The Department of the Interior is investigating whether two firefighters, one from the Badalona fire station and the other from the Vic fire station, made "fraudulent use" of the transgender law, according to the Minister of the Interior, Núria Parlon. According to the report, The Newspaper As ARA has been able to confirm, both firefighters requested a sex change and are listed as women, but they have not changed their names or their conduct. "These cases are under investigation, and the appropriate decisions will be made," said Minister Parlon.

Violent attacks against the LGTBI collective increased by 50% in Catalonia last year. The Observatory against Homophobia (OCH) counted, in total, 284 incidents between January 1 and December 31, 2021 in Catalonia. Of these, a third ended in a complaint. The organisation's report The state of LGTBIphobia in Catalonia 2021, which was presented this Monday in Barcelona, also alerts that July was the time of the year when more cases were registered (48), and that most of the attacks occurred on weekends.

The trans and equality law for the LGTBIQ community will be approved in the ordinary Council of Ministers, which has to close years of demands and months of negotiations between the two partners of the Spanish government. The law recognizes what some regional laws already recognize: the free determination of gender. That is, it makes it official that transsexuality is not a mental illness and from now on it will only require an administrative procedure in the offices of the Civil Registry. Also minors, from 14 to 18 years old, will have the same requirements but only if they are accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Today, June 28th, is LGTBIQ+ Pride Day and tomorrow the Spanish Council of Ministers is expected to approve the new trans law, which will allow a person to change their name and gender from the age of 14, without the need for tests, witnesses or medical reports. Ana Valenzuela, President of the Chrysallis Association of Families of Trans Minors, has assessed this path in an interview with ARA and has hoped that during the processing it will change the point that makes adolescents between 12 and 14 years old have to go to a judge to take the step. "We do not agree that adolescence has to be taken to a judicial process and that a judge has to verify gender identity. Only we can say who we are".