“Today law obliges transgenders to undergo a sterilisation. This means that they cannot have children and this is practically the only situation in the world in which people are obliged to get themselves sterilised. There are also people who do not want to go the entire road, but who do feel transgender. Under present law they cannot legally change sex.”

The secretary of state wants to examine how the law can be changed as society has today moved on.

Elke Sleurs: “We want to discuss the issue in the government and with the transgender community first.”

Flandersnews.be / Expatica