Spain: last passage in Parliament for the 'trans law'

(ANSA) - MADRID, FEBRUARY 16 - The so-called Spanish "trans law", a law that establishes new rights for transgender people such as "self-determination", faces its last passage in Parliament: in fact, the session of the Congress of Deputies is underway in which the final vote on the text is expected, after the preliminary "yes" already expressed in December and last week by the same Chamber and by the Senate.

    The law, promoted in particular by the Minister of Equal Opportunities Irene Montero (Unidas Podemos) and loudly requested by various LGTB+ collectives, contemplates the possibility of requesting the change of one's gender to the

    Precisely this and other aspects of the text have long been the subject of controversies that have caused deep divisions within the vast and influential Spanish feminist movement: in particular, a part of feminists says they are against this provision as they see in it potential problems of "insecurity juridical", of the application of policies against the discrimination of women and as regards the self-determination of minors under the age of 18.

The standard does not contemplate questions concerning hormonal processes, which are instead dealt with in regional standards, explains La Vanguardia.

    In today's session, Congress is also called upon to vote definitively on a reform of the law on abortion aimed at better guaranteeing the right to access this practice.

The law also provides for menstrual leave paid from the first day by the state for women with "disabling" cycles.

   (HANDLE).