Madrid (EFE) government and after overcoming major obstacles, such as opposition from the feminist movement.
The Law for the real and effective equality of trans people and for the guarantee of the rights of LGTBI people, one of the star laws of the Ministry of Equality, depathologizes the process of sex change in the registry and introduces several advances for the LGTBI community.
The main point of the text is the elimination of mandatory hormonal hormones and psychological and medical evaluations as requirements for those people who request a change of sex in the Civil Registry, which can now be authorized only with the freely expressed will of the applicant if they have more than 16 years.
If there are no surprises, the law will definitely see the light today, with the following axes:
Gender self-determination for people over 16
To change sex in the registry after the age of 16, it will not be mandatory to present medical or psychological reports that prove gender dysphoria, nor to be in a hormonal process or to have undergone operations to modify appearance.
Minors between the ages of 16 and 14 may change their sex in the registry as long as they are accompanied by their parents or legal guardians, while those between 12 and 14 years of age will need judicial authorization.
This aspect has provoked a confrontation between the government partners. In fact, the PSOE presented an amendment that proposed that minors under 16 should have judicial authorization to change their sex in the registry, although it was ultimately rejected.
Minors under 12 years of age will not be able to change their sex in the registry, but their name on the DNI can.
The modification of the legal sex will be carried out in two phases: first, a form will be filled out requesting the change and, within a period of three months, the person concerned will appear to ratify their decision.
Men who change their sex will not evade sentences for sexist violence, since the legal obligations that any person had before rectifying their sex will be maintained.
Conversion therapies are prohibited
Conversion therapies intended to modify sexual orientation or identity or gender expression are prohibited, regardless of the consent that they or their legal representatives may have given.
Maternity and filiation
Lesbian, bisexual and transgender people with the capacity to gestate will have guaranteed access to assisted reproductive techniques.
Couples of lesbian and bisexual women may register their children as their own without having to be married.
intersex people
Genital modification of intersex children under 12 years of age, born with variations of sexual characteristics, is prohibited, except in cases where medical indications require it.
Genital modification in intersex people between the ages of 12 and 16 will only be allowed if the minor requests it and if it is considered that he is capable of making such a decision due to his age and maturity.
Averages in the educational and health field
Knowledge of and respect for sexual, family and gender diversity will be included in the educational curriculum at all stages, as well as teacher training in this area.
Promotion of sexual and reproductive education programs and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
Positive action measures for the LGTBI community in the workplace, education and health.
The supply of the drugs most commonly used in hormonal treatments for trans people will be guaranteed.
Discrimination Offenses
Creation of a regime of infractions against acts of discrimination against LGTBI people, with sanctions of up to 150,000 euros for very serious cases.
The entry Keys to the trans law: gender self-determination from the age of 16 was first published on EFE Noticias.
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