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France Scraps Transgender Sterilization

Gay and transgender activists have welcomed a new French law that was passed last Wednesday. It gives trans people – adults and minors – the right to change their legal status in court without forced...

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Gay and transgender activists have welcomed a new French law that was passed last Wednesday. It gives trans people – adults and minors – the right to change their legal status in court without forced sterilization. The new law follows years of pressure from gay and transgender people in France. Activists estimate there are tens of thousands of transgender people in France, but there are no official figures. The UK, Spain and some states in the US also no longer require transgender people to be sterilized before they can get their gender officially changed.


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