Swiss citizens can still appear only as female or male in official documents, the highest court of the Alpine country has decided.
According to the Supreme Court's verdict, Swiss citizens must still identify themselves as either female or male in official documents, there is no other option.
According to an article published by Swissinfo in the Alpine country, the Supreme Court overruled an earlier ruling in which an "intersex" person wanted to indicate himself as genderless in official documents.
The person known as Julian was registered as female at birth, but has now discovered that he feels neither female nor male, but very much non-binary.
The Swiss citizen, now living in Berlin, was able to register his neutral status in Germany, but he was unable to show this through his original Swiss documents, such as his birth certificate. A court in Aargau ruled in favor of Julian, but the Swiss Supreme Court overruled the decision.
The judges also ruled that the parliament, made up of elected representatives, can make a system-level decision on this. In December, however, the Swiss federal government, which traditionally has ministers from all major parties, decided not to change the official system that recognizes only men and women.
However, this did not stop the gender politics debates in Switzerland, and Julian also stands by his own truth: according to the latest news, he is challenging the decision of the Swiss Supreme Court at the European Court of Human Rights, Mandiner reported .
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