Image Recognition
Finland has just passed a new gender recognition law based on self-declaration, which will make it easier for trans people to have their preferred gender recognised in official documents. Today, February 1, the parliament in Finland introduced new gender recognition legislation with a vote of 113 to 69. Gender recognition will now be available for adults who apply after a mandatory 30-day ‘period of reflection’. After 10 years of campaigning, a new law in Finland at last approves self-determination in legal gender recognition. Ireland has a similar situation, as the gender recognition system introduced in 2015 only allows people over 18 years of age to change their legal gender.