The Court underlined that within the process of legally recognizing a new gender identity the psychosocial aspects are more important than the question of infertility and that therefore no proof of infertility was required. The Court also held that mandatory surgery would interfere with the right to personal integrity.
Case 12/1217, Regional Court of Bern-Mittelland, Switzerland (12 September 2012) (Full text of judgment in German, PDF)