Octavius Hite
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 Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:37 am Post subject: Transsexuals Win Right to Change Official Sex |
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This is awesome news, Korea pulls ahead of many Western "liberal" democracy's. I am really starting to love this place!
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200606/200606220027.html
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In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court on Thursday decided that transsexuals can change their official sex in the Family Register. The court overturned a lower court ruling on an appeal filed by a man in his 50s who was a woman until gender reassignment surgery. It sets a precedent for similar requests from Korea�s estimated 30,000 transsexuals.
�As human beings, transsexuals have the right to human dignity, to pursue happiness and live a decent life,� the nation�s highest court said in its ruling. �It is reasonable to recognize their changed sex if they have the appearance of the gender opposite to the one they were born with and it is clear that their new sex is reflected in their personal and social circumstances and does not militate against public welfare and the social order.�
The court said names were widely accepted as the basis of identifying the sexes in many cases, and when transsexuals change their sexes in the Family Register they may also change their names.
The decision was greeted with delight by civil rights groups and dismay from religious organizations.
�I am very pleased that the ruling came in favor of transsexuals,� said Han Mu-ji, a representative of a transsexual rights group Earthworms. �The ruling will speed up other cases pending in local courts where transsexuals want to change their official sex. Oh Garam, the head of a gay rights group Between Friends hailed the �first-ever ruling in Korea to consider gender roles from a social perspective.� Oh vowed to campaigns for a change in social perceptions of transsexuals.
But Father Lee Chang-young, a member of the Korean Catholic Church�s standing committee on bioethics, said �All creatures on earth are the gift and blessing of God, and the same is true with sexes. Changing one�s sex through artificial operation explicitly runs counter to the order of creation established by God.� The priest said the ruling appeared driven by concern for a minority who suffer because of their sex change but warned if gender is determined by sexual orientation, �it will cause social chaos.�
The Rev. Choi Hee-bum of the Christian Council of Korea said the ruling �supports a theory that identifies sex by psychological rather than biological factors� and �violates the God-given order.� Choi said the ruling also offended against commonsense views of gender identity �and only emphasizes protection of the minority while disregarding the human rights of the majority.� |
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