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<p>The Swedish government decided not to remove compulsory sterilisation requirement for trans people. Read below the joint letter by ILGA-Europe and Transgender Europe to the Swedish Prime Minister. </p>

<p>The leaders of Sweden’s seven main parties have expressed support for an amendment to legislation forcing transgender people who wants their gender recognised to undergo compulsory sterilization and, if married, to secure a divorce from their partner.</p>

<p>Tuesday the 30th of September 2009, the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court (Regeringsrätten) ruled that Jan-Olov Ågren can now add 'Madeleine' to his name.</p>

<p>On 1 July 2009, the Presidency of the European Union is taken by Sweden for the next six months. Traditionally, ILGA-Europe presents its Memorandum to the EU Presidency identifying its expectations and setting challenges for the Presidency. </p><p>Read more about the European Union <a href="http://www.ilga-europe.org/europe/guide/european_union" target="_self">here</a>.</p>

<p>Same-sex couples in Sweden will be allowed to marry as of 1 May 2009.</p>

<p>These groups - RFSL, the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgednder Rights and the Coalition gaie et lesbienne du Québec (CGLQ). </p>

<p>United Nation’s NGO Committee has voted today, with 8 against and 6 in favor, to recommend denial to RFSL’s application for Ecosoc status at the UN. The final decision will be taken in July when the Ecosoc committee meets in Geneva.</p>

<p>Åke Green, the Swedish pentecostalist pastor sentenced to one month prison for a sermon in which he condemned homosexuality has been acquitted by the Supreme Court in Stockholm.</p>

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