https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed People under the age of 18 in Denmark could soon be able to legally change their gender on identification and official documentation. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190730/denmark-moves-towards-allowing-official-sex-change-for-young-transgender-people Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:48:42 +0200 denmark-moves-towards-allowing-official-sex-change-for-young-transgender-people The Dresden grave of trailblazing trans woman Lili Elbe is to get a new tombstone – funded by the company behind a hit film about her life. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160418/film-company-to-rebuild-danish-girls-dresden-grave Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:31:45 +0200 film-company-to-rebuild-danish-girls-dresden-grave Qatar has banned "The Danish Girl" movie -- about an artist who undergoes one of the world's first sex changes and which stars Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne -- from cinemas, officials announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160112/qatar-bans-sex-change-film-the-danish-girl Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:20:06 +0100 qatar-bans-sex-change-film-the-danish-girl "The Danish Girl," a film about transgender pioneer Lili Elbe, hits US theaters this week, riding on a wave of growing cultural awareness and media attention on LGBT issues. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151125/the-danish-girl-caps-year-of-transgender-issues Wed, 25 Nov 2015 09:30:17 +0100 the-danish-girl-caps-year-of-transgender-issues Danes who want to be legally viewed as a member of the opposite sex will no longer have to go under the knife, but can simply switch their legal recognition after a "reflection period". https://www.thelocal.dk/20140611/denmark-ends-forced-sterilisation-for-sex-change Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:27:00 +0200 denmark-ends-forced-sterilisation-for-sex-change