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Who’s Your Daddy: Gender Identity and Paternity in Japan

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In 2004, the Japanese government enacted the Gender Identity Disorder Law, which allowed transgendered people to finally change their sex on official identification. Although some argue that defining a change in gender identity as a disorder is wrong-headed and biased, the law does at least allow for people to live in [...]

May 31st, 2010 | Posted in Culture | Read More »

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