Unpublished decision authorized by the Third Panel of the Superior Court of Justice during a trial last Tuesday (6) is valid for a specific case of a person who requested amendment
O authorized the change in civil registration to appear the on the birth certificate. The decision is unprecedented in the country and was authorized by the Third Panel of the STJ during trial that occurred on Tuesday (6). Authorization applies to the specific case of a person who requested a change to the male after hormonal treatment, but regretted after not feeling well with the new genre. Given the situation, she asked the STJ the change to neutral gender – who does not identify with male or female gender.
The details of the case were not disclosed, because the process is secret of justice. During the trial, Minister Nancy Andrighi highlighted the situation experienced by the party that requested the change. “The issue is very dramatic. This human being must be suffering a lot. Surgery, to take hormones, to become good for her and then realize that it wasn’t that either [que pensava]”He said.
Minister Daniela Teixeira also voted for the authorization to understand that the measure is necessary to ensure that the certificate is the genre in which the person identifies and presents himself to society. For the minister, the person has “right to be who he is.” “The trans person needs and deserves to be protected by society and the judiciary. Giving them the right to self -identification is to guarantee the minimum security,” he added.
*With information from Agência Brasil
