Documents on irreversibility of estrogens on trans women?

[ellyrouge.livejournal.com]

Hi !

In order to try to get a legal change of my first name and gender (which was rejected in court on the arguments that, as I hadn't had surgery, I didn't show signs of "irreversible changes" — it's basically the indication for legal changes in France —, but for which I am making an appeal), I am looking for documents (which could be presented in front of a judge, so no blogs or trans websites I guess :( ) attesting that hormonal therapy for trans women give "irreversible" changes. (Particularly, what would be wonderful would be "official" documents (e.g., scientifical articles) saying there are risks of permanent sterility with either or both of cyproterone acetate and estrogen, even if you stop it – the judges seem to like their trans people to be sterile. Alarming articles written by authority doctors saying trans women should be very cautious before starting hormones because it causes irreversible changes would be good too.).

(Yes, I know, there is google, but finding relevant e.g. scientifical articles is not obvious as many are not available for free or are not so easy to search)

Thanks, and I hope it's not too much off-topic :)

Swedish Sterilisation law

[dubaco.livejournal.com]

In Sweden just now there is a kind of war on going against the government, Its a right wing coalition and a small section is blocking the change of a law, that in it's day was a step forward, however is now outdated. The law in Sweden DEMANDS all trans* people destroy genetic material in Sweden (so trans* people cant have kids) and have a surgical procedure to ensure sterility  just to get one digit changed from a odd number to an even one... (like a National Identification Number or National Insurance number yyyymmdd****) The number signifies the legal gender of a person.

I was at a protest a while ago and thought you may like to hear about it, and the campaign

Warren's Speech against the inhumane and illegal laws on forced sterilisation in Sweden was rather amazing, i have a LOT of respect for him.. This video is not safe for work however the text is. - Juts in case people may be offended or accidentally click on it, I have opted to put the link behind a LJ Cut.

Also there is a petition that you may wish to sign should you choose to do so. and a link to a Facebook protest in London.

If you choose to sign the petition Thank You.

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