Assembly Member Ordered to Pay Damages for Outing Transgender Author
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Tokyo District Court ordered a Kofu Assembly Member, Hiromi Muramatsu, to pay 1.1 million yen in damages to Taiwanese author Li Kotomi (pen name Riko Mi) for violating her privacy by disclosing she was transgender and posting old photos of her. Li, winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, sought 5.5 million yen and had faced online harassment prior.
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