The Popular Party registers an initiative in Congress to suppress gender self-determination and prohibit the full veil in public spaces.
- The PP seeks to reform the Trans Law to eliminate the right to change registration without medical or psychological reports.
- The proposal links the legal reform with the ban on the burqa and the niqab for “citizen security.”
- The initiative comes just 48 hours after the massive 8M marches, hardening the political pulse.
The legislative offensive against diversity returns to the Congress of Deputies. The Popular Party has registered a Non-Law Proposition (PNL) in which it requests a profound reform of the Trans Law and, simultaneously, the prohibition of the use of the burqa and the niqab in public life. With this maneuver, the main opposition party seeks to reverse the key articles of gender self-determination, arguing that “being a woman is more than a feeling” and that the current legal framework generates “defenselessness.”
Conservative turn: Goodbye to self-determination
The central point of the PP proposal is the modification of articles 43 and 44 of the current Trans Law. The party led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo demands to recover the requirement for medical reports and a prior hormonal period for legal sex change, eliminating the free will of the individual who introduced law 4/2023. According to the recorded text, the current regulations would allow a “fraud of law” that would affect security in prisons, sports quotas and the effectiveness of gender violence laws.
The mix with the full veil: A distraction strategy
What has surprised the Rainbow editorial team is the inclusion of the veto on the burqa and the niqab in the same document as the reform of the Trans Law. The PP justifies this measure under the premise of “citizen safety” and the protection of the “dignity of women”, alleging that these garments make female citizens invisible. However, various analysts see this mix of issues as a strategy to polarize the debate and attract media attention after the demonstration of strength of inclusive activism on March 8.
The counterattack after 8M
It is clear that this initiative is not accidental. After an 8M where the majority of feminism closed ranks with the collective, the PP reacts by trying to dismantle the fundamental pillar of the Trans Law. By linking it with issues of security and religious identity, they try to create a climate of social alarm. This proposal clashes head-on with the position of the Government, which, as we have already seen in our recent interview with Julio del Valle, is not willing to give up even one millimeter in the rights achieved.
Dear reader, this PP proposal reopens a debate that we thought was closed. Do you think mixing the Trans Law with the burqa ban is a legitimate attempt at protection or a political manipulation tactic? What impact do you think this reform would have on the lives of trans people?
