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Swedish parliament passed a law Wednesday lowering the age required for people to legally change their gender from 18 to 16
https://apnews.com/article/sweden-vote-legal-gender-law-minimum-age-9cfb3c6879ae03c3187f520eed308377
Feels nice to actually see some good news regarding this discussion. That being said, I hope it becomes easier to get gender affirming care at all within a reasonable time frame (especially for someone constrained by time such as a teenager).
Good news. Now to cut down waiting times and gatekeeping for medical treatment and surgeries because make no mistake, transitioning in Sweden - and all of Scandinavia for that matter - is still a needlessly stressful, time consuming, dehumanizing process.
Your body is your own, by definition. Changing your gender from 18 to 16 is a human right!
I applaud the swedes here… but I just wish we’d have this in more areas (of the law, and specifically the world). For example, I absolutely think the voting age needs to be reduced, or a “family vote” or something along those lines needs to be introduced.
If you think about it, the entire 0-18 demographic is, by current law and definition, the most underrepresented in any political debate, whereas it will feel most consequences for the longest. It just doesn’t seem adequate to let 55 to 75 year olds decide on climate (non-)regulations. Both in the chambers and in the booths.
I laughed. Thank you!
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