Author: Viridian Lakes
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Meet Michael, Pole Sports World Champion 2025
From the 20th to the 25th of October 2025, the International Pole and Aerial Sports Federation (IPSF) held its World Pole & Aerial Championship in Argentina. Among the results of their many events, one stands out: the 40+ Men’s division, won by a Japanese competitor who just also happens to be a trans man. Michael,…
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Blue Boy Trial (2025)
Photos © 2025 “Blue Boy Trial” Film Partners In 1969, a verdict was delivered in a criminal trial that resulted in a moratorium on GRS in Japan for the next three decades [*]. The trial involved an intersection between medical ethics, prostitution, police power, and eugenics. It became known as the Blue Boy Trial. The…
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Tokyo High Court Rules Lack of Marriage Equality Constitutional, Despite Other Rulings
PHOTO: by Kakidai, under CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons On 28 November 2025, the Tokyo High Court ruled that Japan’s lack of marriage equality was constitutional, contrary to all of the five earlier High Court decisions, including one out of the same Tokyo High Court (albeit in a different case before a different…
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New Japanese Court Win, Expanded (But Still Restricted) Rights for Same Sex Couples, and Takaichi’s Ascendancy
This article covers a lot of ground. Since our last article on Japan, there have been quite a few developments in the realm of trans and LGBTQ rights, as well as one big area for potential concern. We will start with the good news. Sapporo Family Court Finds Requirement for Legal Transition Unconstitutional in Second…
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Japanese Family Court Finds Remaining Surgical Requirement Unconstitutional
On 19 September, the Sapporo Family Court found that the requirement to have “genitalia matching the target sex” as a requirement to legally change sex in Japan is unconstitutional and therefore invalid, according to an exclusive published in the Asahi Shinbun on 23 September. ([1]) According to Asahi, the case involved a transgender man in…
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