Gender identity legislation

The party programme requires a gender recognition law based on self-determination and a third legal gender, and sees it as decisive to strengthen LGBTQIA+ people's rights when authoritarian right-wing forces attack them. The counter-proposal's demands to repeal the law and reinstate diagnosis requirements and government approval go directly against this. The plan also expresses strong confidence in young people's own decisions.

• gender identity based on self-determinationdecisive(party programme)
• strengthened LGBTQIA+ rights»Vi ser det som avgörande att stärka hbtqia+-personers rättigheter i en tid där auktoritära högerkrafter försöker angripa dem.« (party programme ↗)“We see it as decisive to strengthen LGBTQIA+ people's rights at a time when authoritarian right-wing forces are trying to attack them.”
• youth self-determination»Vi har ett starkt förtroende för unga människors förmåga att fatta självständiga beslut om sina liv.« (party programme ↗)“We have strong confidence in young people's ability to make independent decisions about their lives.”
• bodily autonomy»Starka sexuella och reproduktiva rättigheter är avgörande för människors kroppsliga autonomi och makt över sina liv.« (party programme ↗)“Strong sexual and reproductive rights are decisive for people's bodily autonomy and power over their lives.”

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The party programme establishes that gender identity must not determine people's freedom and rejects all tendencies to divide up and make distinctions between people based on their background. The counter-proposal wants to tear up gender-identity legislation, reinstate diagnosis requirements and government approval and raise the age limit, which restricts exactly that right and that protection for personal integrity the plan requires. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's demands.

• gender identity must not limit freedomdecisive»och trosuppfattning, sexuell läggning, könsidentitet, funktionsnedsättningar och ålder.« (party programme ↗)“and faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, disabilities and age.”
• no division of people»Socialdemokratin avvisar alla tendenser att dela upp och göra skillnad på människor utifrån deras« (party programme ↗)“The Social Democrats reject all tendencies to divide up and make distinctions between people based on their”
• personal integrity»Skydd för den personliga integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“Protection for personal integrity.”
• civil liberties and rights»Skydd för medborgerliga fri- och rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“Protection for civil liberties and rights.”

The election manifesto promises to strengthen the rights of transgender people through a new gender identity law and to introduce a third legal gender, thus the opposite of dismantling the legislation and reintroducing requirements for diagnosis and government approval. The party programme also wants gender identity to be protected in the constitution. The counter-proposal's requirements therefore directly contradict the plan.

• new gender identity lawdecisive»stärka transpersoners rättigheter genom en ny könstillhörighetslag, och införa ett tredje juridiskt kön.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen the rights of transgender people through a new gender identity law, and introduce a third legal gender.”
• strengthened protection for transgender people»Det skulle stärka skyddet för transpersoner i Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“This would strengthen protection for transgender people in Sweden.”
• strengthened LGBTQI+ rights»Miljöpartiet kommer aktivt att delta i kampen för att stärka rättigheterna för« (party programme ↗)“the Greens will actively participate in the struggle to strengthen the rights for”
• right to own gender identity»Alla människor ska kunna uttrycka sin kärlek, sexualitet och identitet« (party programme ↗)“All people should be able to express their love, sexuality and identity”

The party programme establishes that every individual has the right to create their own identity, that all shall be able to determine their own lives through their own free choices and that structures that discriminate based on gender identity and gender expression shall be fought. The election manifesto additionally warns against forces that want to restrict LGBTQ people's rights. The counter-proposal's requirement to tear up the law and reintroduce diagnostic and authority requirements goes directly against this.

• right to own identitydecisive»Varje individ har rätt att skapa sin egen identitet.« (party programme ↗)“Every individual has the right to create their own identity.”
• prohibition on discrimination»Vi bekämpar alla strukturer, formella och informella, som förtrycker eller diskriminerar människor.« (party programme ↗)“We fight all structures, formal and informal, that oppress or discriminate people.”
• safeguard LGBTQ rights»I land efter land försöker auktoritära rörelser flytta fram positionerna, inskränka kvinnors, minoriteters och HBTQI-personers rättigheter samt attackera den fria pressen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In country after country authoritarian movements advance positions, restrict the rights of women, minorities and LGBTQ people and attack freedom of the press.”
• individual self-determination»Alla ska kunna bestämma över sina egna liv genom egna och fria val.« (party programme ↗)“All shall be able to determine their own lives through their own free choices.”

The party programme explicitly establishes that no laws may disadvantage persons on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, and the election manifesto sets the goal that Sweden should be the world's best country to live in as an LGBTQI person. Abolishing the gender identity law and reintroducing the requirement for diagnosis and government approval would do precisely the opposite. The counter-proposal's requirements therefore go directly counter to the plan.

