by Equipo OTD | Dec 15, 2018 | Gender Identity Law
On September 2018, the Joint Senate Commission approved the Gender Identity Law in Chile. Thanks to this, people over 14 years old will have the possibility to modify their gender in the Civil Registry, through an administrative procedure. This legislation...
by Equipo OTD | Dec 14, 2018 | Gender Identity Law
The rights of LGBTIQ+ people are human rights! Let’s make that clear. There is nothing strange, otherworldly, or absurd about that. The petition today is for equality, respect, and, above all, justice. Globally, only 20 countries have approved...
by Equipo OTD | Dec 12, 2018 | Gender Identity Law
On September 12, 2018, the Congress approved the Gender Identity Law in Chile. This leaves behind a debate that lasted five years, and was accepted with 95 votes in favor and 46 against. Now, it must be sent to the national president, Sebastián Piñera, for his...
by Equipo OTD | Dec 7, 2018 | Education, Public Politics
The universities of the Américas, of Chile, Católica and Santiago have created protocols to respect the social name of their trans students. The measure, which the Américas university began, it has been backup by the feminist movement among the university students. In...
by Equipo OTD | Dec 6, 2018 | Depathologization, Health
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced the end of the CIE-11 and published online the original version. The link will be shared in the next hour, once the embargo is finished. The announcement does not mark the end of the process of the ICD-11, but the...