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Transgender Macedonians Hail “Turning Point” European Court Ruling (Balkan Insight)

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A human rights court ruling, backing a Macedonian transgender man’s battle to change his gender on his birth certificate, is being watched closely in nearby Kosovo.

The European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, has ruled that Macedonia’s requirement that people to undergo gender reassignment surgery before their gender marker on ID documents can be changed is a violation of human rights.

See at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/transgender-macedonians-hail-turning-point-european-court-ruling-01-30-2019

 

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