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Ley Trans
The ''Ley Trans'' (lit. 'Trans Law') is a 2023 law that permits gender self-identification in Spain. The law allows individuals to change their legal sex, with differing levels of approval required based on their age. People older than 16 years can solicit this change by themselves, while those aged 14 to 16 years may solicit this change only with the approval of their parents. Those aged 12 and 13 may also solicit a legal sex change with judge approval. The law does not allow people to switch to a non-binary gender, which does not exist in Spanish law. However, it does ban efforts to change people's gender expression, sexual orientation or sexual identity through conversion therapy. Background The Andalusian autonomous government passed a gender self-identification (self-ID) law as early as 2014. It was proposed by the ''Asociación de Transexuales de Andalucía (ATA) Sylvia Rivera''. 15 other Spanish autonomous communities passed self-ID laws before the Ley Trans was passe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cortes Generales
The (; ) are the Bicameralism, bicameral legislative chambers of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (the lower house) and the Senate of Spain, Senate (the upper house). The Congress of Deputies meets in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, Palacio de las Cortes. The Senate meets in the Palacio del Senado. Both are in Madrid. The Cortes are elected through universal, free, equal, direct and secret suffrage, with the exception of some senatorial seats, which are elected indirectly by the legislatures of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous communities. The are composed of 615 members: 350 Deputies and 265 Senators. The members of the serve four-year terms, and they are representatives of the Spanish people. In both chambers, the seats are divided by constituencies that correspond with the Provinces of Spain, fifty provinces of Spain, plus Ceuta and Melilla. However, each island or group of islands within the Canary Islands, Canary and Balearic Islands, Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Equality (Spain)
The Ministry of Equality () is a Spanish government departments, department of the Government of Spain responsible for the proposal and execution of the government's policy on equality, with a focus on making the equality between men and women real and effective as well as prevention and eradication of different forms of violence against women. The department's roles also include eradication of all kind of discrimination by Sexism, sex, Racism, racial and Xenophobia, ethnic origin, Religious discrimination, religion or ideology, Homophobia, sexual orientation, Transphobia, gender identity, Ageism, age, Ableism, disability or any other personal or social condition or circumstances. It existed from 2008 to 2010 when it merged with the Ministry of Health (Spain), Ministry of Health, and then from 2020. History The department was created in 2008 at the second term of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's second term in order to promote equality policies set forth in the 2007 Equality A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
