I was curious about dates that allow me to be the married lesbian trans woman in the Netherlands:

1959 1st SRS in the NL
1969 1st Demonstration against Article 248-bis
1971 Abolition of Article 248-bis, decriminalization of being gay
1983 Lifting of transvestism ban

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1985 1st Transgender Act, possibility to change birth certificate
1994 DSM-IV Replacing the term transsexualism to gender identity disorder
2001 Same-sex marriage
2013 DSM-5 Term gender dysphoria and no longer classified as a disorder
2014 new Transgender Act, [...]

2/n

[...] abolition of sterilization requirement
2019 Senate voted in large majority for an explicit legal prohibition of discrimination against intersex and transgender people
2019 Requirement for expert statement expires

3/n

Thanks to many brave (trans) women and (trans) men, both lesbian, gay, bi and heterosexual have fought to make my live possible

I'm ever greatfull to them!
4/4

Ps if I missed an important date, just add to this thread. I'm from 1982 and might have well missed a thing or two.

Live = life