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Enforced sterilisation of trans people in Finland

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EarthSight · 24/11/2020 20:30

www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-55020994

There are also plans to reform the Trans Act, a law that currently requires those seeking legal gender recognition to undergo years of mental health screening and, unless they are already infertile, enforced sterilisation

Is there an enforced sterilisation program in Finland? I thought that was something associated with totalitarian rule, misogyny and the persecution of ethnic minorities?? Also, isn't this procedure meant to be called gender reassignment surgery or bottom surgery?? I was surprised to read it on the BBC website.

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Kantastic · 24/11/2020 20:42

It's not really enforced sterilisation. It's just that they can't change the sex marker on their documents without surgery. But no one is forcing them to change the sex marker on their documents.

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