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Argentina Approves Transgender Rights Legislation, Makes Sex-Change Surgery A Legal Right
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| Contributor | Green Pigs |
| Last Edited | Green Pigs May 15, 2012 12:53am |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Author | Michael Warren (AP) |
| Media | Website - Huffington Post |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 9, 2012 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Adults who want sex-change surgery or hormone therapy in Argentina will be able to get it as part of their public or private health care plans under a gender rights law approved Wednesday.
The measure also gives people the right to specify how their gender is listed at the civil registry when their physical characteristics don't match how they see themselves.
Senators approved the Gender Identity law by a vote of 55-0, with one abstention and more than a dozen senators declaring themselves absent – the same margin that approved a "death with dignity" law earlier in the day.
President Cristina Fernandez threw her support behind the law and is expected to sign it. She has often said how proud she is that Argentina became Latin America's first nation to legalize gay marriage two years ago, enabling thousands of same-sex couples to wed and enjoy the same legal rights as married heterosexual couples. |
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