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Ley Trans | |
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Citation | BOE-A-2023-5366 |
Territorial extent | Spain |
Enacted by | Congress of Deputies |
Enacted by | Senate of Spain |
Commenced | 2 March 2023 |
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First chamber: Congress of Deputies | |
First reading | 21 December 2022 |
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Second reading | 16 February 2023 |
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Passed | 16 February 2023 |
Second chamber: Senate of Spain | |
Passed | 9 February 2023 |
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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]