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According to information from the newspaper El Periódico, the city of Barcelona will include the non-binary gender field, in addition to the traditional male and female, to guarantee the rights of people who identify themselves in this way.
Trans, intersex people (formerly named as hermaphrodite) may be treated with the name and gender they identify with. The measure applies to everyone, but minors will need parental authorization.
Laura Pérez, adviser for Feminisms and LGBTI in Barcelona, celebrated the inclusion of the non-binary gender in documents: “This is just a small step forward, there is still a lot of work to be done in favor of groups that suffer such severe discrimination, with rates unemployment so high. “
Justice issues first birth certificate of non-binary person in Brazil
The Justice of Rio de Janeiro authorized, at the end of August, that the birth certificate of the non-binary person, Aoi Berriel (24), had “unspecified sex“. The request was made by the Public Defender’s Office and the judge Antônio da Rocha Lourenço Neto, of the 1st Family Court of Ilha do Governador, said that agender people (people with no genders) must have their rights validated under the Principle of Human Dignity.
At first, Aoi sought out the Public Defender’s Office in 2015 to change her name and there she got the information that her gender could also be altered. By being a non-binary person, she (who prefers to be referred to in the female pronouns) didn’t think twice and made the request.
“I went to the public defender’s office to try to update my documents with my identity. After all, if the documents are mine they must be cohesive with me. This is a right ”– he said in an interview with Catraca Livre.
“The time that I ran after the process I realized how far the bureaucracy was far from knowing how to deal with Transgender people. I continue to follow up on the changes to my documents and I am anxious to know if I will have any problems. I hope the fulfillment of the service. Thus, I will be able to really celebrate and reap the rewards of my process, so important for the maintenance of my life ”.
As for the fact that he prefers to be called in the feminine, Aoi says that there was an imposition of masculine pronouns throughout his life, and they cause discomfort. Keep reading.
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