FILE PHOTO: Transgender activists protest in favour of transgender rights at Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, Spain, June 26, 2021. Placard reads, "Trans law now". REUTERS/Susana Vera
MADRID (Reuters) -The Spanish government on Tuesday approved the draft of a bill to allow anyone over the age of 14 to change gender legally without a medical diagnosis or hormone therapy, the Equality Ministry said.
The draft bill, which will go to a public hearing before another reading in the cabinet and a vote in the lower house of parliament, removes the requirement for two years of hormone therapy and a psychological assessment to switch gender in official records.
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