Uruguay Congress Passes Legal Guidelines for Sex Changes

Uruguay's congress Monday approved a sex change law, the latest liberal move by the tiny South American nation which has also given the nod to civil unions for gays and adoptions by gay couples. The sex change bill, approved by the Senate on Monday and last month by the Chamber of Deputies, sets the legal guidelines for men and women who want to change from one gender to the other. "Every person has the right to freely develop their personality in accordance with the proper identity of their gender, independent of their biological, genetic, anatomic... identity," reads the text. Full Story from AFP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5it9NT4_MzPR73Wi9R-L1cFM7cMyg

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Uruguay Considering Gender Identity Respect Law

The tiny South American nation of Uruguay continues to outpace America in the arena of GLBT equality: after allowing gays to serve in the military and preparing the way for family equality in the realm of adoptions for same-sex parents, Uruguay is now on the way to approving a law that respects each individual’s gender identity. Though most people identify with their anatomical gender, there are some who feel that their true selves are trapped in bodies of the wrong sex. Such transgendered individuals have become more visible in recent years, but in the United States they, like gays and lesbians, are afforded only limited rights and protections relevant to their status as sexual minorities. To date, there are no federal protections in place for transgendered citizens, just as not federal statutes offer protection to gays and lesbians. Full Story from Edge Boston: http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=96676

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