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The draft bill on transgender rights in Spain aims to “depathologise identity recognition.”
The government in Spain has approved a new law on transgender rights which will allow teenagers as young as 12 to change the sex listed on official identity documents without any medical or psychological intervention.
The draft decree was approved by cabinet ministers on Monday June 27 but still has to go through Congress for final approval.
Under the new law, teenagers aged 16 and over will be allowed to change their name and gender on Spanish Ids without restrictions, once they reaffirm their decision after three months before the Civil Registry. Children aged between 14 and 16 must have parental consent or can apply to a judge while the courts must be involved in all decisions regarding minors between the ages of 12 and 14.
Children under the age of 12 will be permitted to change their name but not their gender.
The so-called ‘trans law’ was brought to the table a year ago and the document hasn’t seen too many changes since, but once novelty gives non-nationals living in Spain the option of changing their name and gender, if “in their country of origin their rights are not guaranteed.”
Up until now, transgender teenagers had to undergo two years of hormone therapy or provide several medical reports confirming they were suffering from gender dysphoria if they wanted to change their sex.
Announcing the approval of the decree, Spain’s Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, celebrated the fact that the country “is once again at the forefront” of LGTBI rights as it joins a handful of European countries that have “depathologised identity recognition.”
The trans law also bans conversion therapy and removes the marriage requirement for female couples to co-parent their child.
Also of interest: Spain approves abortion law which included paid menstrual leave
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