Source: La Razón (Spanish)
The electoral call on May 12 and the early dissolution of the Parliament chamber will have some consequences. One of them is that the Catalan trans law, which, among other things, offered mediation between parents and minors who disagree about treatments, will remain at the doors of the parliamentary process.
The draft, which also sought to improve the employability and right to housing of the group, will not arrive in time to be sent by the Government. Sources from the Ministry of Equality and Feminisms have confirmed this, and have detailed that it still has to be approved by the Executive Council, which would have to be, if appropriate, debated and approved in the next legislature.
However, the department is “optimistic” about the future of the law, although it is delayed due to the electoral process. They assure that they have managed to push forward a “very consensual” text that may reach parliamentary proceedings in the future, either via the Government or as a proposal from some groups in the Catalan chamber.
Furthermore, when asked what will happen if the future Government has a different color from the current one, sources from the department point out that, given that in the preliminary draft all the groups as well as the entities have been heard, "the logical thing would be that the next executive has the will policy and take this text to Parliament". "It would make no sense to start from scratch," they added from the Department of Equality and Feminisms, which recalls that it is a law designed to "protect basic rights" in a global context "of steps backwards" and hate speech.
In the text, the Generalitat proposes a program to address the situation of those trans people expelled from home due to their gender identity or who are homeless. It also recognizes the right to the provision of the Guaranteed Citizenship Income (RGC) to those transgender people between 18 and 23 years old who are victims of violence due to gender identity.
The law also includes recognition of access to public care for this group—minors and adults—in an irregular administrative situation. Likewise, it also guarantees "the right of access to assisted human reproduction techniques to all trans people and those with pregnant capacity and/or their partners."
Measures against transphobia and intersexphobia are also added, since it explicitly prohibits the apology, promotion, advertising or practice of methods or therapies of aversion or conversion, making this practice also punishable by administrative means as it is considered a very serious infraction. serious.
The draft of the Government's new 'trans' law provides that, between the ages of 12 and 16, there may be mediation if the minor's parents, from the outset, reject medical treatments for the transition. It is noted that these minors should have the right to express their opinion and will in decision-making, "as long as they have sufficient maturity to form their own judgment."
In this sense, it is established that before the age of 16 there must be consent from the minor and their parents or legal representatives; From that age onwards, it is no longer necessary to have parental approval. Between the ages of 12 and 16, the law contemplates mediation if there is no agreement between parents and children regarding treatment.
The electoral call on May 12 and the early dissolution of the Parliament chamber will have some consequences. One of them is that the Catalan trans law, which, among other things, offered mediation between parents and minors who disagree about treatments, will remain at the doors of the parliamentary process.
The draft, which also sought to improve the employability and right to housing of the group, will not arrive in time to be sent by the Government. Sources from the Ministry of Equality and Feminisms have confirmed this, and have detailed that it still has to be approved by the Executive Council, which would have to be, if appropriate, debated and approved in the next legislature.
However, the department is “optimistic” about the future of the law, although it is delayed due to the electoral process. They assure that they have managed to push forward a “very consensual” text that may reach parliamentary proceedings in the future, either via the Government or as a proposal from some groups in the Catalan chamber.
Furthermore, when asked what will happen if the future Government has a different color from the current one, sources from the department point out that, given that in the preliminary draft all the groups as well as the entities have been heard, "the logical thing would be that the next executive has the will policy and take this text to Parliament". "It would make no sense to start from scratch," they added from the Department of Equality and Feminisms, which recalls that it is a law designed to "protect basic rights" in a global context "of steps backwards" and hate speech.
In the text, the Generalitat proposes a program to address the situation of those trans people expelled from home due to their gender identity or who are homeless. It also recognizes the right to the provision of the Guaranteed Citizenship Income (RGC) to those transgender people between 18 and 23 years old who are victims of violence due to gender identity.
The law also includes recognition of access to public care for this group—minors and adults—in an irregular administrative situation. Likewise, it also guarantees "the right of access to assisted human reproduction techniques to all trans people and those with pregnant capacity and/or their partners."
Measures against transphobia and intersexphobia are also added, since it explicitly prohibits the apology, promotion, advertising or practice of methods or therapies of aversion or conversion, making this practice also punishable by administrative means as it is considered a very serious infraction. serious.
The draft of the Government's new 'trans' law provides that, between the ages of 12 and 16, there may be mediation if the minor's parents, from the outset, reject medical treatments for the transition. It is noted that these minors should have the right to express their opinion and will in decision-making, "as long as they have sufficient maturity to form their own judgment."
In this sense, it is established that before the age of 16 there must be consent from the minor and their parents or legal representatives; From that age onwards, it is no longer necessary to have parental approval. Between the ages of 12 and 16, the law contemplates mediation if there is no agreement between parents and children regarding treatment.
