Tag - transgender

 
 

TRANSGENDER

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 16, 2015
Transgender people win legal recognition in Ireland
Transgender people in Ireland have won legal recognition of their status through the passage of a law allowing them to change their legal gender with no medical or state intervention.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 6, 2015
Led by president's daughter, Cubans plan mass symbolic gay, transgender wedding
Cuban gay rights activists led by the daughter of President Raul Castro plan a mass symbolic wedding on Saturday to promote acceptance of gay and transgender Cubans in a country once notoriously hostile toward them.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 25, 2015
Olympian Bruce Jenner makes transgender history by identifying as a woman
Olympic gold medalist and reality TV star Bruce Jenner said on Friday that he identifies as a woman, becoming the highest-profile American to come out as transgender.
EDITORIALS
Dec 23, 2014
Protecting sexual minorities' rights
A Japanese civic group survey has the ruling Liberal Democratic Party standing out from other parties in its failure to view issues involving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people as human rights problems.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2014
Dec 12, 2014
Ishikawa aims to become first openly gay member of Lower House
Openly gay politician Taiga Ishikawa says that winning a Diet seat in Sunday's election would empower him to change politics and help Japanese society recognize its diversity.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jul 13, 2013
Gender bending in Japan
Do our genitals define us? Increasingly, they do not. Is sexuality more complicated than male/female? Increasingly, it is.
Japan Times
Features
Feb 13, 2005
Go! Go! Kingyo!
If you go down to Roppongi tonight, you're sure of a few surprises. Not least, in Tokyo's favorite party zone renowned for its glitz and sleaze, you're guaranteed a world tour of ethnic restaurants, along with enough bars, dance clubs and strip joints to satisfy every taste.

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’