Lithuania proposes anti-trans law

[MadelineB]

Lithuania proposes anti-trans law
Lithuania proposed draft law reform could worsen situation for transgender people
19 JULY 2012 | BY DAN LITTAUER

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/lithuania-proposes-anti-trans-law190712 🔗

A draft law in Lithuania could worsen the situation for transgender people.

Under pressure of the UN and Europe the Lithuanian Ministry of Justice has proposed new draft legislation where people who have undergone gender reassignment surgery are to be issued with new identity cards without a lengthy court procedure.

But at the same time legislators want to remove existing provisions for state sponsored gender reassignment, and object to including them in the new legislation as they would legitimize 'immoral' surgeries in Lithuania. That change appears to go against the spirit of international demands.

[Kadri]

Geez, i wonder what conservative faction got control in Lithuania? This is the place that erected a statue of Frank Zappa in the capital in the mid-90's. How things have changed for the worse...