Mexico and Trans Rights
Mexico Proposes Transsexual Rights
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEXICO
CITY (AP) — A Mexican congressman said Thursday he will submit a bill
in March that would amend the country’s constitution to guarantee the
rights of transsexuals and change civil laws to ensure they can legally
change their name and gender.
David Sanchez Camacho’s bill would
insert a paragraph into Article Four of the Mexican Constitution
stating that ”every person has the right to the recognition and free
exercise of their gender identity and their gender expression.”
Article
Four currently guarantees equal rights for women and men and states the
rights of children and families, but it does not mention homosexuals or
transsexuals. A transsexual is a person who has undergone a sex change
operation or whose sexual identification does not correspond with the
gender at birth.
Changes to the constitution need approval from
two-thirds of both houses of Congress and two-thirds majorities in at
least 16 of the 31 state legislatures.
Sanchez Camacho said he
had the support of his leftist Democratic Revolution Party, which holds
only about one-quarter of the seats in the lower house.
Transsexual activists said they hope other countries will present similar proposals.
