Govt in Denmark proposes legal ‘sex swaps’ for 15-year-olds

Children as young as 15 years-of-age should be allowed to change sex by self-declaration, the Danish Government has announced.

The age at which a person can change their ‘gender marker’ in the national database is set to be scrapped under Government proposals.

But children under the age of 15 will need the consent of a parent or guardian in order to self-ID on the Danish Civil Registration System (CPR).

Self-ID

Denmark was the first country in Europe to adopt a ‘self-declaration’ model for legal sex following enactment of the CPR law in 2014 — the system allocates even numbers to women, odd numbers to men.

Since its introduction, Danish residents aged 18 or older have been allowed to amend their ‘gendered’ social security number without going through sex swap surgery.

The Government Bill, removing the bar on children changing their legal sex, is set to be considered by the Danish Parliament in October.

Scotland

Earlier this year, the Scottish Government tabled legislation to allow Scots as young as 16 years old to change their legal sex merely by self-declaration.

Its controversial plans will remove the need for medical evidence and reduce the two-year waiting period for registration to three months.

In 2021, a poll of over 1,000 Scottish adults found that 71 per cent believed people wishing to change legal sex should be assessed by a medical professional first, with only 29 per cent in favour of self-identification.

And a subsequent call for views by the Scottish Government on the change in law revealed that fewer than four in ten of the Scottish public support its radical gender reform plans.