The mother of a nine-year-old girl believed to be the first child in Ecuador to get official recognition for a gender change said she hoped this would set a precedent for other transgender youngsters.

Amada, who was born a boy, has been granted a new set of official documents marked female and with her chosen name by the Quito registry office in what LGBT+ activists described as a first for the South American country.

This followed a court battle that ended in October when a judge overturned a registry office decision from January that denied Amada the right to legally change her name and gender.

The move came at a time when many countries are being urged to review laws on when a child can choose their own gender. Read more via Openly