Sterilization
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'Idiot politicans can't tell me I need surgery to be a man'
Analysis & Opinion: 4 Apr 13
Love Elfvelin, 22, who has said no to sex change surgery in part because he one day wants children of his own, says the two Christian Democrat MPs who want to continue sterilizing transgender Swedes won't get far.
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'Third-sex' fear cited to snip transgender Swedes
Politics: 3 Apr 13
Two rogue MPs have asked their fellow parliamentarians to continue sterilizing transgender patients in Sweden, arguing that men who carry babies would result in a "third gender".
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Swedish transgendereds battle for forced sterilization payouts
Lifestyle: 27 Feb 13
With transsexuals in Sweden now able to change gender legally without being sterilized, those who were forced to accept the procedure prior to a recent law change continue their fight for compensation from the state.
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Sweden to stop sex change sterilization
National: 11 Jan 13
Sweden will no longer sterilize transgendered patients after a law banning the practice entered into force on Thursday, but many who have already undergone a sex change are now seeking damages from the state.
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Most sterilizations performed on women
Science & Technology: 25 Dec 12
In Sweden, more women choose to get sterilized than men, according to new figures from the National Board of Health and Welfare.
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Swedes set for slew of new laws in 2013
Politics: 18 Dec 12
Free vaccines, higher parental leave benefits, and more job security for temporary workers, are among the many changes set to take effect in Sweden after the New Year as part of a potpourri of new laws, also covering a few controversial topics.
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Group demands payout for forced sterilizations
Science & Technology: 7 Nov 12
Swedish rights organization RFSL is demanding Sweden pay damages to sex change candidates forced by law to undergo sterilization in order to qualify for gender corrective surgery.
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Minstrels and ministers make bad bedfellows
Analysis & Opinion: 19 Apr 12
Art installation or not, politicians have no business taking part in minstrel shows, argues Carmen Price, an American freelance writer based in Stockholm, in reaction to the 'racist' cake controversy involving Swedish minister of culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth.
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Court slams sex change forced sterilization clause
National: 14 Mar 12
Compulsory sterilization for people undergoing gender reassignment surgery is in breach of the European Conventionon Human Rights and the rule should therefore no longer apply, an administrative court in Sweden has ruled.
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Christian Democrats in sex change law u-turn
Politics: 18 Feb 12
The Christian Democrats have fallen into line with their Alliance coalition partners in favour of scrapping laws requiring compulsory sterilization for people undergoing gender reassignment surgery.
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Government split on sex-change sterilization
Politics: 4 Feb 12
The Swedish government's divisions over moves to scrap laws requiring compulsory sterilization for people undergoing gender reassignment surgery re-emerged on Saturday after comments by the Christian Democrat leader.
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Human rights group slams sex change laws
Science & Technology: 15 Jan 12
Sweden's forced sterilization for sex change candidates continues to spark debate, as Human Rights Watch has written a letter to prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, urging him to reconsider the law.
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Sweden keeps sex-change sterilization law
Politics: 12 Jan 12
A move to scrap Swedish laws requiring compulsory sterilization for people undergoing gender reassignment surgery has been put on ice following opposition from the Christian Democrats.
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'Queen Silvia shouldn't be blamed for her father's Nazi past'
Analysis & Opinion: 5 Dec 11
The Swedish media's obsession with investigating the ties Queen Silvia's father had to the Nazis during the Third Reich is misplaced, argues former Royal Court information secretary Juan Navas.
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Liberals push for end to sex change sterilisation
Politics: 3 Aug 11
A Liberal Party MP is planning to present a motion to Sweden's Riksdag in the autumn to push for a removal of the requirement for compulsory sterilization for those undergoing a sex change.
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'Pregnant man' to open Stockholm Pride
National: 1 Aug 11
American Thomas Beatie, better known as the "pregnant man" after he gave birth to three children, is set to hold the opening speech of this year’s Stockholm Pride festival on Monday.
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Christian Democrats uphold sex change sterilization demand
Politics: 1 Jul 11
The Christian Democrats on Thursday voted to retain the demand for sterilization for those choosing to undergo a sex change, arguing that if "a woman becomes a man, she should not be able to become pregnant as a woman".
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Sex change sterilization 'a dark chapter': Reinfeldt
Politics: 31 Jul 10
The leaders of Sweden’s seven main parties have expressed support for an amendment to legislation forcing anybody who has a sex change to undergo compulsory sterilization and, if married, to secure a divorce from their partner.
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Pride kicks off with distinct electoral theme
Society: 26 Jul 10
Stockholm's Pride Festival kicks off on Monday with a distinct emphasis on the upcoming autumn election, including a party leader debate on Friday.
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'Antiquated' sex op laws must change: report
National: 30 Jun 10
The Swedish Health and Welfare Board has called for an end to the requirement that all those seeking to change gender must be single and sterilised in a new report which argues that existing legislation is out of date.
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University in quest to return Sami bones
Society: 31 May 10
A major project is underway at Uppsala University to try and return the remains of Sami people used for racial biology research.
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Gender trouble - time to bury the feminist hatchet?
Analysis & Opinion: 14 Oct 09
Since when is the ubiquitous Anna Anka a feminist? And why are feminists apportioned blame for so many of the worlds ills? The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson enters the Hollywood housewife debate.
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Swedish hunters to target marauding raccoon dogs
National: 4 Sep 09
Swedish elk hunters have been encouraged to shoot on sight any raccoon dogs that they may chance across.
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Enjoying bourgeois buns in the home of functionalist architecture
Analysis & Opinion: 26 Mar 09
There's no better place in Stockholm to savour croissants and cappucino than Petite France, an award-winning cafe and bakery located on the ground floor of Sweden's most Utopian apartment block, writes Jeanne Rudbeck.
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Report faults Sweden for discrimination
National: 7 Nov 08
Swedish minorities face widespread discrimination including a lack of education in their mother tongues, Sweden's ombudsman against ethnic discrimination said on Friday.
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Castration law for Swedish transgenders
Politics: 2 Aug 08
A new proposal to introduce castration as a prerequisite for those undergoing gender reassignment surgery in Sweden has been met with outrage a leading gay and transgender rights organization.
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The Holocaust: Sweden's complex legacy
Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 07
Bystander in the Second World War, yet refuge for victims of the Nazis. A leader in promoting tolerance, yet with a resurgent far-right. David Stavrou looks at the complex legacy of the Holocaust in Sweden.
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Sweden to reflect on eugenics past
Society: 21 Dec 05
Culture minister Leif Pagrotsky announces a study into why Sweden developed a "eugenics mentality" in the 19th and 20th centuries, which led to tens of thousands of forced sterilizations.
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