Byun Hee-soo, formerly a staff sergeant and in her 20s, enlisted voluntarily in 2017. - Yonhap via AFP
SEOUL (AFP): A South Korean court on Thursday (Oct 7) ruled it was unfair for the military to forcibly discharge a soldier over her gender-reassignment surgery, months after she took her own life over the decision.
South Korea remains deeply conservative about matters of sexual identity and is less tolerant of LGBT rights than some other parts of Asia, with many gay and transgender Koreans living largely under the radar.
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