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Transgender and travesti rights in Argentina have been lauded by many as some of the world's most progressive.[1][2] The country "has one of the world's most comprehensive transgender rights laws".[3] The Gender Identity Law, passed in 2012, made Argentina the "only country that allows people to change their gender identities without facing barriers such as hormone therapy, surgery or psychiatric diagnosis that labels them as having an abnormality".[4][5] In 2015, the World Health Organization cited Argentina as an exemplary country for providing transgender rights.[5] Leading transgender activists include Lohana Berkins, Diana Sacayán, Mariela Muñoz, María Belén Correa, Marlene Wayar, Claudia Pía Baudracco, Susy Shock and Lara Bertolini.
In 2021, the Diana Sacayán–Lohana Berkins Law was passed, which establishes that the national public sector must reserve at least 1% of its positions and vacancies for trans people, and encourages the private sector to take similar measures. Also in 2021, President Alberto Fernández signed the decree 476/2021, mandating the National Registry of Persons (RENAPER) to allow a third gender option on all national identity cards and passports, marked as an "X". In compliance with the Gender Identity Law, this made Argentina one of the few countries in the world to legally recognize non-binary gender on all official documentation.
Currently,[as of?] Argentine trans activists are pushing for anti-discrimination and employment quota laws, as well as to stop killings of trans people.[6]
The "Day of the Promotion of the Rights of Trans People" is celebrated in the city of Buenos Aires and in Santa Fe Province on March 18, in memory of Baudracco.[7][8]
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- ^ Schmall, Emily (May 24, 2012). "Transgender Advocates Hail Law Easing Rules in Argentina". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ Lavers, Michael K. (March 24, 2016). "Argentina joins global LGBT rights initiative". Washington Blade. Brown, Naff, Pitts Omnimedia, Inc. Archived from the original on November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
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- ^ Máximo, Matías (14 October 2015). "Por ser puto, torta o trans". Anfibia (in Spanish). UNSAM. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ "La provincia conmemora el Día de Promoción de los Derechos de las Personas Trans" (in Spanish). Government of Santa Fe Province. March 18, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Se conmemora por primera vez el Día de la Promoción de los Derechos de las Personas Trans" (in Spanish). Télam. March 18, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2019.