The Finnish Government will not make changes recommended by the UN Human Rights Council to reform the ‘Trans Act.’ Rebecca Dallison, Amnesty UK’s Campaigner told Gay Star News:
‘Despite strong international pressure, Finland has decided to reject recommendations from the Universal periodic review in the UN Human Rights Council to reform the Trans Act. ‘Not only has the Finnish Government chosen to turn its back on trans people, but it has also failed to provide any justification for this regressive decision.’
This means trans people will continue to be sterilized if they want to have their gender changed legally. Sakris Kupila is the 21-year-old medical student leading the fight for trans people to choose their gender identity.
They describe this process as a violation:
‘The psychiatric diagnosing process felt like I was handing my dignity, identity, and future over to doctors, nurses and officials that would thoroughly examine me and judge whether or not my sense of self-was real or not’
‘The requirement of sterilization is a violation of bodily integrity.’
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