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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 13:12:13 JST clacke
   > Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new bill into law Wednesday that restricts gender-affirming care for transgender adults and children.

   > Critics of the bill, SB 254, refer to it as the Florida “abduction” bill because they claim it allows children to be “legally kidnapped” by disagreeing parents — even if the opposing parent lives across state lines — if the child is subject to or “threatened” with sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures.

   
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 13:40:34 JST clacke

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     I saw some misinformation about the state of gender-affirmative care in the Nordic countries. Here are some facts:

     - Finland still requires sterilization before bottom surgery. Other Nordic countries don't. Finnish public opinion is in favor of removing the requirement.
     - Sweden offers gender-affirmative care to minors. Public opinion is in favor of this. Top and bottom surgery are for adults only, but those are not the only forms of gender-affirmative care.
     - Changing your legal gender in Sweden does not require surgery, but also is not available to minors.
     - Young or adult, a referral, a diagnosis and a further referral is required for getting access to gender-affirmative care in Sweden. There are seven places in the country that can provide a diagnosis.

     Sources:

     (Swedish) www.rfsl.se/verksamhet/trans/t…

     (Swedish, regarding the sterilization requirement, no citation) sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Könsbek…

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     Huoneesta kuuluva Piersin ääni (stoori@polyglot.city)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 20:48:01 JST Huoneesta kuuluva Piersin ääni

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     @clacke i'm not so sure about that the info you've given on finland is accurate any more.

     yes, sterilization was required before the gender affirmation law was changed, and the new law has been applied since this spring.

     the swedish wikipedia page cites a source from 2020 on the situation in finland, so it's outdated.

     after looking for relevant sources in finnish (eg. https://trasek.fi/perustietoa/sukupuolenkorjaus/), i can't find any mentions of required sterilization any more.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 20:50:50 JST clacke

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     • Huoneesta kuuluva Piersin ääni

     @Stoori Great! Thanks for the update. Cunningham's Law lives and prospers. ❤️

     There has been a lot happening rather fast in the last few years for sure, both in public opinion and in the resulting legislation.