The “same-sex marriage certificate” was only a sample document previously used by the ministry ... The official version would not contain any language seen as discriminatory toward LGBT people, she ...

She also suggested a trans person obtaining this certificate should be viewed in the same way as someone adopting a child. Ms Crawford said: “We submit that a gender recognition certificate and ...

At a news conference in Shibuya, Hasebe said the ward, known as a mecca of youth culture, on Nov. 5 will start issuing certificates for same-sex couples to guarantee status equivalent to marriage.