Basque court allows name change for transgender four-year-old
Child is youngest person in Spain to be allowed to alter official records based on sexual identity
A court in the Basque Country has allowed a name change for a four-year-old child who was born a boy but who feels like a girl and wants to be addressed as such.
Officially registered at birth as Luken, the childˇŻs name will now be changed to Luc¨Şa.
Everyone in the small village of Asteasu (in Gipuzkoa province), had already been calling the child Luc¨Şa, even at school.
Forty minors have formally requested a name change in Spain for similar reasons, and 30 have achieved it
The decision by a Tolosa court is the second such case in the Basque Country. In 2013, a court in Vitoria ruled similarly.
The judge based his decision on the need to ˇ°adjust LukenˇŻs social reality to his reality on the records,ˇ± and also on the fact that there is a medical report certifying that the minor suffers from gender identity disorder.
An association of families with transgender children, Chrysallis, announced the Tolosa courtˇŻs decision in a press release.
ˇ°Lucia was erroneously given a boyˇŻs name based on her genitals, but as soon as she was able to express herself, she began manifesting that she was a girl,ˇ± reads the statement.
The medical report states that there is ˇ°a discordance between the morphological or physiological gender initially accredited in the records and the gender identity as felt by the applicant.ˇ±
The association says that 40 minors have formally requested a name change in Spain for similar reasons, and that 30 have achieved it. However, ˇ°there is no common criteria and the decision is left up to each judge.ˇ±
Chrysallis wants specific legislation to allow transgender children to change their names and ˇ°guarantee respect for their fundamental rights.ˇ±
English version by Susana Urra.
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