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Sweden Still Requires Transgender Sterilization And Divorce For Legal Recognition | A small conservative party is keeping Sweden from updating its archaic law that requires compulsory sterilization for transgender people seeking to change their gender identity. The 1972 law also dictates that trans people must divorce, although same-sex marriage has been legal in Sweden since 2009.
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