Spain passes landmark gender recognition law

Pride parade in Sitges, Spain in the summer of 2019.
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Spain passed a law on Thursday to allow those over the age of 16 to legally change their gender without medical supervision or a judge’s approval. It removes the previous requirements that applicants provide a doctor’s diagnosis of gender dysphoria and additional proof that they have lived as their gender identity and undergone hormone treatment for the past two years.

The bill requires minors below the age of 14 to still get a judge’s authorization before legally changing their gender. Minors below the age of 16 will still need parental or legal guardian approval before being allowed to change their gender.

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The law also bans so-called conversion therapy and makes Spain the first country in Europe to introduce…

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