Argentina, government amends Gender Identity Law

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The National Government decided to prohibit prison transfers for gender reassignment issues and modified the Gender Identity Law to prohibit gender reassignment treatments for minors under 18 years of age. teleSUR

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00:00In Argentina, the far-right government of Javier Milley announced the modification of

00:04the gender identity law, three days after the people protagonized a massive federal

00:09march for diversity and against fascism.

00:12Precisely, the spokesperson of the presidential office, Manuel Adorni, informed that the government

00:18will ban hormone treatment and adaptation for minors younger than 18 years old.

00:24As the law currently stands, it is the minors' parents who might make such decision.

00:29Adorni did not clarify if this modification will be enforced via decree or with a new

00:36law through the Congress.

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