Czech court removes surgery requirement for gender transition

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The Czech Constitutional Court has struck down a legal requirement for transgender people to undergo surgery before they are able to officially complete their transition, the court said on Tuesday.

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Under current law, Czech transgender people have to undergo sex organ surgery and sterilisation, leaving them unable to reproduce, before officially completing their transition. The ruling centre-right coalition had so far been unable to come to agreement on changing the law, but now, "the Constitutional Court clear instruction by its ruling," Justice Minister Pavel Blazek said on social network X.

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