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The first amendments to the Trans Law arrive.

And in this case to make gender self-determination more flexible in minors.

More Country registered this Tuesday a proposal that opens a way for children under 12 years of age to change their sex.

It is an age barrier that the bill did not lower, which contemplates that between 12 and 14 years of age the applications are resolved by a judge.

Well, an amendment now presented by Íñigo Errejón adds to this that, in addition, "minor children who have had their name changed for two years" can access this procedure.

Logically, this addition would only be applicable to children aged 11, 10, 9... since those who have turned 12 would already be covered.

Thus, if this modification in the core article on gender self-determination is approved, minors under 12 years of age, with the consent of their parents, would have the capacity to initiate the process to change their gender before a judge several years before what is currently foreseen by the

Government

.

In order for a child under 12 years of age to change their name to another, they need the permission of their parents as well as their accompaniment to carry out the procedure in the

Civil Registry

.

Therefore, it is not something that can be done without the authorization of the parents or behind their backs.

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A controversial rule that allows you to request a change of sex from the age of 14

  • Drafting: ÁLVARO CARVAJALMadrid

A controversial rule that allows you to request a change of sex from the age of 14

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Spain, among the most permissive countries for gender self-determination

  • Drafting: ÁLVARO CARVAJALMadrid

  • Writing: MARTA BELVERMadrid

Spain, among the most permissive countries for gender self-determination

With this amendment, Más País justifies that a minor with the name changed for a period of two years would verify "stability in their identity", which is a requirement raised by the Constitutional Court in

ruling 99/2019

, of July 18, 2019 , in which he addressed the change in registration of sex in transsexual minors.

Hence, he warns that his amendment "prevents the law from effectively curtailing the right to recognition of the gender identity of minors."

On the other hand, Errejón has presented another amendment that affects one of the central points of gender self-determination.

As the process is now, the trans person has to go to the Civil Registry twice to change their gender.

A first time to request it and about three months later to ratify it.

It is part of the "legal certainty" that the

Ministry of Justice

added regarding the Equality draft.

Well, Más País asks to eliminate this double appearance in the Civil Registry.

"The periods of reflection imposed by delaying the free expression of a personal decision as in the case of the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, divorce, or marriage [...] is an interference by the State with individual freedom and guardianship", he justifies.

Another of the More Country amendments asks the Ministry of Health to guarantee the supply of the most common hormonal treatments for trans people "in order to avoid recurring episodes of shortages."

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