Current Version
| Region | Netherlands |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | Dec 18, 2013 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of not requiring surgery to change one's gender on official documents. It is still required to get a medical diagnosis, however. |
| Sources | http://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/the-netherlands-passes-landmark-gender-identity-law https://www.transgendernetwerk.nl/thema/informatie-voor-jou/geslachtsregistratie-wijzigen-v-en-m/ https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/wetsvoorstellen/detail?id=2021Z07392&dossier=35825 |
Revision History (2)
edited by Notdog1996. A diagnosis is still needed
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Description | In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of not requiring surgery to change one's gender on official documents. | In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of not requiring surgery to change one's gender on official documents. It is still required to get a medical diagnosis, however. |
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| Sources | http://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/the-netherlands-passes-landmark-gender-identity-law | http://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/the-netherlands-passes-landmark-gender-identity-law https://www.transgendernetwerk.nl/thema/informatie-voor-jou/geslachtsregistratie-wijzigen-v-en-m/ https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/wetsvoorstellen/detail?id=2021Z07392&dossier=35825 |
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created by vviet93
| Original entry | |
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| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Dec 18, 2013 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of not requiring surgery to change one's gender on official documents. |
| Sources | http://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/the-netherlands-passes-landmark-gender-identity-law |
Reports (4)
- Status is not correct "In the Netherlands you do need a medical diagnosis to change your gendermarker. Or to be more specific, you need a expert statement which you can only get if you have a diagnosis. There is a law in the works that would remove this requirement, however it has been in the debatestage for about 3 years, and with the far right outcome of the last ellections it will surely not make it to actual law. the current goverment can't push it through because the toppic has been deemed controversial.
this is the website tracking the current progress of that law: https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/wetsvoorstellen/detail?id=2021Z07392&dossier=35825
This website details the current process: https://www.transgendernetwerk.nl/thema/informatie-voor-jou/geslachtsregistratie-wijzigen-v-en-m/"
- Status is not correct "Changing your legal gender is legal, however you need a statement from a transgender specialist or doctor in order to get the change done. https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/lhbti-emancipatie/gelijke-rechten-lhbtis#:~:text=Transgender%20personen%20kunnen%20hun%20geslacht,niet%20meer%20nodig%20sinds%202014.
The Dutch government website states: "Transgender people can have their gender changed on their birth certificate. For this they now need a statement from a doctor, psychologist or psychotherapist with the designation""
- Note field is incorrect "Surgery is not required any more, however, trans people still need an "expert declaration" from a psychologist in order to get their legal gender changed. This is still gatekeeping and is not sufficient self determination, as this is not accessible to everyone."
- Newer law has been passed "The Dutch Civil Law required as of July 1, 2014 that in order to change legal gender they need an expert letter by an assigned expert (physician, psychologist or psychiatrist) to request the change on their birth certificate at the Civil Registry of the municipality where they were born. Thus, no longer requiring surgery and sterility to change their legal gender."