Japan’s Supreme Court upholds transgender sterilization.

Takakito Usui, a transgender man, cries while speaking during a press conference after Japan's Supreme Court handed down the decision in Okayama, Japan, on Jan. 24, 2019.Kyodo News via AP / AP

Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld a law that effectively requires transgender people to be sterilized before they can have their gender changed on official documents.

The court said the law is constitutional because it was meant to reduce confusion in families…