Current Version
| Region | Switzerland |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, surgery not required |
| Start Date | past |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Change of sex is legal though there are now specific laws concerning the matter. In 1993, the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland stated that a change of sex should be "irreversible"; many judges interpreted it as the person had to go under surgery. In 2012, the Federal Department of Justice and Police via its Federal Office for Civil Registration released a statement about how transsexualism should be handled by cantonal Register offices. The FOCR stated that the Judges and Authorities should cease to oblige a person to go through forced sterilisation in order to have their sex change recognised. Furthermore, a person is granted to choose his or her gender according to his or her social gender and not anymore according to his or her biological gender. |
| Sources | FOCR Statement (in German, French, Italian): http://www.ejpd.admin.ch/content/dam/data/gesellschaft/eazw/dokumentation/praxis/praxis-2012-02-01-f.pdf Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland Statement (in German): http://www.transgender-network.ch/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/BGE-119-II-264.pdf |
Revision History (1)
Revision by Antinousosiris
| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, surgery not required |