JNews!-性同一性障害 Gender Identity Disorder in Japan

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Original article is here:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20120126/k10015538791000.html
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Some useful vocabulary:
性同一性障害 seidōitsuseishōgai = gender identity disorder
嫡出子 chakushutsushi   = legitimate child
認定 nintei = approve, agree
一致しない icchishinai = does not agree
戸籍 koseki = family register
人工授精 jinkōjusei = artificial insemination
法律上 hōritsujō = legal
不当 futō unjust/unfair
診断　shindan = diagnosis
第三者 daisansha = 3rd party
提供teikyō = supply
出生届 shusseitodoke = birth registration
を巡って wo megutte = in regard to, concerning
血縁関係 ketsuenkankei = blood relationship;
法務大臣 hōmudaijin = Minister of Justice
検討 kentō =consideration
法改正 hōkaisei change in the law
本籍地 honsekichi = where you were born
受理 juri = acceptance
弁護団 bengodan defense counsel
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My translation of the original article:
Man with gender identity disorder's child not recognized
A husband who suffered from gender identity disorder and had his official family registry　changed from female to male is suing because the child he and his wife had through artificial insemination is not being recognized as their legitimate child by the courts. Claiming it is unfair, this is the first lawsuit of its kind in Japan. The couple who decided to file the lawsuit live in Osaka. The 29 year old husband was born a woman, but, after being diagnosed with gender identity disorder, changed his sex in the official family registry to male. Later, after getting married, and with sperm supplied by a third party, the couple had a baby boy, but their child's birth registration was not recognized. Two years later the child's name is still not on their official family registry. People with gender identity disorder have been allowed to change their sexes on their official family registries since 2004, and there have been cases of children resulting from these unions. However, children not related by blood do not receive legal recognition. Two years ago, Minister of Justice Chiba indicated he was considering changing the law, but nothing has happened. The couple will go to the ward office in Tokyo on the Jan. 27th and submit their child's birth registration. If it is not accepted they plan to sue in the family courts to have their child legally recognized.
There are over 2,000 people in Japan who have legally changed their sex on their family register, but according to a legal group this is the first lawsuit of its kind. The husband has said, "They allowed me to change my sex on my family register so I want them to recognize our child."
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[hanakazeboy]

4:33

誤=人工受精 

正=人工授精

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@hanakazeboy

有り難う！

[GreenTaurosGuy]

Sorry if this has been answered before in a previous video, but did he get his dog in Japan or bring it with him? And how old is Maggie? Thanks so much.

[Gimmeaflakeman]

@GreenTaurosGuy

I bought her in Japan. Short snouted dogs do not travel well.

[iiCHiiMAN]

Transexuality shouldn't be considered as a disease or disorder.

[idostuff1up]

Maggie is so professional in the vid, so stoic. xD

[JapplengUniversity]

@DavidEatsPaste I agree, Gender Dysphoria makes more sense and seems less offensive. I don't remember much about the details, but the chromosome makeup may get some XX data in XY or SRY which results in intersex individuals. I don't really know much about the details about it, however I have read that there's absolutely no link between transgenders and autism, only social issues which ar caused by others like anxiety and depression. HRT and SRS can sometimes lead to negative physical sideeffects

[SaruCharmed]

You got your dog's sex changed? O.o There's a story behind this....

Anyways, you can legally change your gender but not marry someone of the same sex in Japan? Interesting.

[DavidEatsPaste]

@DestroyaDoll I do think Gender Dysphoria is a better term, but only because it makes more sense, not because it's "less offensive". I actually never really heard someone call it offensive before :/

[DavidEatsPaste]

@DaFawky But that's the thing. Nobody is familiar with all of the issues, so you have to be patient and understanding of their ignorance. Replace falafels with "not knowing whether to use black, African-american, or the n-word". It still applies. People who grow up in racist environments (who are not necessarily racist) are prone to this type of ignorance. The only thing you can do is meet them at their level and explain politely (not angrily) that using the n-word is not okay now.

[DavidEatsPaste]

@RealistReviewer Disorder can also mean "an irregularity" which, to me, applies to the mismatch of sex and gender.

[MsSunhappy]

i dont understand the family registry, isnt very civilized country required their citizen to register every major change in their life?