Rejected the PSOE amendment to the trans law that included judicial authorization up to 16 years of age
La Equality Commission of the Congress of Deputies has rejected the amendment PSOE on trans law that requires judicial authorization for sex change in minors under 16 years of age. The text, as it came out of the Council of Ministers, contemplates the need for the intervention of a judge only in the case of minors under 14 and over 12, since between 14 and 16 it only requires the attendance of parents or guardians.
Therefore, the socialist proposal intended that minors between the ages of 12 and 16 need judicial approval to be able to change their name and sex in the Civil Registry, it has not gone ahead. It has been rejected with votes against from PP, Unidas Podemos and the groups that facilitated the investiture. In the same way, the amendment to the irreversibility of the change has also been rejected.
El PSOE sought with this text, as stated in the justification of the amendment, to limit gender self-determination in those under 16 years of age to «strengthen guarantees» for that age group, according to «the best interest of the child«. Finally, the PSOE has decided to renounce modifying gender self-determination when the trans law is processed in Congress the next day December 22 after losing his battle with United We can.
Satisfaction in Unidas Podemos and in the LGTBI+ collective
La Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, has celebrated the progress in the approval of the norm and has thanked "the feminist parliamentary majority" for making it possible. Montero has celebrated that the Equality Commission has approved the trans law «no rollbacks«. In a tweet he has claimed that it has occurred "one more step for final approval«.
The opinion of the Trans Law and LGTBI rights is approved in Congress. No setbacks.
One more step for final approval. Thanks to the feminist parliamentary majority that has made it possible
- Irene Montero (@IreneMontero) December 12, 2022
The former socialist deputy has also spoken on this issue Carla Antonelli, who left the party due to delays in the law: «You know what? I do not regret anything and today more than ever very proud to have been by the side of my group; Betraying them would have been the biggest betrayal of everything I fought for throughout my 63 years. We were, we are and we will be, and united invincible«.
You know what? I do not regret anything and today + that never very proud to have been next to my group; betraying them would have been the biggest betrayal of everything I fought for throughout my 63 years. We were, we are and we will be, and united invincible.#THANKS ??️⚧️
— Carla Antonelli / ?️⚧️☂️ (@CarlaAntonelli) December 12, 2022
from the various collectives in defense of LGTBIQ+ rights They have celebrated that the equality commission has approved the law «without cuts in the rights of minors or migrants«, as claimed this past weekend in simultaneous demonstrations in various cities of the state.
