This Thursday, deputies of the Assembly of the Republic will debate three bills to change the gender identity law. Enough, CDS-PP and PSD want to revoke or amend Law No. 38/2018, which enshrines the self-determination of gender identity and expression.
O PSD defends the repeal of the 2018 law and that the 2011 legislation comes back into forcereturning the obligation of a in changing name and gender in the civil registry. 15 years ago, the PSD voted against this proposed law from the PS Government.
O He arrives wants to update the name and gender change regulations in the civil registry for “protection of children and young people”, while the CDS presents a bill that “protects the integrity of children” prohibiting puberty blockers and/or hormone therapy in the treatment of gender dysphoria in children under 18 years of age.
In the opposite direction, the Left Bloc presented a fourth bill, which proposes strengthening the current law and establishing a legal framework for its application.
The legislation currently in force allows the change of civil registration from 16 years oldthrough parental authorizationand foresees the use of the social name in different contexts, without the need for medical interventions.
Various organizations of advocacy for trans and intersex people contest the proposal, which they classify as a “setback”.
“It will be the first time that there is a setback in terms of human rights in Portugal. It is the first time that there are acquired rights that are reversed”, Hélder Bertolo, president of Opus Diversidades, told Lusa, admitting that such a scenario could pave the way for reviews of other rights.
For this Thursday afternoon, a protest in front of the Assembly of the Republic building against party proposals right-wing.
