（訳 by AJ）
台湾の新方針にトランスジェンダーが抗議
台湾政府の新方針は、トランスジェンダーのIDの性別変更を困難にしたために、ＴＧコミュニティーをパニックにおとしいれている。この方針は、昨年、施行されたもので、ＦＴＭの性別変更を、ＳＲＳの３段階全てが終了しない限り、認めないとしたものだ。
台湾のＴＧ人権団体は、この新方針の撤回を求めている。
台湾の TG Butterfly Gardenという団体の広報である Xukuan Gaoが指摘するには、これまでは台湾のＦＴＭはＳＲＳの３段階の第１段階である、乳房切除と子宮卵巣摘出さえすれば、男性として認められ、新しいIDが取得できた。しかし昨年１０月より、台湾政府はペニス形成まで終える３段階全てのＳＲＳを終了しない限り、新しいIDを発行しないと決定した。ＭＴＦでは、そのような追加条件はなされていないと、Ｔaiwan’s United Daily Newsは報道した。
Gao いわく、その新方針はＴＧコミュニティにパニックをもたらしている。
手術前の多くのＦＴＭがとほうに暮れているとGaoは語る.３段階のうち最初の２段階を終わらせても、男性IDが取得できず、そのため職場や学校や公衆トイレで嫌がらせを受けることになる。
第１段階の手術を終えたあるＦＴＭによれば、ペニス形成をする第３段階の手術は高価で時間がかかり、リスクも高い、という。結果的に、多くのＦＴＭは、第３段階の手術は行わないことを選択する。彼がいうには「半年もの休暇が必要であり、手術には少なくとも800,000 台湾ドル ($25,000 U.S.ドル)もかかる。みんながみんな払える額ではない」。
Taiwan’s Gender Equality Education Association 会長のYoumei Laiが言うには、政府の新方針は、人権侵害であり、実施前におおやけの場所で、議論されることもなかった。政府はＴＧの視点からこの問題を考えるべきだという手紙を、この会は送った。
形成外科医のMaoshan Wang が言うには、乳房切除と子宮卵巣摘出後には、医者からの診断書さえあれば、新IDを発行すべきである。彼は、人権的観点から「ＴＧの気持ちを尊重すべきだ」と述べる。
Wang医師の行うＳＲＳの３分の２はＦＴＭに対してで、これは日本と同じ比率だ。このことはおそらく、多くのアジア諸国では、男性が実権をにぎっており、社会でより大きな特権を享受しているとみなされているからでは、とWangは言う。
台湾政府当局のHangui Zen が言うには、政府はこの方針を施行する前に、とある病院と相談したという。彼は、抗議が殺到していることは頭痛の種ではあるが、方針は実行すると述べた。
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=fb3ee484632ed515a751d0865ced2b30
Transgenders Protest New Policy in Taiwan
Chinanews.com, News Report, Staff, Translated by Jun Wang, Posted: Oct 06, 2008
TAIPEI, Taiwan – A government policy in Taiwan has made it more difficult for transgenders to get an ID, creating panic in the community. The policy, which went into effect last year, stipulates that female-to-male transgenders cannot get an ID card that identifies them as male unless they have undergone all three parts of gender reassignment surgery.
Transgender rights organizations in Taiwan have asked the government to withdraw the policy.
Xukuan Gao, spokesperson for the transgender organization Taiwan TG Butterfly Garden, pointed out that in the past, a female-born Taiwanese person who had had her breasts, womb and ovaries removed – the first stage of a three-part surgery, was recognized as a “he” and received a new male ID from the government. But since last October, Taiwan’s government decided not to issue a male ID until the transgender completes all three stages of the surgery, including the last step in which the person gets a surgical penis. There is no similar barrier added for male-born Taiwanese who have surgery to become women, reports Taiwan’s United Daily News.
Gao says the policy has created panic in the transgender community.
Many Taiwanese who were born female and are preparing for gender reassignment surgery don’t know what to do, says Gao. After the first two stages of the surgery, they will still be unable to get a male ID card, which could lead to harassment in the work place, at school or in public restrooms.
The third stage of gender reassignment surgery, in which the person gets a surgical penis, is expensive, time consuming and very risky, according to one transgender who recently completed the first stage of surgery. As a result, many transgenders choose to skip the last stage of surgery. “People have to take half a year off, and the surgery costs at least 800,000 Taiwan dollars ($25,000 U.S. dollars), which is not something everyone can afford,” he said.
Youmei Lai, president of Taiwan’s Gender Equality Education Association, says the government’s regulation violates peoples’ rights, and was not publicly discussed before being approved. The association wrote a letter to the government arguing that it should consider the issue from the transgenders’ point of view.
Cosmetic surgeon Maoshan Wang says a doctor’s letter should be enough for transgenders to obtain a new ID after their breasts and other female organs have been removed. From a human rights perspective, he says, “transgenders’ feelings must be considered.”
Two-thirds of the gender reassignment surgeries that Wang has done are from female to male, which is about the same ratio as transgender surgeries in Japan. This could be a result of the fact that men still rule in many Asian countries, says Wang, and being perceived as a man allows for greater privileges in society.
Taiwan government official Hangui Zen says the government consulted with a hospital before putting the new rule into effect. He acknowledged that the onslaught of complains has been “a major headache,” but added that the government’s rule must be enforced.