• no law may disadvantage gender identitydecisive»Inga lagar får missgynna personer med avseende på sexuell läggning, könsidentitet eller könsuttryck.« (party programme ↗)“No laws may disadvantage persons on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.”
• LGBTQI rights»Sverige ska vara världens bästa land att leva i som hbtqi-person.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden should be the world's best country to live in as an LGBTQI person.”
• respect for gender identity»Liberaler verkar för ett öppet samhällsklimat där ingen känner sig tvungen att dölja sin sexuella läggning, sin könsidentitet eller sitt könsuttryck, och där alla visas samma respekt oavsett sexuell läggning.« (party programme ↗)“Liberals work for an open social climate where no one feels compelled to hide their sexual orientation, their gender identity or their gender expression, and where everyone is shown the same respect regardless of sexual orientation.”
• strengthened LGBTQI reforms»Hbtqi-kompetensen i vård, skola och omsorg ska stärkas och ett lagskydd mot omvändelseterapi ska införas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“LGBTQI competence in healthcare, schools and care shall be strengthened and legal protection against conversion therapy shall be introduced.”

The plan requires that the child's best interest is decisive in all decisions concerning children and that care is safe for patients and based on knowledge and proven experience. The counter-proposal's caution arguments about a lowered age limit and requirements for diagnosis and government approval are connected to these commitments. At the same time, the plan requires that no one is discriminated against because of gender or sexual identity, which is why support is uncertain.

• child's best interest decisivedecisive»vara styrande i all familjepolitik och vid alla beslut som rör barn« (party programme ↗)“be decisive in all family policy and in all decisions concerning children”
• evidence-based and safe care»kostnadseffektiv, säker för patienterna och baserad på kunskap och beprövad erfarenhet, det« (party programme ↗)“cost-effective, safe for patients and based on knowledge and proven experience, it”
• prohibition against discrimination»Grundlagen ska även säkerställa att ingen diskrimineras på grund av kön, ålder,« (party programme ↗)“The Constitution shall also ensure that no one is discriminated against because of gender, age,”
• patient's self-determination»Utredning och behandling får inte ske mot patientens« (party programme ↗)“Investigation and treatment shall not take place against the patient's”

The plan stands up for LGBTQ+ persons' right to live freely and wants to ban conversion therapy that aims to change an individual's gender identity. Repealing the gender recognition law, reintroducing diagnosis and authority requirements and tying legal gender to biological sex goes against that position and against the plan's requirement for gender-neutral family legislation. The plan's tolerance principle speaks for openness to people's different paths in life.

• freedom regardless of orientationdecisive»I Sverige ska du kunna leva ett fritt liv, och öppet kunna visa din kärlek, bilda familj och få ett tryggt bemötande av det offentliga, oavsett vilken sexuell läggning du har.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In Sweden you should be able to live a free life, openly show your love, form a family and receive safe treatment from the public, regardless of your sexual orientation.”
• protection for gender identity»Förbjuda konverteringsterapi, som syftar till att ändra en individs sexuella läggning eller könsidentitet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ban conversion therapy that aims to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity”
• gender-neutral legislation»Se till att all familjelagstiftning är könsneutral« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that all family legislation is gender-neutral”
• tolerance for different choices»Toleransen handlar om öppenhet för människors olika vägar« (party programme ↗)“Tolerance is about openness to people's different paths”

The plan characterizes hormone treatment that changes children's natural puberty and surgical gender-change interventions as particularly serious and requires that society's handling of children with gender dysphoria and its long-term consequences be investigated. It wants to end political experiments on children and young people and opposes questioning humanity's biological gender. The counter-proposal's requirement for reintroduced diagnosis and authority requirements and a precautionary principle follow from these commitments.

• caution regarding gender transitions in childrendecisive»Särskilt allvarlig är användning av hormonbehandling för att ändra barns naturliga pubertet och kirurgiska ingrepp för att ”byta kön”.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Particularly serious is the use of hormone treatment to change children's natural puberty and surgical interventions to 'change gender'.”
• investigation of gender dysphoria care»Samhällets hantering av barn med könsdysfori och dess långsiktiga konsekvenser ska utredas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society's handling of children with gender dysphoria and its long-term consequences should be investigated.”
• biological gender as starting point»Människans biologiska kön ifrågasätts och barns naturliga utveckling och intressen har problematiserats.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Humanity's biological gender is questioned and children's natural development and interests have been problematized.”
• stop for experiments on young people»Avsluta de politiska experimenten på Sveriges barn och unga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“End the political experiments on Sweden's children and young people”