With no requirement for surgery or counselling, the process is as easy as filing a tax return. Provided they have parental consent, Norwegian children as young as 6 can now self-identify as male or female, effectively overruling the gender assigned to them at birth. “That means male,” Anna says, running her finger across the document. Most of the 250 Norwegians who have applied for a gender change since the law took effect are adults. But she has been reluctant to leave Norway without a passport that matched her gender identity.

Source: thestar September 27, 2016 13:41 UTC