Hi! About the post on Puerto Rico, you say to look at your latest reblog for the link to a petition but I've been looking and I couldn't find any reblog of that post with a link to a petition. Could you post it again? Thanks!
Hello anon!
I have since deleted the reblog including the petition link. However it is still within the notes of the post and I will include it here for anyone finding it! http://chng.it/vBLy5Ytgtc
I would like everyone to know that the civic code described in my post was a draft. However, there was a lot of misinformation going around the news, especially in English media (since American media does not care about Puerto Rican issues most of the time). However, there is still much controversy around the new bill that was signed and this is why I believe my post is still relevant.
Most of the issues surrounding the bill were caused by loopholes. These loopholes included the acknowledgement of the rights of an unborn fetus, and the rollback of a transgender person’s right to change their sex on their birth certificate. There are also many civil rights involved that include marriage, property ownership, and familial relations.
I have been notified by a fellow Puerto Rican that the pregnant person’s rights will always be held above the unborn fetus’ rights, which is a very good thing. However, I am still concerned with the inclusion of “fetus rights” as many people may take advantage of the amendment and interpret it in a way that benefits them.
The same person has also notified me that although transgender people can’t change their sex on their birth certificate, they can still do so on other documents such as passports and licences. This issue still concerns me, however, as it is blatantly a rollback on transgender rights as they were allowed to change their sex on their birth certificate since 2018. Now with this code, they are only allowed to make an annotation that includes their gender identity and preferred name.
I have posted the original post before I had received any news of the new civil code. But I still believe attention needs to be brought to it, as many Puerto Rican activists are still against it. Misinformation is a thing easily spread, and I hope many readers of the original post will read this as well. I also ask to please read up on this issue on your own time and listen to the words of Puerto Ricans everywhere.
