On 27th Feb 2009, the Austrian Administrative Court ruled that SRS was not a prerequisite for male to female gender change.
The Austrian Administrative Court is the court of final appeal to determine if the government of Austria has handled an individual’s rights correctly.
This makes Austria the 6th country in Europe to decide that gender change is separate from genital surgery. The others are the United Kingdom, Spain, Hungary, Sweden and Finland.
The Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe stated the same view in December 2007 i.e. that gender change and SRS should be separate.
The applicant to the court in Austria had integrated into life as a woman. Without SRS, she had been required to produce identification documentation that said male. The applicant feared losing her job if she was forced to take an extended time off for recuperation from surgery.
Based on a report in German by Rechtskomitee Lambda
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