TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

Transgender advocates around the world are gaining momentum in the push to modernize requirements for gender marker change on official documents. Argentina set an international standard in 2012 with a comprehensive transgender rights law that allows for a person to simply fill out a form to change their official name and gender marker without approval from a judge or doctor. Other countries, including Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands, have recently eliminated requirements of sterilization, surgery and divorce after these requirements drew attention from international human rights organizations.