A major Japanese publishing house has canceled its plan to release a translation of a U.S. book questioning the increase in young women seeking to transition genders including through surgery, saying the Japanese title and sales copy were hurtful to the transgender community. The sales copy in the notice, released Sunday, also included phrases such as, "We're against discrimination. "This is a controversial book in which an energetic journalist challenges a taboo" and "The frenzy becomes contagious through social media." "But the title and sales copy ended up causing harm to people directly involved" in transgender issues, the company said. The company did not specify in Tuesday's statement which phrases from the sales copy it believed to be harmful.

Source: Fox News December 06, 2023 14:27 UTC