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Sweden's Transgender Sterilization Law Slammed By International Activists, Polit

Started by Butterfly, January 22, 2012, 03:46:38 AM

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Sweden's Transgender Sterilization Law Slammed By International Activists, Politicians (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
First Posted: 1/20/12 04:34 PM ET Updated: 1/21/12 12:32 PM ET


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/20/sweden-transgender-sterilization-law-activists_n_1219878.html


International human rights activists have decried Sweden's decision not to update a "barbaric" law that requires all transgender people to become sterilized before their gender reassignment will be formally recognized by the state.

As GlobalPost is reporting, Sweden currently only allows transgender people to change their gender on official documents if they undergo sterilization beforehand. The official law, passed in 1972, requires all residents hoping to undergo a gender reassignment operation to be over 18 years old, a native citizen, sterilized and unmarried.

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