Argentina Grants Lulu, 6-Year-Old Transgender Child, Female ID Card

[DriftingCrow]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/10/argentina-child-transgender_n_4077466.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
Author: James Nichols Source: Huffington Post

Late last month, government officials granted Lulu, who was born biologically male but reportedly dressed and identified as a female since she could talk, a female identification card under the country's Gender Identity Law, according to the International Business Times.

Passed in January 2012, Argentina's Gender Identity Law enables citizens to change their names and government-sanctioned sex on official documents without approval from a judge or doctor. With an awareness of how government documents designating one's assigned sex can function as a form of body policing and gatekeeping, Argentina remains the only country in the world to allow individuals to change one's sex without medical or legal approval.

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How awesome is that?

[Lauren5]

Argentina remains at the front in terms of trans* rights.
Still, at least in my opinion, that's a little lax for regulations; I'd prefer not to see someone change their documents and not really be serious about it and change them back a few months later.

[DriftingCrow]

Female ID For A Transgender Child-- Is 6 Too Young?
Source: The Young Turks  Hosts: Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian



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This part of the news show discusses the age of the young Argentinean girl who changed her gender on her ID to female. Ana gives some statistics to show when gender identity is set in children and how it's unlikely that Lula will change her mind and want to go back to being a boy.