Spain — Justice minister Juan Fernando López Aguilar yesterday guaranteed that the Cabinet would approve the Sexual Identity Act and introduce it in the Congress before June 30. The law will allow transsexuals to change their identity on their ID cards and other official documents without actually having a surgical operation performed. They will need to fulfill certain requirements, such as a medical diagnosis of transsexuality and a certain period of medical treatment. Socialist transsexual activist Carla Antonelli called off the hunger strike she had been on since May 15 in protest against delays in the progress of the law.. Citation Unknown. (2006) "Sexual Identity Act" to facilitate transsexuals' identity changes. Spain Herald http://www.mtra.org.au/press/06/0513.html