US EditionSweden Cuts Red Tape for Legal Change to Gender
SWEDEN, JUL 16 – Sweden's law now allows legal gender changes from age 16 with fewer medical requirements and digital consultations, with 106 applications submitted in the first week, officials said.
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Swedish gender recognition law takes effect, but medical barriers remain - TGEU - Trans Europe and Central Asia
As of 1 July 2025, Sweden’s new Legal Gender Recognition Act has officially come into force. The reform simplifies the legal gender recognition procedure but falls short of a full self-determination model. The new Swedish proposal separates the requirements for changing one’s legal gender marker in identity documents from accessing gender-affirming surgery, which is welcome. However, a trans person is still required to be medically examined and …
After four years of waiting, 22-year-old Jenny Leonor Werner sees the light at the end of the tunnel, because she will be able to change gender at the civil registry, thanks to the new law that came into force on July 1st in Sweden. "I contacted the House of Adolescents from July 1st to take...
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