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Slovaks near vote on banning legal recognition for transgender people

A general view of the Slovak Parliament in Bratislava, Slovakia, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo

Slovakia's parliament is expected to vote soon on a legal change that would make it impossible for transgender people to change their gender on official documents, removing legal recognition that has been in place for over half a century.

The proposal, which sailed through a first reading in March, would allow change in gender on documents only on the basis of a genetic test showing it had been wrongly identified - blocking transgender people from making the change.

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