The Lower House passed the much-debated Gender Identity bill, which allows citizens to officially change their name and sexual identity if they wish to do so, without the need to request for a special permission in court. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it will also be debated.
The bill, drafted after four different bills coming from four caucuses in the Lower House, enables transvestites and transsexuals to officially change their name and gender identity no matter what their biological sex is.
As it became clear that the bill would be preliminary approved, human rights activists and members of several homosexual, transvestite and transsexual rights organizations cheered as lawmakers voted in favour.
The Lower House remains in session and continue to debate other controversial issues such as the Dignified Death bill and the Assisted Fertilization bill.
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