I run around in circles: Forced Sterilization in Sweden →

zannyhyper:

If you are a transgender person in Sweden and want to legally change your sex, the government forces you to undergo surgery that will render you permanently infertile and forever unable to have children. That’s right: in 2012 Swedish law still mandates forced sterilization in order to do something as simple as changing your sex marker on a driver’s license.

Right now a reform of the law is being debated in Sweden. We need a massive show of support across Sweden and Europe against forced sterilization that will finally convince Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfledt to speak out and break the deadlock. 

Whether you are straight, gay, lesbian, bi or trans, Swedish or European, will you take a moment to raise your voice and ask Prime Minister Reinfeldt to take a stand for human rights?

Take action now :  http://allout.org/stop_forced_sterilization

Okay guys I rarely ask this but PLEASE REBLOG THIS WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT PLEASE

Transfolk are also not allowed to save sperm or eggs and are forced to divorce if married, regardless of the fact that same-sex marriage is legal in Sweden. Forced sterilization is sadly not the only discrimination they face.

Also edited the language (in bold). Transgender folk never change their gender - only their sex to match it.

(via bullfinch)

Notes: 216 notes
Tagged as: transgender issues, trans* rights,
Posted On: Mon, Jan. 16, 2012
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    what else could it…. even be about????
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    If you are a transgender person in Sweden and want to legally change your gender, the government forces you to undergo...
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    I imagine this is not about changing your sex. If this was about sex changes, I don’t think sterilization would be an...
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    Wow this is seriously horrible, what do others have to do with these kind of choices? Let people be who they want to be,...
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    What the fuck is this retardation? Why is the entire world fucking devolving suddenly. First Canada, now Sweden. Would...
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    Eugenics of any sort is inexcusable.
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    Transfolk are also not allowed to save sperm or eggs and are forced to divorce if married, regardless of the fact that...
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