Stockholm, July 16, 2025 (AFP) - Sweden cuts red tape for changing legal gender

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2025-07-16

After four years of waiting, Jenny Leonor Werner sees the light at the end of the tunnel, able to legally switch gender following a recent change to Swedish law. As of July 1, Sweden has removed some of the restrictions for changing gender legally and how it appears on official documents. "It just feels good -- one less thing to worry about," Werner, 22, who was declared male at birth but identifies as female, told AFP. Now all that is needed to......

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