Leading on D&I: Argentina’s new gender identity law

Argentina has taken the lead in Latin America when recognising and protecting gender identity as a fundamental human right, and the government issued decree no. 476 in July. This law allows residents, including non-citizens, who identify themselves as non-binary, to obtain a non-binary identity document.

This decree implements the Gender Identity Law, law no. 26,743 enacted May 9, 2012, which in article 3 provides that “any person may request that the recorded gender be amended, along with the changes of the first name and image, when they do not correspond with the[ir] self-perceived gender identity”.

The new decree goes beyond implementing the law: it puts diversity into effect, offering all people the option to appear before society the way they perceive themselves.