Gay rights in chile

Chile

Chile has made significant progress on LGBTIQ equality. Same-sex marriage and adoption have been legal since March Since , Chile’s hate crime law has included sexual orientation and gender identity as aggravating circumstances, and since , same-sex civil unions have been legally recognized. There have also been positive judicial developments in recent years, including a landmark decision of a family court in recognizing two women as the parents of a infant born through assisted reproduction. In , a comprehensive legal gender recognition law based on self-determination was passed, and a third sex option has been available for intersex children on birth certificates since While there is no legal ban on medically unnecessary surgeries (IGM) on minors, in , the Minister of Health published non-binding intersex-affirming guidance, including recommendations against IGM. 

Societal notion of LGBTIQ people is primarily positive. However, there has been recent pushback on transgender people’s rights. Following the Cass Describe in the United Kingdom, Chile established a parliam

Chile opens up to sexual minorities

In the s, for example, President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo passed a law regarding groups which were considered “socially dangerous” and which referred specifically to the homeless, beggars, mentally disturbed persons and homosexuals. This law was only revoked in And in the penal code, “sodomy” was repealed four years later.

In , however, the Zamudio Antidiscrimination Law was passed. It was named after a gay man who was murdered because of his sexual orientation. Daniel Zamudio, a young male from Santiago had fallen victim to a homophobic attack by four men who tortured and killed him in A adj outcry followed, and Zamudio became a symbol.

The latest project in the drawn-out fight for equal rights for homosexuals is gay marriage. The first initiative was started in , and in , a law was drafted with the support of well-known members of parliament. In , the government has finally decided to recognise civil unions of heterosexual as well as homosexual couples.  

According to Senator Guido Girardi, Chile has “advanced a lot”. However, there are

Human Rights Violations of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in Chile

This submission, made jointly by fourteen national, regional and international organizations outlines some of the organizations’ concerns regarding the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Chile. The organizations submit the document to the Human Rights Committee in advance of its review of Chile and hope it will inform the Committee’s consideration of the Chilean government’s compliance with the ICCPR.

This submission covers recent developments in Chile affecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (LGBT). Despite the protections of non-discrimination and liberty of violence enshrined in the Chilean Constitution for all people, LGBT people in Chile continue to be discriminated against and vulnerable to violence in Chilean society. Recently, Chile has adopted anti-discrimination legislation that includes sexual orientation and gender identity as protected grounds, but this l

Insights

 

A growing number of countries are legalising same-sex marriage, and Chile is no exception. However, this recognition of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Chileans is the product of years of debate.

The project on legislating equal marriage dates back to March , when a group of parliamentarians presented the initiative but did not include sufficient support for its approval. Then, in , the initiative was again proposed, but it was also rejected.

In , a Civil Union law was passed and recognised the union between same-sex couples but differentiated it from civil marriage itself. Even though civil union law made some progress in protecting family diversity, it did not provide equal rights, for example, parental and adoption rights.

So, on 28 August , former President Michelle Bachelet sent the equal marriage bill to the National Congress. Processing began in September , and finally, on 10 December , the Equal Marriage Law (Law No. 21,, which ‘Amends Various Legal Texts to Standardize on Equal Terms the Marriage of Persons of the Same-Sex’), wa