Japan’s top court rules against bathroom restriction for transgender government employee
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By Emiko Jozuka and Jessie Yeung, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision on Tuesday, ruling against a government agency that had barred a transgender employee from using the women’s bathroom, according to public broadcaster NHK.
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In a landmark verdict, Japan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favour of a transgender bureaucrat who sued the government over access to female toilets at work.
The Supreme Court in Japan ruled that government-imposed restrictions on a transgender employee’s use of restrooms are illegal in a landmark decision over LGBTQ+ workplace rights.
By Emiko Jozuka and Jessie Yeung, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision on Tuesday, ruling against a government agency that had barred a transgender employee from using the women’s bathroom, according to public broadcaster NHK.
The ruling, the first by Japan’s highest court on the work environment for LGBT individuals, comes in the wake of a series of mostly positive regional court rulings about same-sex marriage.
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