| Swedish trans people and LGBT activists have something to celebrate this week, as the country--one of 17 in the European Union that requires sterilization for people who wish to switch genders on legal documents--may soon repeal the requirement. As I reported previously, Sweden's liberal and moderate members of parliament expressed desire to remove forced sterilization last month, only to be blocked by an opposing coalition of conservative political groups led by the Christian Democrat Party. Now, according to the Swedish paper The Local, the Christian Democrat Party appears to have reversed its stance, making way for the repeal. |
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