The Trans-LGTBI Law includes a broad system of sanctions when it comes to protecting the LGTB + collective from discrimination
Reject a partner LGTB + for the mere fact of being at the time of renting, as well as not renewing said rental because the owner has found out that his tenants belong to the group LGTB + It will carry a fine that can reach 150.000 euros. The same will happen if there is discrimination when accessing a place or a job.
The new lawFurthermore, it includes a system of sanctions to protect the group against sexual and gender discrimination through a system of infractions and sanctions in areas such as education, rent, work, health, sports or leisure. The goal is to protect people in areas where they previously felt completely unprotected.
They will be sanctions «serious»With fines of 2.001 to 10.000 euros, not removing vexatious expressions on social networks or websites, tolerating or promoting discriminatory labor practices or refusing to collaborate with an inspection effort. Facts will be considered «leves«, With penalties ranging from 200 to 2.000 euros, harassing a person for their sexual identity or causing damage -which can be painted- to the property of the group LGTB + as plates or premises.
Reversal of the burden of proof
According to the Ministry of Equality, the law will establish a regime «which is based on the reversal of the rules regarding the burden of proof. That is, it will be the defendant who must prove that he has not discriminated".
The text of the preliminary draft establishes that, when discrimination is alleged for reasons of sexual orientation and identity, gender expression or sexual characteristics and "Well-founded evidence of its existence, it will correspond to the defendant or to whom the discriminatory situation is imputed to provide an objective and reasonable justification, sufficiently proven, of the measures adopted and their proportionality.«.
