Japan removes the question about a child’s gender when entering school

According to Kyodo News reports, citing data from local boards of education, students who apply for admission to public high schools in Japan will not be required to indicate their gender on the application form.

For example, the Tochigi Prefectural Board of Education said it “respects sexual diversity,” and their counterparts in Chiba indicated that they did not expect any particular problems with removing the gender column.

The innovation will affect all prefectures in the country, except for Tokyo, where quotas for school admissions by gender are still in place. But in the Japanese capital, this system has long been criticized. For example, passing scores are called sexist separately for boys and girls.

In the fall it became known that the first “X” passport was issued in the United States. It is intended for people who do not consider themselves exclusively male or female only. Such passports will be in circulation next year, and it will be possible to change gender without presenting a medical certificate.