The Trans Law is registered in the Congress of Deputies

The registered Trans Law expands the Equality Law with reparation measures for the trans * collective

GAYLES.TV.- Historical moment for the trans collective. This morning the proposition of Trans Law in the Congress of Deputies. The registered initiative is the draft that has been worked with the Ministry of Equality, but expanded.

Mainly four are the new points that improve and expand the draft. First: trans people migrants they will see your identity in the documents issued by the Spanish state, without having to provide any requirements. Two: the inclusion of a third checkbox no binary in official documents. Three: people's rights are expanded pregnant that they will not only be able to access assisted reproduction, but also the voluntary interruption of pregnancy. And finally a new chapter on reparación, so that those trans people over 65 years of age who prove that they have no other recourse can receive a subsidy from the State.

After hunger strike that 70 people did last week before the government immobility to unblock the law, a group of political parties led by ERC, More Country, CUP, Canary Islands Coalition and Compromís have brought the bill to the Low camera for your discussion.

Lack of support from the large LGTBI platforms

The draft of the «Law for the real and effective equality of trans people»Maintains the self-determination of gender identity, which has roused some sectors of feminism. In section "Right to freely manifested gender identity»States that everyone can«Obtain the correction of the name and the mention relative to sex in all records and administrative documents«.

The president of the Federation of Trans Mar Cambrollé Platform positively values the experience for the support received towards the group: «I never calculated that so many people went on hunger strike, so many mothers, grandmothers and so many activists. This situation demonstrates the need for this law«. On the contrary, he has criticized the «absence of large LGTBI organizations in the country»Who, remember, are also representatives of the trans community.