CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Scotland and Spain have recently passed gender reform laws to make it easier for individuals to change their legally registered gender without requiring any medical supervision.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dec. 22, 2022, at 9:34 a.m. MADRID (AP) - Spain’s lower house of Parliament Thursday passed a law that allows people over 16 years of age to change their legally registered gender without any medical supervision.

Detailed explanation-3: -The changes include reducing the minimum age a person can apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate from eighteen to sixteen, and removing the need for a medical diagnosis and evidence of having lived for two years in their acquired gender.

Detailed explanation-4: -Trans people aged 16 and older applying for a GRC will be required to make a legally binding declaration that they are already living in their acquired gender and intend to do so permanently. The Bill includes safeguards against misuse of the system.

Detailed explanation-5: -You can apply if you meet all of the following requirements: you’re aged 18 or over. you’ve been diagnosed with gender dysphoria in the UK. you’ve been living in your affirmed gender for at least 2 years.