Eurovision sensation Nemo says Switzerland should offer residents a third gender option on official documents, a move the Alpine nation has so far resisted. What’s the situation in other countries? As the first non-binary person to win the Eurovision Song Contest, Nemo is raising the profile of the community of people who identify as neither male nor female. Nemo is now advocating for a change in Swiss law to allow people to choose a third gender option on government-issued documents. Justice Minister Beat Jans has said he’s open to discussing the subject with the Eurovision winner. The binary status quo in Switzerland Until now, such a change has not been on the cards. In December 2022, the Swiss government rejected proposals in parliament to introduce a third gender option for official records. Not only would this require various legal changes, including to the constitution, the government said, but the “societal preconditions” for such a change were not yet in place. A survey by ...
