Norwegian church holds name change ceremony for transgender person

Norwegian church holds name change ceremony for transgender person

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A Lutheran church in Norway has held a name change ceremony for a 49-year-old transgender person in what officials said marked the first such event in a place of worship in the Nordic country.

Elin Stillingen lived the first 40 years of her life as a man and legally changed her name and gender last year.

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