Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal sided with transgender activists Henry Tse and another appellant identified as “Q,” in a landmark case that will strike down a policy previously barring transgender individuals from changing their gender on their Hong Kong ID without undergoing full sex-reassignment surgery. The judge ruled that the policy violated privacy rights and unduly burdened transgender individuals who would have to incur the cost and pain of undergoing a highly invasive and unwanted procedure in order to avoid problems caused by a wrong gender identifier on their ID. While pleased, Tse and partnering organizations like Transgender Equality Hong Kong celebrated the ruling as a small victory in the long fight for transgender equality, calling on the Hong Kong government to pass a full gender recognition law. Read more about the ruling at Reuters.