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Leonne, then 57, was born intersex and raised male, before having gender reassignment surgery and become female, but still identifies as an intersex person. Leonne won a court case which meant that preventing someone from registering officially as gender neutral is a "violation of private life, self-determination and personal autonomy".
[7] [8] [9] The foundation of common law, the 16th Century Institutes of the Lawes of England described how a hermaphrodite could inherit "either as male or female, according to that kind of sexe which doth prevaile." [10] [11] Single cases have been described in Canon law and other legal cases over the centuries.
Laws concerning gender identity/expression Benin: Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country); [68] [94] Equal age of consent since 2018. Bans some anti-gay discrimination Burkina Faso: Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) [95] Constitutional ban since 1991 Cape ...
Chile: Non-binary gender recognised on birth certificates. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] It is standard to register babies as "indefinite sex" ( sexo indefinido ) rather than "male" or "female" if their sex is indeterminate at birth.
The Norwegian government proposed a gender-neutral marriage law on 14 March 2008, that would give same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexuals, including church weddings, adoption and assisted pregnancies.
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Same-sex marriage in Sweden has been legal since 1 May 2009, following the adoption of a new gender-neutral law on marriage by the Swedish Parliament on 1 April 2009, making Sweden the seventh country in the world to open marriage to same-sex couples nationwide. Marriage replaced Sweden's registered partnerships for same-sex couples.
The High Commissioner's report, released December 2011, found that violence against LGBTQ+ persons remains common, and confirmed that "Seventy-six countries retain laws that are used to criminalize people on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity" (para. 40), and that "In at least five countries the death penalty may be applied to ...