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Sweden One Step Closer To Ending Forced Trans Sterilization

last yearLGBT / Gay : Queerty

Sweden came one step closer over the weekend to ending the forced sterilization of its transgender citizens. The brutal practice, part of the Swedish legal code since 1972, forces Swedes wishing to legally change their gender to endure surgical procedures that render them permanently infertile. Activists have worked for years to get the legislation repealed, but the [...]
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Forced Sterilization for Transgendered People in Sweden

Society & Culture : Mixed Media (last year)

Little known fact about Sweden, that supposed bastion of liberal idealism: If a Swedish transgendered person wants to legally update their gender on official ID papers, a 1972 law requires them to get both divorced and sterilized fi... Read Post

Sweden Poised to End Forced Sterilization of Transgender People

LGBT / Gay : Towleroad (last year)

Back in January, I posted a video featuring Love Georg Elfvelin, a 21 year old store manager in Sweden, who explained that the Swedish Government mandates forced sterilization of any trangender person who wants to legally change his... Read Post

Man Asks for Help, Says Swedish Government Forcing Him to Get Sterilized for Being Transgender: VIDEO

LGBT / Gay : Towleroad (last year)

The Swedish Government mandates forced sterilization of any trangender person who wants to legally change his or her gender. Love Georg Elfvelin, a 21 year old store manager in Sweden, explains, in a new video: "I'm trans. That mean... Read Post


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