英文摘要 |
In recent years, there has been a judicial decision which determined that the Household Administration Bureau should not reject the applications for gender registrations from transgenders without certificates of sex reassignment surgery. Due to the promotion of gender equality and medical advancement, if such certificates of transsexual operations are not required, it is expected that there will be more people who want to change their legal genders to fit individual gender identity. According to the enforcement of Act for Implementation of JY Interpretation No 748, two same-sex persons could apply for marriage registrations at the Household Administration Bureau. In that case, if someone changes his/her gender after different-sex marriage or same-sex marriage, due to that the requirements of divorce, adoption, etc. are different in Civil Law and by Act for Implementation of JY Interpretation No 748, which law is to apply may influence the legal validity of the marriage. This is the reason why it is essential to discuss and analyze these issues in this article. |