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Romelia Matute, a member of Venezuela's National Assembly and Deputy of the Assembly's Family Commission [pictured at above left] , has announced that the Venezuelan legislature is well on its way to approving a bill that would grant same-sex couples legal recognition, including shared patrimony and inheritance rights.
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As reported on Friday in Spain's ABC, Matute stated that "the report on the 'Organic Bill for Gender Equality' is almost ready for a second - and final - [legislative] debate," adding that it would include language allowing "the union between two people of the same gender" in the form of something she called "co-inhabiting associations".
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She [Matute] said that the government would recognize "the joint-living associations formed by two persons of the same gender, on mutual accord and free agreement, with the full legal and patrimonial effect". Matute also said that the bill would address transgender issues: "Whoever changes their gender through quirurgical means, or any other means, exercising their freedom, has the right to their identity, and to drafting or changing all documents associated with their identification".
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Michael! Thanks for cross-posting!
Just a small correction... The photo is of Tamara Adrian, a Venezuelan trangender law professor who has done a tremendous amount of work over the years, whose writing was consulted by the legislators in drafting the bill under consideration.
Another update: Ms. Matute's assertions have been refuted by the President of the Commission drafting the bill who says the bill will not offer same-sex partnership protections after all:
http://blabbeando.blogspot.com/2009/03/venezuela-same-sex-unions-are-not-being.html
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