Experts have questioned a legal requirement for people with gender identity disorder to undergo sex reassignment surgery to officially change their registered sex."There are various types of people among those with gender dysphoria, including those who need sex-change surgery," Katsuki Harima, a psychiatrist, told a recent symposium in Tokyo."But I doubt if it is an ethical practice to require even those who do not feel significant physical pain to have the surgery to legally change their gender."Under the current law, GID people are allowed to change the way their sex is listed in their fa…READ FULL ARTICLE
