Congress has passed a law to allow transgender people in Uruguay to, above many things, to identify their gender. The new law will also allow the community to easily update their legal names (no longer needing the approval of a judge).

Additionally, and probably one of the most progressive in the world, the law will also implement scholarships for trans people to allow them to access education (statistically one of the most underserved communities).

Those born before 1975 will also receive a form of reparations in the form of a monthly stipend for the governmental harassment they endured under the country’s dictatorship.