Netherlands Passes Groundbreaking Trans Identity Law!

[Natasha]

Netherlands Passes Groundbreaking Trans Identity Law!

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/12/netherlands-passes-groundbreaking-trans.html
12/19/13
Monica Roberts

In the Netherlands, trans rights advocates are celebrating a major win in that western European nation with the passage of a Gender Identity Law that does not require sterilization, court orders or genital surgery as prerequisites to change gender markers on documentation.

It passed with a lopsided 51-24 vote of Dutch lawmakers in The Hague on Tuesday, and when the new law takes effect July 1, Dutch citizens aged 16 and older will only require a statement from an expert attesting to the trans person's desire to do so to match their gender identity.

[FalseHybridPrincess]

 all first world countries should pass that kind of laws...

ty the netherlands , hope others will follow, especially the country im living in , though i doubt it...

[LilLivvy91]

This is most pleasing news... Hopefully America, UK, BC... Heck the globe can follow this model.

[lilacwoman]

UK already has this since about 2006.  Although I think it a retrograde step

[Devlyn]

Rose! Haven't seen you in awhile. Hugs, Devlyn