WATCH: South Korean court tells army to annul dismissal of transgender soldier who committed suicide

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A South Korean soldier who committed suicide earlier this year after being dismissed following gender reassignment surgery won a posthumous victory when a court told the army to recognise her as a woman and annul her dismissal.

who committed suicide earlier this year after being dismissed by the army following gender reassignment surgery won a posthumous victory on Thursday, as a court told the army to recognise her as a woman and annul her dismissal.

The Daejeon District Court said that as Byun's changed gender was already legally recognised, the army should have used standards applied to women to determine her fitness to serve."When based on standards of women, there are no mental or physical disability grounds for dismissal," the court said, ruling in Byun's favour.

The Center for Military Human Rights Korea advocacy group, which had supported Byun, welcomed the ruling, but said it took far too long to reach such a"natural and common-sense result".

 

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