Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Vietnam recognises transgender people

Vietnam lawmakers on Tuesday passed changes to a civil code that acknowledges transgender people and gives them rights to change gender in legal documents, reflecting a major advance in the Communist government's viewpoint on gender issues.

Under the new law, which will take effect from Jan. 1, 2017, people who underwent sex change would have "rights and obligations to register for changes in civil status" and personal rights associated with their new gender.

"This is an encouraging signal for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community in Vietnam", said Nguyen Thanh Tam, founder of Viet Pride, one of the . . .

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