Suicide of Alan
2015 suicide
On December 24, 2015, Alan, a 17-year-old transgender man who resided in Rubí, Spain, committed suicide. He was one of the first minors in Spain to successfully change his name on government documents to align with his gender identity.
Context
In 2015, Law 11/2014 was passed in Catalonia to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people. The law includes provisions that allow for criminal charges for violence based on sexual orientation or gender identity in education.
Two of the articles in Law 11/2014 are the following:
Respect for diversity regarding sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, and for the principles of this law, must be effective throughout the education system, in training centers and institutions, in adult education, in parenting training, in school sports and activities, and in children's and youth leisure activities.
Awareness-raising and prevention of violence based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression must be ensured, and mechanisms must be provided for schools to detect situations of discrimination or exclusion against any individual for these reasons. In this regard, the effective development of coexistence plans must be promoted, with a special emphasis on measures to prevent and address the harassment that LGBTQ individuals may face in schools.
As of October 2015, the law had not yet been implemented.
Alan
Alan was born in October 1998. His mother reported following his death that he had often been bullied at school, being exacerbated after the death of his cousin.
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