Analysis and research about trans legislation

Yogyakarta Principles on the application of international Human Rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity is the result of a distinguished group of human rights experts that has drafted, developed, discussed and refined these Principles. Following an experts’ meeting held at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 6 to 9 November 2006, 29 distinguished experts from 25 countries with diverse backgrounds and expertise relevant to issues of human rights law.

It is very important to consider gender identity legislation and know how it is working so far, in order to determine if it helps people to find their real identity, or if, on the contrary, it forces them to assume one of the two binary sexual identities that may have shunned them before. Here is the approach taken by a case in Spain.

Laws of gender identity that allow trans people to change their name and sex in their legal documentation is a very important concern of our community. We present a brief revision of the different legislations, efforts and contradictions.