For your information, here is the entire text of the so-called Ley Trans, which is currently being discussed in Spain.with a rift also in the government majorityon the one hand the proponents of Podemos, led by the Minister of Igualdad Irene Montero and deaf to every objection, on the other hand the Psoe opposing noting many critical issues. Together with the text of the proposed law we publish the timely and reasoned objections of the Contra Borrado feminists (almost 150 associations tenaciously opposing it) and their counter-proposal.
The texts are too long to be sent in translation, but are also easily understandable for those interested in following the issue in detail.
In summary: current Spanish law stipulates that changing one's gender identity on an identity document requires at least two years of hormone treatment and a medical or psychological diagnosis certifying so-called 'gender dysphoria' (law 164/82 regulating this issue in Italy, updated by subsequent rulings, provides for a similar path).
The new Spanish bill provides for self-determination (self-id) of one's gender identity over the age of 16 without the need for certificates attesting to gender dysphoria or the need for "changes in the person's appearance or body functions through medical, surgical or other procedures". The draft law provides for "the free declaration of the person concerned is sufficient"It also recognises non-binary identities, admitting that people who do not identify themselves as a man or a woman are not allowed to identify themselves as a man or a woman. may also not indicate their gender on their identity card.
The new law also allows access to assisted reproductive treatment for 'trans people with gestational capacity'.It also provides for the possibility of using cryopreservation techniques for sperm or reproductive cells of people undergoing hormone treatment.
Sanchez's Psoe contested the bill stating that "the so-called right to free determination of gender identity or right to gender self-determination lacks legal rationality".
At the bottom of the two Spanish documents - Podemos' bill and Contra Borrado's opposition - you will also find the Italian bill of the same tenor proposed by the Trans Identity Movement.
La Zan law against homobi-transphobia currently only approved in the House is the antechamber to an Italian trans law, keeping the concept of free gender identity at the centre.
Finally, there is the very important fact that in the UK, the home of transactivism, self-id has been definitively rejected by the government. and was free gender identity propaganda stopped in schools. At self-id, according to a survey published by The Times96% of the British people oppose it. There is no reason to think that Spaniards and Italians view it more favourably.
So Spain, and eventually Italy, risk importing a product that has already expired and has been rejected by its creator..
DRAFT OF THE SPANISH TRANS LAW
INFORME SOBRE LA JUSTIFICACION DEL CONVENIO DE COLABORACION ENTRE EL MINISTERIO DE IGUALDAD Y LA ASOCIACION DE PARQUES CIENTIFICOS Y TECNOLOGICOS DE ESPAÑA (APTE) PARA EL FOMENTO DEL ACCESO DE MUJERES DE LA APTE A CONSEJOS DE ADMINISTRACION DE EMPRESAS C
LEY PARA LA IGUALDAD REAL Y EFECTIVA DE LAS PERSONAS TRANS
EXPOSITION OF MOTIVES
the whole text can be found here
CRITICISM AND COUNTER-PROPOSAL BY CONTRA BORRADO FEMINISTS
INFORME SOBRE LA JUSTIFICACION DEL CONVENIO DE COLABORACION ENTRE EL MINISTERIO DE IGUALDAD Y LA ASOCIACION DE PARQUES CIENTIFICOS Y TECNOLOGICOS DE ESPAÑA (APTE) PARA EL FOMENTO DEL ACCESO DE MUJERES DE LA APTE A CONSEJOS DE ADMINISTRACION DE EMPRESAS C
BORRADOR ANTEPROYECTO DE LEY PARA LA IGUALDAD DE LAS PERSONAS LGTBI Y PARA LA NO DISCRIMINACIÓN POR RAZÓN DE ORIENTACIÓN SEXUAL, IDENTIDAD DE GÉNERO, EXPRESIÓN DE GÉNERO O CARACTERÍSTICAS SEXUALES
EXPOSITION OF MOTIVES
the whole text can be found here
THE TRANS BILL IN ITALY
Guaranteeing the full effectiveness of the right to gender identity and gender expressionPlanning points for a proposal to reform Law 164/1982 - "Rules on the rectification of sex attribution "By MIT -Movimento Identità Trans Settore Sportello Legale-13 February 2020.
As you will see The guiding principles overlap with those of the Trans Law: total freedom to decide which gender one belongs to, regardless of biological sex, of any pharmacological and/or surgical treatment, and without any need for medical diagnosis, expertise or intervention by the courts.
