Ley Trans

Ley Trans
Cortes Generales
  • Ley para la Igualdad real y efectiva de las personas trans y para la garantía de los derechos LGTBI ('An act for the real and effective equality of trans people and for the protection of LGBTI rights')
CitationBOE-A-2023-5366
Territorial extentSpain
Enacted byCongress of Deputies
Enacted bySenate of Spain
Commenced2 March 2023
Legislative history
First chamber: Congress of Deputies
First reading21 December 2022
Voting summary
  • 188 voted for
  • 150 voted against
Second reading16 February 2023
Voting summary
  • 191 voted for
  • 60 voted against
Passed16 February 2023
Second chamber: Senate of Spain
Passed9 February 2023
Voting summary
  • 144 voted for
  • 108 voted against
Status: In force

The Ley Trans (lit. 'Trans Law') is a 2023 law that permits gender self-identification in Spain. The law allows individuals to change their legal sex, with differing levels of approval required based on their age. People older than 16 years can solicit this change by themselves, while those aged 14 to 16 years may solicit this change only with the approval of their parents. Those aged 12 and 13 may also solicit a legal sex change with judge approval. The law does not allow people to switch to a non-binary gender, which does not exist in Spanish law. However, it does ban efforts to change people's gender expression, sexual orientation or sexual identity through conversion therapy.[1][2]

  Countries in Europe allowing gender self-identification
  1. ^ "Así queda la Ley Trans: autodeterminación del género y fin de las terapias de conversión". ElHuffPost. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Las personas no binarias y la tercera casilla en documentos oficiales quedan fuera de la ley trans". ElHuffPost. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.