The law makes Spain one of the few nations to allow people to change their gender on their national identity card with a simple declaration
The law, which passed by 191 votes in favour, 60 against with 91 abstentions, makes Spain one of the few nations to allow people to change their gender on their national identity card with a simple declaration.The vote was the last hurdle for legislation that has caused a major rift within Spain's left-wing coalition, as the country gears up for a general election later this year.
"This law recognises the right of trans people to self-determine their gender identity, it depathologises trans people. Trans people are not sick people, they are just people." "We're celebrating the fact this law has passed after eight years of tireless work to obtain rights for the trans community," Uge Sangil, head of FELGBTI+, Spain's largest LGBTQ organisation, told AFP outside parliament.
But in recent years, several European nations which pioneered transgender legislation have had second thoughts. In Spain, the bill generated deep political and ideological divisions within its left-wing coalition government, driving a wedge between activists in its powerful feminist lobby and LGBTQ equality campaigners.
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