President declares he will veto trans rights law.
2023 July 6
Law proposal 23.809, colloquially called “trans rights law” proposed by one minority political party. Its goal is to recognize the identity, rights to education, family, health services, and work for trans, nonbinary, intersex and gender-diverse people, both adults and minors.
Costa Rica’s president declared that if the law gets to his desk, he will veto it. With comments such as “a 6-year-old wakes up saying I feel like a fish, I identify as a fish put scales on me and cut me up, those are very weird things” and “analysts say it foments pedophilia, I will not sign that law. There is no discussion about that.”
News articles in Spanish:
Rodrigo Chaves advierte que vetará ley trans si es aprobada por el Congreso
Rodrigo Chaves advierte que vetará ley trans si es aprobada por el Congreso Costa Rica - El Mundo CR
Yamileth Angulo
Video in Spanish:
“No voy a firmar una ley que atente contra nuestra niñez”: El presidente de Costa Rica muestra su rechazo a ley trans
Chaves adelantó que si esa ley, impulsada por el partido de izquierda, Frente Amplio, es aprobada en el congreso y llega a su escritorio, él no la firmará.
Mundo Cristiano