by VersionIngles | Jul 16, 2020 | Gender Identity Law
(Santiago, January 13th, 2020) The 2nd Family Court of Santiago issued a historic judgement by permitting Mathew, a trans teenager, to change his name through the Gender Identity Law that came into effect last December 27th, 2019. The magistrate Macarena Rebolledo,...
by VersionIngles | Jul 16, 2020 | Gender Identity Law, Trans visibility
(Santiago, December 27th, 2019).- Valeria Pinto was the first trans person in Chile that changed her name and registral sex thanks to the Gender Identity Law (GIL) that became effective on December 27th. The coordinator of de OTEDUCA Unit, Kris Córdova, witnessed the...
by Equipo OTD | May 9, 2019 | Gender Identity Law
Chile’s gender identity law that was approved last year (which should start in October) sets out five principles, one of which is that of the confidentiality and it says: “Every person has the right, in proceedings before administrative or jurisdictional...
by Equipo OTD | May 2, 2019 | Depathologization
The beginning of non-arbitrary discrimination of the 21.120 Law declares that government bodies shall guarantee that in the exercise of the rights to the gender identity, there’s no person that must be affected by distinctions, exclusions or some restrictions...
by Equipo OTD | Mar 21, 2019 | Public Politics, Trans visibility
This Friday 26th of October the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile will formalise a collaboration agreement with OTD Chile, after that since 2009 the Legal Clinic, leaded by Lorena Lorca, has worked for free to change the name and the sex of trans persons. In...