The Federación Plataforma Trans (En: Trans Platform Federation, also translated as the Platform for Trans Rights) is a Spanish transgender rights advocacy group. Founded in 2015, the organization has advocated for trans and intersex rights by involving themselves in legal battles, lobbying and petitioning Spanish politicians, and coordinating smaller advocacy groups across the country. It is a member organization of ILGA-Europe and the spokesperson organization for the Council for the Participation of LGBTI People.[1][2][3]
Trans Platform Federation | |
| Purpose | Trans activism |
|---|---|
| Location | |
President | Mar Cambrollé |
| Website | plataformatrans.es |
Background and founding
editThe context for modern Spanish trans rights discussions began with Francisco Franco's crackdown on homosexuality and other queer expression that began in the fifties with the Law on Vagrants and Crooks (1954) and other laws that allowed the Franco regime to crack down on homosexual and transgender citizens.[4] Following his death in 1975 public advocacy organizations began appearing, such as the Revolutionary Action Homosexual Movement (MHAR) which current Trans Platform Federation founder Mar Cambrollé also founded. This organization would lead the first demonstration for sexual freedom in June 1978 in Andalusia.[5] Almost thirty years later, the Trans Federation Platform was founded in 2015 with the stated goal of unifying existing trans advocacy groups, encompassing eleven trans rights groups around Spain.[6]
Supported legislature
editIn 2018, the Trans Platform Federation supported the Unidas Podemos in registering the Proposición de Ley sobre la protección jurídica de las personas trans y el derecho a la libre determinación de la identidad sexual y expresión de género (En: Bill on the Legal Protection of Transgender Individuals and the Right to Self-Determination of Sexual Identity and Gender Expression). This bill, while not ultimately passed, began pushing the issue of trans recognition in federal law.[7][8]
In 2021, the organization protested in support of a bill working its way through the Spanish government to allow anyone to change their gender marker without a doctor's approval, court order, or other hurdles that are present in many other countries' processes for trans citizens.[9][10]
In 2024, the Trans Platform Federation met with various parliamentary groups to promote a "trans memory law". This law would offer monetary reparations to trans citizens who faced discrimination, imprisonment, or physical harm resulting from the regime of Francisco Franco.[11]
In 2026, the organization proposed a royal decree to multiple Spanish parliamentary groups. This proposed decree would regulate the procedures for carrying out name and legal sex changes for trans citizens, a process that was supposed to begin multiple years earlier with Article 50 of Law 4/2023. According to section two of that article, the procedures for name and sex changes were supposed to be in place before a year from the law's passing.[12][2] However, according to the Trans Federation Platform after two years past the original deadline, the Spanish government hadn't done enough to offer these processes for trans citizens.[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Membership". ILGA Europe. 2022-02-04. Archived from the original on 2026-05-13. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
- 1 2 Ríos, Patricia Reguero (2026-05-19). "Plataforma Trans redacta un Real Decreto para hacer cumplir los derechos de las personas trans extranjeras" [Trans Platform drafts a Royal Decree to enforce the rights of foreign trans people]. www.elsaltodiario.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2026-05-20. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
- ↑ "UGT forma parte del Consejo de Participación de las personas LGTBI" [UGT is part of the LGBTI People's Participation Council]. www.ugt.es (in Spanish). 2021-06-25. Archived from the original on 2025-08-10. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
- ↑ Mas Grau, Jordi; Cáceres‐Feria, Rafael (2025-11-26). "Migration, Repression and Homosexual Sociability in Francoist Spain: An Analysis of the Case Files of the Special Courts of Barcelona (1965–1975)". Gender & History. doi:10.1111/1468-0424.70004. ISSN 0953-5233.
- ↑ "La activista transexual Mar Cambrollé tendrá una calle en Sevilla" [Transgender activist Mar Cambrollé will have a street named after her in Seville]. Andalucía Información (in Spanish). 2021-03-03. Archived from the original on 2026-06-02. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ "¿Quiénes somos?" [Who are we?]. Federación Plataforma Trans (in Spanish). 2023-04-30. Archived from the original on 2026-03-13. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Borraz, Marta (2018-02-22). "Unidos Podemos registra la ley trans que reclama que el sexo 'no binario' sea categoría del DNI" [Unidos Podemos registers the trans law that demands that 'non-binary' sex be a category on the ID card]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-11-12. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
- ↑ ""Hay que decir alto y claro que las personas trans deben tener todos sus derechos garantizados"" ["It must be said loud and clear that trans people must have all their rights guaranteed"]. www.publico.es (in Spanish). 2018-02-23. Archived from the original on 2026-06-02. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
- ↑ Parra, Artiz (2021-02-13). "Gender identity bill divides Spain's feminists, left-wing". AP News. Archived from the original on 2026-04-17. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ "Spain: Missed Opportunity on Gender Recognition | Human Rights Watch". Human Rights Watch. 2021-05-20. Archived from the original on 2026-02-21. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Ondarra, Marcos (2024-09-08). "El colectivo trans solicita una paga vitalicia para las víctimas LGTBI del franquismo" [The trans community is requesting a lifetime pension for LGBTI victims of the Franco regime]. The Objective (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2026-05-09. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ "Ley 4/2023, de 28 de febrero, para la igualdad real y efectiva de las personas trans y para la garantía de los derechos de las personas LGTBI" [Law 4/2023, of February 28, for the real and effective equality of trans people and for the guarantee of the rights of LGBTI people]. www.boe.es. 2023-01-03. Archived from the original on 2026-05-09. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ "Plataforma Trans presenta a grupos parlamentarios su propuesta para regular el cambio registral de extranjeros" [Plataforma Trans presents its proposal to regulate the legal gender change of foreigners to parliamentary groups]. Europa Press. 2026-05-20. Archived from the original on 2026-05-21. Retrieved 2026-06-01.