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Spanish MPs approve new bill on transgender rights

LGBTQ activists celebrate after the vote in favour of a transgender rights bill at the Spanish Congress of Deputies in Madrid, on December 22, 2022. © Thomas Coex, AFP

Lawmakers on Thursday passed a transgender rights bill allowing anyone 16 and over to change gender on their ID card, putting Spain on track to becoming one of the few countries to allow transgender people to change their status with a simple declaration.

Approved by 188 votes in favour to 150 against and seven abstentions, the bill now moves to the Senate where, if left unchanged as expected, it will become law within weeks.  

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