Sweden Cuts Red Tape for Legal Change to Gender

‘One less thing to worry about’: Sweden cuts red tape on legal gender change, lowers age limit to 16

STOCKHOLM, July 17 — After four years of waiting, Jenny Leonor Werner sees the light at the end of the tunnel, able to legally switch gender following a recent change to Swedish law.As of July 1, Sweden has removed some of the restrictions for changing gender legally and how it appears on official documents.“It just feels good — one less thing to worry about,” Werner, 22, who was declared male at birth but identifies as female, told AFP.Now all …

Sweden cuts red tape for changing legal gender

As of July 1, Sweden has removed some of the restrictions for changing gender legally and how it appears on official documents. “It just feels good

Sweden's new gender change law 'one less thing to worry about'

At the beginning of July, Sweden removed some of the restrictions for changing gender legally and how it appears on official documents. How has this affected people in the country wanting to change gender?

Sweden cuts red tape for legal change to gender

The minimum age to make the change has also been lowered from 18 to 16 years. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Sweden Cuts Red Tape for Changing Legal Gender

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