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Video. Spain approves new law allowing people to freely change gender from 16

Updated: 16/02/2023 - 21:20 GMT+1

Lawmakers in Spain have approved a so-called ‘transgender law' that allows people from 16 years old to change their gender markers through self-declaration.

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