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Sweden lowers age requirement for legal gender change to 16

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Sweden's parliament passed a new law that lowers the minimum age for legally changing one's gender from 18 to 16 years old. The bill received support from 234 out of 349 members, with 94 voting against it. The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Rights (RFSL) proposed two new laws to replace existing legislation.

  1. FRFrance 24
    1. Sweden votes on controversial gender reassignment law
  2. GBThe Guardian
    1. Sweden passes law lowering age to legally change gender from 18 to 16
  3. GBBBC
    1. Sweden votes to lower age to change legal gender to 16

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sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.BBC

perspectives

  1. 1.Child Health
  2. 2.LGBTQ+

countries

  1. 1.GermanyDE
  2. 2.DenmarkDK
  3. 3.SpainES
  4. 4.FinlandFI
  5. 5.United KingdomGB
  6. 6.NorwayNO
  7. 7.SwedenSE

organizations

  1. 1.Liberal Party
  2. 2.Moderates Party
  3. 3.National Board of Health and Welfare
  4. 4.Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Rights
  5. 5.Christian Democratic Union
  6. 6.European Union
  7. 7.S-kvinnor
  8. 8.Social Democratic Party
  9. 9.Sweden Democrat Party

persons

  1. 1.Peter Sidlund Ponkala
  2. 2.Ulf KristerssonSE
  3. 3.Annika Strandhall
  4. 4.Johan Hultberg
Sweden lowers age requirement for legal gender change to 16