Japan's top court backs transgender woman in toilet case

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 11, 2023 6:45 pm

TOKYO: In a landmark verdict, Japan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a transgender bureaucrat who sued the government over access to women's toilets at work.

The court found that a decision barring the woman from using nearby toilets and forcing her to use others two floors from her office was 'extremely lacking in validity.'

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