Current Version
| Region | Denmark |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, surgery not required |
| Start Date | Sep 5, 2014 |
| End Date | now |
| 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 (1)
- Other "The law does not allow for gender it allows for sex change like we have male female not they them it"
Revision History (1)
Revision by vviet93
| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, surgery not required |
| Start Date | 0000-01-01 | 2014-09-05 |
| Note | 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. |
| Sources | https://www.retsinformation.dk/forms/R0710.aspx?id=141282 | http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/denmark_s_new_gender_recognition_law |