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In the Spring of 2018 the Swedish Government announced an intended new law on legal sex change, based on self-identification. The Government’s policy proposal did however, not make it to the parliament as a formal proposition, most likely due to critique from the Council of Legislation. In this thesis, the Swedish government’s problematization of gender identity is scrutinized. The empirical material consists of the Swedish Government Official Report Ändring av det kön som framgår av folkbokföringen Ds 2018:17. A poststructural approach to policy analysis is applied with a focus on how subjects and gender identities are made possible through subject positions identified in the report. By applying a poststructural perspective, this thesis highlights some of the paradoxes of identity-based rights and reflect on how governing takes place through the making of stable and responsible subjects.