Spanish lawmakers approved Thursday a transgender law letting anyone 16 and older change the gender on their ID card, even as similar measures elsewhere have sparked division over the complexities of the issue.
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“This is one of the most important laws of this legislature… we have taken a giant step forward,” Equality Minister Irene Montero told lawmakers ahead of the vote. The new law drops all such requirements, with those aged 14 and 15 allowed to apply if their parents or legal guardians agree, while teens aged 12 and 13 will also require a judge’s permission.Carla Antonelli, a veteran LGBTQ activist and the first trans woman to serve as a Spanish lawmaker, hailed the vote as “a historic day”.
“We’re celebrating the fact this law has passed after eight years of tireless work to obtain rights for the trans community,” Sangil told AFP outside parliament.The need for laws to safeguard trans rights has taken on a new urgency with the sharp rise in people reporting gender dysphoria — the distress caused by a mismatch between a person’s biological sex and the gender with which they identify.
The bitter dispute over transgender issues also played a role in Wednesday’s shock resignation of Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. And it was adamantly opposed by right-wing groups, with Maria Jesus Moro of the opposition Popular Party making a last-minute appeal to lawmakers to reject the law.
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