- considered as one of the big principles of law that cannot be discussed. However transferring the CEC( which has to remain exceptional) to the civil state officer questions this principe and thus the worth of civil state’ s data.“ The integrality of a person could thus be modified by simple demand to a civil s t a t e o f fi c e r”. T h e a m e n d m e n t authorising the change of sex and name by a civil state officer was pulled off
- the“ sufficient facts” are not only a declaration: papers are needed. Not medical papers stating any change but every day life papers: be it bills, mails, letters, gym subscriptions, anything stating you use the name you want to change to in your life
- you will need to have declaration and ID papers of at least two to three peopleof-age who could testify knowing you under your wanted name
“ The problem with their project of law is that we still have to face the high court, thus still need a lawyer, with a remaining blur around the necessary files, whilst on the top of that being too costly, too long and still too arbitrary. Even if they do not demand sterilisation or“ medical proof”, the law remains insuffisant” C. trans man
CIVIL STATE
Changing your name is now authorised by the“ law of modernisation of the 21st century justice” which was adopted by the end of 2016. This mesure, put in application since the 20th of November 2016, removed the justice-step beforehand necessary to change your name.
Changing your name( or the adjunction, suppression, modification of your names) is to be demanded to a civil state officer( directly in your town council, which should easy up the processus). Your file will still however be brought to the High Court for it to give its final statement. If the demander is older than 13 years old, his personal consent is required. There’ s however no possibility to have a medical transition( as contrarily from the Netherlands and Belgium, we refuse hormones stopping puberty) or a sex change noted on your papers.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Seeing how candidates remained blurry on the matter,( even though Benoît Hamon did declare he is in favour of the ART) the organisation Inter-LGBT decided to send, this week, a questionary to all those demanding the highest function- Marine Lepen apart.“ Unnecessary”, said C. Zamora-Cruz, spokesperson of the organisation.
The file is a sixty questions file going from rights, health, education, p a re n t h o o d t o t h e fi g h t a g a i n s t oppressions. The list is long but will have the merit of clarifying each candidates positions’, which will be posted online over h e r e: http:// www. lgbt2017. fr / propositions / nationales. html.
TESTIMONIES AND REACTIONS OF CONCERNED PEOPLE( IN FRENCH):
“ It’ s the worst law draft on the matter of the past ten years!” Stéphanie Nicot, president of the LGBT federation.
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