(OPINION) A transgender clinical psychologist raised concerns about potential “unexpected consequences” from a bill recently passed in Spain that allows individuals as young as 12 to legally change their gender.
Spanish lawmakers recently passed a law that permits minors between 12 and 14 to change their legal gender, with a judge’s authorization, and those between the ages of 14 and 16 can do so without psychological or other medical evaluation but still need parental consent.
Anyone over the age of 16 can legally change their gender regardless of parental consent under the new law. “That’s pretty young,” Dr. Erica Anderson, who practices clinical psychology in Berkeley, California, told Fox News Digital.
AdvertisementAnderson, who identifies as a transgender woman, has 40 years of clinical experience and served as a board member for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health from 2019 to 2021.“I’m concerned that many young people are sort of caught […]
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