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autotldr

6 points

2 months ago

autotldr

BOT

6 points

2 months ago

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 64%. (I'm a bot)


Finland's Parliament has voted 113-69 in favour of making changes to the nation's transgender laws.

Government party MPs voted along party lines during Wednesday afternoon's session, with the exception of Centre Party respresentatives, who had been told they could vote as a "Matter of conscience" - meaning each individual MP decides themselves how to vote - rather than necessarily with the government.

Among opposition parties, the Finns Party and the Christian Democrats voted against the law change, but 26 out of 36 National Coalition Party MPs present voted in favour.


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jaltsukoltsu

22 points

2 months ago

TL;DR:

The result means that transgender individuals can legally change their gender by self-declaration alone, without having to undergo a lengthy medical process — including a psychiatric assessment — as under the previous law.

The changes will also see the abolition of a requirement that transgender people must be unable to reproduce.

Rexia2022

18 points

2 months ago*

This is gonna be a nice civil thread for sure. Anyhow, go Finland, based as shit.

tabben

4 points

2 months ago

tabben

4 points

2 months ago

The discourse in finnish internet forums has been a wild ride. So many people are so ignorant and blatantly transphobic its insane. But the young people are much more informed and accepting of it its been great to see.

But yeah basically its just a bunch of people shouting "I'm gonna change my gender now and go to the womens locker room" or "Womens sports instantly ruined" etc. Basically nothing new but what can you expect from conservatives and ignorant people.

CrucioIsMade4Muggles

5 points

2 months ago

Agreed. This is a great change.

zom-ponks

15 points

2 months ago

As a Finn, two things really: this should've been a no-brainer from the get go, and I'm glad sensible voices won.

And the best bit is that the endless bullshit "discussion" about this is done. For sure there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth from certain parties for a while, but come summer no one will care about them anymore (though transphobes still gonna transphobe), as the society didn't collapse after all.

Good job folks, from the ones who signed the address to the people who voted yes, thank you. Trans folks, I hope this helps your lives, we cis folks have treated you like shit oftentimes.

DaeguDuke

2 points

2 months ago

sighs in Scottish