cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/9618293
Archived version: https://archive.ph/qbB52
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240208021134/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/08/japan-transgender-man-status-change-ruling-court-sterilisation
Finland was the same until about a year ago. Changing your legal gender used to require “inability to procreate”, which effectively meant sterilisation.