Current Version
| Region | Denmark |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Sep 5, 2014 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Denmark's historic new law allows citizens to self-determine their own gender identity without any requirements for medical or psychiatric intervention. |
| Sources | http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/denmark_s_new_gender_recognition_law |
Reports (3)
- Newer law has been passed "Source broken, better source: https://lgbt.dk/en/denmark-opens-up-to-legal-gender-change-for-minors/
Also note that the CPR system assigns even or odd civil registry numbers based on the registered gender, making the choice quite literally binary. Non-binary gender markers are not supported and immigrants, e.g. coming from Germany, can face administrative chaos and uncertainty if their passport's gender-marker denotes an X. "
- Other "Only people over 18 can change legal gender."
- Other "The law does not allow for gender it allows for sex change like we have male female not they them it"
Revision History (2)
| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Sep 5, 2014 |
| Description | By Danish naming-legislation, a man cannot have a woman's name, or vice versa. I am transgendered and had surgery over a decade ago in Denmark, and my legal status was changed even before I was out of the hospital. This has been the case for Denmark since sex changes became an option. | Denmark's historic new law allows citizens to self-determine their own gender identity without any requirements for medical or psychiatric intervention. |
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| Sources | https://www.retsinformation.dk/forms/R0710.aspx?id=141282 | http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/denmark_s_new_gender_recognition_law |
Show Difference | ||
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | By Danish naming-legislation, a man cannot have a woman's name, or vice versa. I am transgendered and had surgery over a decade ago in Denmark, and my legal status was changed even before I was out of the hospital. This has been the case for Denmark since sex changes became an option. |
| Sources | https://www.retsinformation.dk/forms/R0710.aspx?id=141282 |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "Surgery no longer required
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/denmark_s_new_gender_recognition_law"