Courts in Japan and India deliver trans rights victories
Japan's Supreme Court says it's unacceptable to restrict bathroom use by trans employee
Japan’s Supreme Court ruled today that it is “unacceptable” to restrict a transgender woman’s use of bathrooms at her place of work. This is the first major LGBT employment discrimination victory at the Japanese Supreme Court, and comes after the government recently passed a watered-down bill to ‘promote LGBT understanding’ and after several lower courts ruled that barring same-sex marriage is incompatible with the constitution.
In India, the Telangana High Court has struck down a colonial era “Eunuchs Law” in Hyderabad that it said unconstitutionally discriminated against transgender people, whom the law categorized as de facto criminals.
Tangentially related, last night I saw the movie “Joy Ride” (2023), a sex comedy about a group of Asian-American women on a trip to China that features a non-binary main character. Despite the grossly generic and misleading title – none of the cast drives a car or any other motor vehicle on screen – I thought it was a lot of fun!
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