Die gründlichen Schweden
Verfasst: Do 29. Jan 2015, 15:32
Moin,
vor ein paar Tagen geisterte es durch die Presselandschaft: die Lage von transsexuellen Menschen in Schweden soll dort durch geänderte gesetzliche Regelungen verbessert werden.
Ich wollte nicht (wieder) einen Schnellschuss loslassen mit dem Thema: "Alles wird besser in Schweden".
Deshalb habe ich eine schwedische Organisation gebeten, mir einige weitere Informationen zu beschaffen und mir auch ihre Sicht darauf mitzuteilen.
Wir haben ja inzwischen gehört, dass die "dänische Lösung" auch nicht ideal ist und dass es aus Dänemark sogar einen Hilferuf gab.
Heute erhielt ich nun eine Anwort.
Neben ein paar freundlichen Worten und Grüßen wurde auf dieses 344-seitige(!) Dokument verwiesen: http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c6/2 ... 062f02.pdf
Ab Seite 25 gibt es eine SUMMARY in englischer Sprache:
Summary
SOU 2014:91
32
Possibilities for young people to be approved for surgery
on sexual organs or the removal of sex glands
One consequence of the age limit in the Act concerning recognition
of gender in certain cases is that young transgender people cannot
access the same health and medical care as adults. The age limit is
the sole deciding factor in whether surgical procedures are under-
taken; it makes no difference if the young person, their custodial
parent(s) and the medical team agree that a procedure is in the best
interests of the child. It is particularly important to note in this
context that there have been cases of young transgender people
taking their own lives while waiting for surgery. However, this does
not mean that medical procedures on sexual organs or the removal
of sex glands constitute the right care for children and young people
in all cases. The Inquiry considers that children and young people"™s
need for surgical procedures in some cases must be recognised, and
that there should be a possibility for young people to be approved
for such procedures.
The Inquiry proposes a requirement whereby a young person
must have reached the age of 15 to be approved for medical proce-
dures on sexual organs or the removal of sex glands. The mere fact
of having reached the age of 15 does not mean that approval will be
granted by the National Board of Health and Welfare, however.
For approval to be granted, the procedure must be compatible with
science and tried and tested experience, the custodial parent(s)
must give consent, and the young person must have a sufficient
level of maturity to consent. The requirement that the young person
must have a sufficient level of maturity to consent to the procedure
should, in the Inquiry"™s view, carry more weight than the age limit,
where applicable. In cases where a young person has reached the
age of 15 but is not considered to be of an age or level of maturity
to consent to the procedure, approval should not be granted. The
maturity requirement thus complements the age limit, offering scope
to deny approval in cases where the age requirement is met but the
maturity requirement is not.
If the young person has two custodial parents, both must consent
to the procedure in question. To prevent disagreement between
custodial parents affecting young people who have a clear need for
the procedure, an addition to the Children and Parents Code is
proposed. The proposed addition aims to make it possible for the
Social Welfare Committee to decide that approval may be given
without the other custodial parent"™s consent, if this is necessary in the
best interests of the child
vor ein paar Tagen geisterte es durch die Presselandschaft: die Lage von transsexuellen Menschen in Schweden soll dort durch geänderte gesetzliche Regelungen verbessert werden.
Ich wollte nicht (wieder) einen Schnellschuss loslassen mit dem Thema: "Alles wird besser in Schweden".
Deshalb habe ich eine schwedische Organisation gebeten, mir einige weitere Informationen zu beschaffen und mir auch ihre Sicht darauf mitzuteilen.
Wir haben ja inzwischen gehört, dass die "dänische Lösung" auch nicht ideal ist und dass es aus Dänemark sogar einen Hilferuf gab.
Heute erhielt ich nun eine Anwort.
Neben ein paar freundlichen Worten und Grüßen wurde auf dieses 344-seitige(!) Dokument verwiesen: http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c6/2 ... 062f02.pdf
Ab Seite 25 gibt es eine SUMMARY in englischer Sprache:
Summary
SOU 2014:91
32
Possibilities for young people to be approved for surgery
on sexual organs or the removal of sex glands
One consequence of the age limit in the Act concerning recognition
of gender in certain cases is that young transgender people cannot
access the same health and medical care as adults. The age limit is
the sole deciding factor in whether surgical procedures are under-
taken; it makes no difference if the young person, their custodial
parent(s) and the medical team agree that a procedure is in the best
interests of the child. It is particularly important to note in this
context that there have been cases of young transgender people
taking their own lives while waiting for surgery. However, this does
not mean that medical procedures on sexual organs or the removal
of sex glands constitute the right care for children and young people
in all cases. The Inquiry considers that children and young people"™s
need for surgical procedures in some cases must be recognised, and
that there should be a possibility for young people to be approved
for such procedures.
The Inquiry proposes a requirement whereby a young person
must have reached the age of 15 to be approved for medical proce-
dures on sexual organs or the removal of sex glands. The mere fact
of having reached the age of 15 does not mean that approval will be
granted by the National Board of Health and Welfare, however.
For approval to be granted, the procedure must be compatible with
science and tried and tested experience, the custodial parent(s)
must give consent, and the young person must have a sufficient
level of maturity to consent. The requirement that the young person
must have a sufficient level of maturity to consent to the procedure
should, in the Inquiry"™s view, carry more weight than the age limit,
where applicable. In cases where a young person has reached the
age of 15 but is not considered to be of an age or level of maturity
to consent to the procedure, approval should not be granted. The
maturity requirement thus complements the age limit, offering scope
to deny approval in cases where the age requirement is met but the
maturity requirement is not.
If the young person has two custodial parents, both must consent
to the procedure in question. To prevent disagreement between
custodial parents affecting young people who have a clear need for
the procedure, an addition to the Children and Parents Code is
proposed. The proposed addition aims to make it possible for the
Social Welfare Committee to decide that approval may be given
without the other custodial parent"™s consent, if this is necessary in the
best interests of the child