LGBTQ Europe: share of transgender people having changed their legal gender 2019

Germany and the Netherlands are the two countries in Europe with the greatest share of transgender people indicating that they have changed or are in the process of changing their legal gender, with 39 percent of respondents in both countries. Changing their gender on legal documents can be a huge milestone for many trans people, as it makes it easier for them to be identified identified according to their gender identity. Trans people may experience great difficulties when going through the process of changing their legal gender, as many countries require medical and psychological evaluations before proceeding with the process. In such cases, where trans people do not trust public authorities to treat them in a non-discriminatory manner, very few transgender people go through the process to legally change gender, such as in Bulgaria, Lithuania, and Croatia, where less than five percent of respondents indicate they have done or are doing so.

德国与荷兰是欧洲两个拥有最大比例跨性别人群的国家，表明他们已改变或正在改变其法定性别，两国受访者中均有39%。在法律文件上更改性别对于许多跨性别者而言可能是一个重大的里程碑，因为它使得他们能更易于根据其性别认同被识别。跨性别者在经历更改法定性别的过程中可能会遭遇极大的困难，因为许多国家在推进此过程前要求进行医疗和心理评估。在这种情况下，当跨性别者不信任公共当局以非歧视的方式对待他们时，极少数跨性别者会选择通过法律途径更改性别，如在保加利亚、立陶宛和克罗地亚，在这些国家中，受访者中表示已更改或正在更改性别的人数不足五%。