sentences:  The law stipulates the "free development of personality according to their chosen gender identity", and calls on the Government to ensure that transgender people are treated respectfully by authorities, included in housing programmes, have access to education, and are not denied health services.In complying with the new law, the Obras Sanitarias del Estado (the state water company) began offering jobs for transgender people in July 2019.Between November 2018 and March 2019, about 69,360 signatures were collected for a petition to trigger a "pre-referendum" against the law.