Jones from Mutant frog blogs about the Act Regarding Special Provisions for the Treatment of the Gender of Persons With Gender [...] [...] Jones from Mutant frog blogs about the Act Regarding Special Provisions for the Treatment of the Gender of Persons With Gender [...]

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