Philadelphia health providers bring trans-affirming surgery to Argentina
Philadelphia Gay News published this article on July 18. The Blade is publishing it with permission. BY LAUREN ROWELLO | Argentina is known for implementing some of the most comprehensive federal laws to protect and affirm transgender people.
In 2012, the country became the first to pass legislation that gives its trans citizens the right to be recognized and treated in accordance with their gender identities — and the right to develop a sense of personhood associated with this experience.
This law gave Argentines the right to change their legal documents to display accurate gender markers and updated names — something many trans people in the U.S.
are still unable to pursue because of differences in state laws regarding the matter. Among various other rights — including confidentiality — the legislation also grants trans people in Argentina the right to access comprehensive hormone therapies and gender-affirming surgeries.
