Original story by AP
A Mexican congressman said Thursday he will submit a bill in March
that would amend the country's constitution to guarantee the rights of
transsexuals and change civil laws to ensure they can legally change
their name and gender.

David Sanchez Camacho's bill would insert a paragraph into Article
Four of the Mexican Constitution stating that "every person has the right to
the recognition and free exercise of their gender identity and their gender
expression."

Article Four currently guarantees equal rights for women and men and
states the rights of children and families, but it does not mention
homosexuals or transsexuals. A transsexual is a person who has
undergone a sex change operation or whose sexual identification does not correspond
with the gender at birth.

Changes to the constitution need approval from two-thirds of both
houses of Congress and two-thirds majorities in at least 16 of the 31 state
legislatures.

Sanchez Camacho said he had the support of his leftist Democratic
Revolution Party, which holds only about one-quarter of the seats in
the lower house.

Transsexual activists said they hope other countries will present
similar
proposals.
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