ARCHIVED - Controversial trans law gets the green light in Spain

From the age of 16, teens in Spain can now change their gender on official documents without parental consent

What does the trans law say?

• The trans law recognises free gender self-determination and allows all those over the age of 16 to change their sex on official documentation like DNIs and passports. They can do so even if they are not undergoing hormonal treatment, without parental consent and without having to prove that they suffer from “gender dysphoria”.
• Minors between the ages of 14 and 16 will also be able to change their gender on the Civil Registry without being subjected to a clinical evaluation, but they must have parental consent. In the event that parents refuse, a judicial defender may be appointed to resolve the conflict.
• Children under the age of 12 can change their name on official documents, but not their sex.
• Under the new law, a person who has undergone a change of sex but wants to reverse the procedure may do so once six months have elapsed since the procedure. The reversal can only be granted if approved by a court.
• Conversion therapies will be banned across Spain, even if they have the consent of the person, and will be punishable with fines of up to 150,000 euros.
• Gay women without a partner and trans people “with the capacity to gestate” will now be able to access assisted reproduction, which is currently limited to married women or women with a proven heterosexual partner.
• The new text also recognises the filiation of children of two women, without the need for them to be married, a process that previously took months, if not years, in court.
• Finally, the reform replaces the words "mother", "parents", "woman" or "man" by "persons", "parents" or "pregnant parent," a modification intended to implement an "inclusive language."