EXCLUSIVE: Transgender Woman's Legal Battle Over ID Change Continues
TaiwanPlus speaks with transgender plaintiff Vivi on her ongoing battle to change her gender ID without gender affirming surgery or a psychiatric certificate. It's a fight she hopes can prompt change for Taiwan's transgender rights.
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00:00Vivi, the court has ruled that you will need one psychiatrist instead of the legally required two
00:05to prove that you're a woman. How do you feel about that?
00:30What are your next steps following today's ruling?
01:00The successful rulings in the past were all judged on a case-by-case basis,
01:10and the actual legal process for someone to change their ID genders has not caught up with
01:15these decisions. How do you think your case will make a difference?
01:30So the rights of transgenders will be pushed back further, because everyone thinks this is not important.
01:37But because society can't accept it directly, it's because of education and these laws
01:42that don't formalize transgenders at all, so it leads to a cycle.