People in Switzerland will be able to legally change gender by a visit to the civil registry office from Jan. 1, putting the country at the forefront of Europe’s gender self-identification movement. Switzerland joins Ireland, Belgium, Portugal and Norway.

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  1. I’m really interested on how they will handle the different retirement age ? Will it be kept at the “original gender” age or will it change ? Same for the military service

  7. I wonder how it’s going to be handled with the military service. Will women adjusting their gender fall under the mandatory service? Will men adjusting to women not longer be obliged to serve ?

  8. kind of a weird move, considering that the anti-discrimination law that passed in 2020 did not include *gender identity* at all…. looking forward to seeing if this will bring more awareness about trans* and non-binary people

  9. I think the military was against the law because if as a man one doesn’t do military service one pays an extra 3% military tax (minimum CHF 400/year) during 18 years (19 until 37 years of age). 20 bucks for changing the gender is way cheaper as women don’t have to pay this.

    If military is handled this way probably retirement is too.

  11. Downvote me all you want, but this is a huge mental issue. On your ID there should be your original born gender, this has practical reasons, for example medical or law.

    Call yourself whatever you want in your head, at least stay true to your genes.

  16. switching to female has only advantages:

    * no draft
    * avoid financial penalty for not doing military service
    * earlier retirement
    * etc.

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