Nicola Sturgeon announced on Wednesday her resignation as Scotland’s chief minister after eight years in office. Her decision, as she herself confirmed, is due to wear and tear and the lack of energy to continue “giving everything”, especially after the strong pressure to which she has been subjected in recent months by the trans law approved last December.
Although Sturgeon denied that the Trans Law was behind his resignation, the truth is that his decision comes a month after the British Government vetoed a rule that allows the change of gender from the age of 16 without the need for a medical report.
The Scottish Trans Law is a much more restrictive rule that the one that will be approved this Thursday in the Congress of Deputies, this being one of the star projects of the Ministry of Equality of Irene Montero, and that allows the Minors between the ages of 12 and 14 change their sex with judicial authorization.
[Las claves de la Ley Trans de Irene Montero: autodeterminación de género a los 16, prohibidas terapias de conversión…]
Change of sex at 16
The main change of the Trans Law in Scotland with respect to that of the rest of the United Kingdom is that reduction from 18 to 16 years the age to be able to change sex, which is why the British government blocked the law.
Sturgeon’s law, like the new Trans Law of the Ministry of Equality, delete the obligation to submit medical or psychological reports evidence of gender dysphoria. In Irene Montero’s law, it is not necessary to be in a hormonal process or have undergone operations to modify appearance.
signing a declaration
However, the Scottish law adds a requirement to request a change of sex: sign a statement in which it is certified that that person has living at least three months with their new gender. In the case of minors aged 16 and 17, this temporary figure rises from three to six months.
This is one of the novelties that the Tran de Sturgeon Law introduces, since the United Kingdom requests that this period be two years and that evidence be presented and not a signature of a declaration as established by the Scottish norm.
[El CGPJ advierte de que la Ley Trans tendrá el efecto de discriminar a las mujeres no transexuales]
Cooling off period
Another example that the Scottish standard is more restrictive than the Spanish one is that Sturgeon’s text sets a three month cooling off period so that all those requesting the change can easily revert it. In Spain, the new Trans Law does not contemplate any time for reflection, although it establishes that the modification of the legal sex will be carried out in Two phases: First, a form will be filled out requesting the change and, within a period of three months, the person concerned will appear for confirm your decision.
As regards the age at which a change of sex can be requested, Scottish law It does not contemplate that they can do it under 16 years of ageas it does contemplate the Trans Law of our country.
Minors under 15 and 14 years of age may change their sex at the registry as long as they are accompanied by their parents or legal guardians. If they do not have your permission, a judge will intervene. Lyou minors between 12 and 14 years they will need judicial authorization.
Finally, Nicola Sturgeon’s Trans Law introduces a novelty that the Spanish one does not have: those who fraudulently change their gender may be criminally charged and face penalties of up to two years in jail.
