[News] [Argentina] Argentina passes landmark transgender rights law
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Argentina passes landmark transgender rights law
Posted By Joshua Keating | Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 2:06 PM
The big political news in the U.S. today is that President Obama has
finally "evolved" -- with a push from Joe Biden -- into supporting
same-sex marriage
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/us/politics/obama-says-same-sex-marriage-should-be-legal.html?ref=politics>
. Obama is still sticking with a states-rights position on this issue
and is unlikely to push for action at the federal level, but as Uri
points out <http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/05/09/where_in_the_world_is_same_sex_marriage_legal?page=full>
, if the United States were to legalize gay marriage, it would be the
11th country in the world to do so. It would be the third in the
Western Hemisphere after Argentina and Canada. (It's also legal in
Mexico City. Plus, Uruguay and Brazil both recognize civil unions.
Obama's change of heart probably wouldn't impress anyone in Argentina,
where full marriage for same-sex couples has been legal since 2010.
Today, the country went a step further
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlRTOE2djx3lhb7wTzh2Pzebi3ew?docId=6e5bf1c61fc847c2817f285a95e48548>
:
Adults who want sex-change surgery or hormone therapy in Argentina
will be able to get it as part of their public or private health care
plans under a gender rights law approved Wednesday.
Senators approved the Gender Identity law by a vote of 55 to zero
with one abstention and more than a dozen senators declaring
themselves absent — the same margin that approved a "death with
dignity" law earlier in the day.
It gives people the legal right to officially change their gender
without having to go to court for a judge's approval, and obligates
health care companies to provide them with surgery or hormone therapy
on demand.
Other countries, including neighboring Uruguay, have passed gender
rights laws, but Argentina's "is in the forefront of the world"
because of these benefits it guarantees, said Cesar Cigliutti,
president of the Homosexual Community of Argentina.
Treatments related to gender changes will be included in the
"Obligatory Medical Plan," meaning that both private and public health
care providers will not be able to charge extra for the services.
Sex reassignment surgery is covered by a growing number of health
plans <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/22/transgender-surgery-cover_n_826385.html>
in the United States, but it's pretty remarkable that a bill like
this didn't get a single no vote in a 92 percent Catholic country.
©2012 The Foreign Policy Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/10/argentina_passes_landmark_transgender_rights_law
PASSPORT
Argentina passes landmark transgender rights law
Posted By Joshua Keating | Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 2:06 PM
The big political news in the U.S. today is that President Obama has
finally "evolved" -- with a push from Joe Biden -- into supporting
same-sex marriage
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/us/politics/obama-says-same-sex-marriage-should-be-legal.html?ref=politics>
. Obama is still sticking with a states-rights position on this issue
and is unlikely to push for action at the federal level, but as Uri
points out <http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/05/09/where_in_the_world_is_same_sex_marriage_legal?page=full>
, if the United States were to legalize gay marriage, it would be the
11th country in the world to do so. It would be the third in the
Western Hemisphere after Argentina and Canada. (It's also legal in
Mexico City. Plus, Uruguay and Brazil both recognize civil unions.
Obama's change of heart probably wouldn't impress anyone in Argentina,
where full marriage for same-sex couples has been legal since 2010.
Today, the country went a step further
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlRTOE2djx3lhb7wTzh2Pzebi3ew?docId=6e5bf1c61fc847c2817f285a95e48548>
:
Adults who want sex-change surgery or hormone therapy in Argentina
will be able to get it as part of their public or private health care
plans under a gender rights law approved Wednesday.
Senators approved the Gender Identity law by a vote of 55 to zero
with one abstention and more than a dozen senators declaring
themselves absent — the same margin that approved a "death with
dignity" law earlier in the day.
It gives people the legal right to officially change their gender
without having to go to court for a judge's approval, and obligates
health care companies to provide them with surgery or hormone therapy
on demand.
Other countries, including neighboring Uruguay, have passed gender
rights laws, but Argentina's "is in the forefront of the world"
because of these benefits it guarantees, said Cesar Cigliutti,
president of the Homosexual Community of Argentina.
Treatments related to gender changes will be included in the
"Obligatory Medical Plan," meaning that both private and public health
care providers will not be able to charge extra for the services.
Sex reassignment surgery is covered by a growing number of health
plans <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/22/transgender-surgery-cover_n_826385.html>
in the United States, but it's pretty remarkable that a bill like
this didn't get a single no vote in a 92 percent Catholic country.
©2012 The Foreign Policy Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/10/argentina_passes_landmark_transgender_rights_law
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