Law No. 38/2018 brought historic advances in the rights of trans and intersex people. However, the proposals currently under discussion do not seek to improve the law; they aim to roll back fundamental rights, including the self-determination of gender identity.
According to our lecturer Inês Espinhaço Gomes, “a crab, besides moving sideways, also moves backwards. But it does so with purpose.” What purpose justifies this setback?
