Up until now, people who wanted to change their gender have had to sue their parents to do so, even if they are adults.
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Poland to reform academic grant system after funding of study on “transfemininity and sadomasochism”
The conservative education ministry has criticised the “absurd decision” by a state body to finance the research.
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Polish TV station apologises over “What gender are you today?” joke to father of trans child
US-owned station TVN said that it “apologises to all our viewers, especially the LGBT+ community”.
To change your official gender in Poland you have to sue your parents, causing trauma for trans people
Anna-Gmiterek-Zabłocka
“It was a stressful, humiliating and dehumanising experience.”
Trans woman wins legal battle with justice minister at Poland’s Supreme Court
The ruling – which is the first of its kind in Poland – is seen as a landmark in a country that is ranked as the EU’s worst for LGBT people.
“We don’t want a country where 12-year-old girls declare as lesbians,” says Polish leader
Jarosław Kaczyński, the head of Poland’s ruling party, renewed his criticism of the LGBT community.
Trans woman wins landmark ruling in Poland against employer who made her wear male uniform
A security firm required a transgender woman to wear a male uniform.
