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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 Burundi: Illegal since 2009 Penalty: fine, and 3 months to 2 years imprisonment. [68] [121] (repeal disputed) Constitutional ban since 2005 Djibouti: Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) [68] [122] Bans some anti-gay discrimination [108] Eritrea: Illegal
Austria: opt in scheme similar to Germany via mandatory reinterpretation of existing law according to Constitutional Court decision [4] Bangladesh [5] (report by third party) Brazil [6] [7] Canada [8] [9] [10] Chile: Non-binary gender recognised on birth certificates.
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.
Transgender people are allowed to change their legal gender and to have their new gender recognised as a result of the Gender Recognition Act 2009 (c.11) [428] [429] Jersey; equal age of consent since 2006 (Crown Dependency of the United Kingdom) Legal since 1990 + UN decl. sign. [168] Civil partnerships since 2012 [430] Legal since 2018 [431 ...
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With several countries revising their marriage laws to recognize same-sex couples in the 21st century, all major English dictionaries have revised their definition of the word marriage to either drop gender specifications or supplement them with secondary definitions to include gender-neutral language or explicit recognition of same-sex unions.