US EditionJAPAN: Transgender Politician Sues Social Media User For Referring To Him As A Man
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JAPAN: Transgender Politician Sues Social Media User For Referring To Him As A Man
A transgender politician in Japan is suing a social media user for referring to him as a male. Risa Kawakami, a town councilor in Shimamoto-cho, Osaka Prefecture, is seeking 2 million yen in compensation for suffering “mental pain” as a result of the comments. Kawakami, a representative with Japan’s Communist Party, first announced his lawsuit on last week in a series of social media posts where he denounced “trans hate” and claimed to be taking…
A transgender woman who was elected to the town council in Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture, has received 2 million yen in compensation from a man in his 50s in Nagoya City for repeatedly being subjected to discriminatory slander on social media, including being called a "fake councilor pretending to be a woman."
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