Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 2016 same-sex marriage rally in Tokyo A transgender woman is the first person in Japan to be granted a legal gender change ...

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In retrospect, what surprises me most is how quick it was. When Illinois approved the addition of an X gender marker on state IDs in 2019, I wasn’t even entirely sure I wanted one. It seemed ...

The Japanese Hiroshima High Court ruled last Tuesday that a transgender woman doesn’t have to get gender-affirming surgery to be legally recognized as a woman, marking a first in the country’s history ...

In Indiana, gender change requests required a certified court order. Hoosiers had to petition a judge to sign off on a “verified petition for change of gender” — which was among the documents that had ...

The civil rights of LGBTQ+ Texans are on the line this legislative session, with hundreds of bills expected to be filed before legislators take to their seats at the Capitol in January. But orders ...

April 8 (UPI) --The Vatican and Pope Francis issued a strong declaration Monday, condemning transgender sex change, surrogate motherhood and abortion as "grave threats" to human dignity. "We are ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Starting this week, officials with the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles stated that they will no longer let customers change their gender markers on their credentials. According to the ...