Aya Kamikawa
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Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). Aya Kamikawa (上川 あや Kamikawa Aya?, born January 25, 1968)[1]) is a Tokyo municipal official, the first openly transgender person to seek or win elected office in Japan. She was elected in April 2003.[2] Kamikawa, then a 35-year-old writer, submitted her election application papers with a blank space for "sex."[3]
She won a four-year term as an independent under huge media attention, placing sixth of 72 candidates running for 52 seats in the Setagaya ward assembly, the most populous district in Tokyo.[2] Despite an announcement that the government would continue to consider her male officially, she stated that she would work as a woman. Her platform was to improve rights for women, children, the elderly, the handicapped, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
In April 2007, she was re-elected to her second term, placing second of 71 candidates running for 52 in the same ward assembly. She is the only openly transgender official in Japan at this point.
See also
References
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- Law concerning special rules regarding sex status of a person with gender identity disorder （TS Law in Japan）
- Kamikawa Aya official site (in Japanese)
- Transsexual stands proud in a land of conformity
- Kamikawa Aya's Profile on the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Institute headquartered in the United States
- ↑ Aya Kamikawa's Profile
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bribery trial no impediment in man's assembly seat quest The Japan Times. April 29, 2003.
- ↑ Setagaya OKs transsexual's election bid The Japan Times. April 21, 2003.
