Diet panel OKs bill allowing GID parents to change gender

Diet panel OKs bill allowing GID parents to change gender

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors Judicial Affairs Committee votes unanimously for a bill to enable parents with gender identity disorder to change their registered gender after their children have reached adulthood. Under Japan's current sex-change law, only childless adults can legally change their gender. (Kyodo)

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