新聞來源: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/10/world/americas/argentina-gender-identity/index.html?hpt=ila_t3
今日單字: Gender [v.] = 性別
這個新法好特別，希望越來越多國家能效仿，讓人民能活的更自由自在。
最近幾天，美國總統奧巴馬也公開表明自己支持同志結婚，對苦候合法婚姻的人們也是一個很棒的好消息。
People deserve the chance to be happy in their own skin !!
Are you ???
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(一) 今日新聞導讀
1. Lawmakers in Argentina have approved a gender identity law that allows individuals to be recognized in official documents by the gender they choose.
阿根廷國會近日通過了一條「性別認同法」。此法將賦予人民自行選擇身分證明文件上所註明的性別。
2. "It is understood that gender identity is the internal and individual way that a person experiences their gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth," the law states.
法條規定：據了解，「性別認同」指的是一個人對於自己性別的內在及特有感受，有可能符合出生時的性別，但也可能不符合。
3. The law is meant to include people who undergo sex change operations or hormone treatments to look like the opposite sex, but it goes further than that.
此法原意雖然是要保障哪些為了看起來像另一個性別而進行變性手術或荷爾蒙療法的人們，但受惠的人將不只如此。
4. "(The law) is a path toward equality, inclusion and recognition of rights for all Argentinians," Vice President Amado Boudou said.
副總統阿馬多・博多說：這條法，對所有的阿根廷人而言，是一條通往平等、包容 及 權利認定的道路。
(二) 延伸討論
Would this law be useful to you ??
Do you think that it should be approved in Taiwan ?
I don't think that I would need this law as I'm happy with the gender I was born with, however I do support it been approved in Taiwan.
Being male or female is only z small part of who people are.
It shouldn't be the thing that prevents people from becoming the best version of themselves.
Do you support this law ?
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