The gender transformation at the registry office in Spain, minors from the age of 16 are also admitted. Anyone between the ages of 14 and 16 can do it with the permission of the Parents or legal guardians. Between the ages of 12 and 14, a different indication of gender on the identity card requires court approval.
Spain authorizes identity change on documents from the age of 16
What is the “Trans Law”
Children – under the age of 12 – are not included in the sex reassignment casuistry, but schools must guarantee a reception “consistent with their identity”. Attention, we are not talking about the actual medical treatment related to sex reassignment, but about the sexual identity stated in the documents. This law, passed yesterday, has divided the country, the parliament and also the left-wing majority that governs Spain (Socialists, Podemos and another series of parties).
DIVIDED FEMINISTS
Not only that: it has found conflicting voices, for example also among feminists (whose movements are very strong in Spain), as well as the no of the opposition, in particular the PP, Vox and Ciudadanos. At the grill, the Minister for Equal Opportunities, Irene Montero (Unidas Podemos). Other measures of significant value for the Spanish company were also approved yesterday. The new abortion rules (recovering those approved by Zapatero in 2010 and then modified by Rajoy): Even minors (16 and 17 years old) can terminate their pregnancy voluntarily without parental consent. And girls under 16 can go to a judge to apply for a permit. Another very innovative and in this case less controversial article: the law establishes the right of women to be granted leave for “disability” to menses.
It’s funded by the state from day one, not the company. Finally, the measures taken against “surrogacy” (another very divisive issue, even in the LGBT community) have been accentuated: Spain, like many other countries, has for some time banned the use of this method to have a child because it so is considered “violence against women,” but the new law also bans the advertising of brokerage firms offering opportunities abroad where the practice is not prohibited.
All these reforms have sparked all the debates in Parliament, but the new rules of the ley trans are undoubtedly the ones that have sparked the most debates. Even members of the PSOE (Socialists) voted no, but in the end the law passed with a solid majority.
In fact, “gender self-determination” becomes a right without the need to provide medical certificates. Minister Montero says: “We are taking a big step so that there are many trans children who feel better understood in their schools, by their families.” Regarding the actual medical treatments, the ABC newspaper summarizes: “The law prohibits surgical interventions for genital manipulation intended for children under 12 years of age”, except in cases where the medical indication for the protection of human health requires otherwise “. For persons between 12 and 16 years of age, they are authorized if the persons concerned, because of their “We are sincerely and honestly convinced that this law will be very harmful: it will not bring more rights, but more suffering, it will destroy the lives of many children and young people from many families forever,” is the thesis the Vox (right wing party) MP Maria Ruiz The PP and Ciudadanos have also sharply criticized this reform María Jesús Partido Popular’s Moro states: “We are not here to experiment on people’s skin”. And remember that other countries like Sweden, the UK and Finland are backing down on this issue.
COMMENTS
The Spanish law has also caused concerned reactions in Italy. “Although some on the left clumsily try to deny it, gender ideology exists and is increasingly pervasive. This is shown by what happened in Spain. From now on, in the Iberian country, a 16-year-old man, who rightly is not even considered mature enough to buy a beer in the supermarket, can change his gender on the documents according to his personal feelings », explains the deputy vice-president of Fratelli d ‘Italy, Raffaele Speranzon. The new Spanish law requires the person to be reconvened after three months to confirm the choice. After six months, you can change the information again and go back to the previous gender.
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