More information will be shared soon. In the meantime, we can celebrate 3 important facts:
(1) the gender identity law in Argentina can be effectively used to dismantle the gender binary ;
(2) Principle 31* in the YP+10 is not only “aspirational”; quite the contrary, It can be, and it will be, a reality;
(3) against all odds, there is hope!
* Principle 31 of the Yogyakarta Principles + 10 states:
“The Right to Legal Recognition
Everyone has the right to legal recognition without reference to, or requiring assignment or disclosure of, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics. Everyone has the right to obtain identity documents, including birth certificates, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics. Everyone has the right to change gendered information in such documents while gendered information is included in them.”