The Battle Isn't Over in Argentina
Mr. Juan Pablo Incocciati, the Health Sub-Secretary for La Matanza County in Buenos Aires Province, has rejected an ordinance requiring workers and professionals at hospitals in the county to respect gender identity by calling trans, travesti, or transsexual patients by their chosen names. The ordinance was unanimously approved by the La Matanza town council.
Among the rights violated in this case are:
The right to be free from discrimination
The right to freedom of expression
The right to an adequate standard of physical and mental health
The International Gay and Lesbian Human rights Commission (IGLHRC) joins Movimiento Antidiscriminatorio de Liberación (M.A.L.) in requesting that you send emails or faxes, asking La Matanza county authorities to adopt without reservations the ordinance stipulating that travestis, transsexual and trans people should be called by their chosen names at public health centers.
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Among the rights violated in this case are:
The right to be free from discrimination
The right to freedom of expression
The right to an adequate standard of physical and mental health
The International Gay and Lesbian Human rights Commission (IGLHRC) joins Movimiento Antidiscriminatorio de Liberación (M.A.L.) in requesting that you send emails or faxes, asking La Matanza county authorities to adopt without reservations the ordinance stipulating that travestis, transsexual and trans people should be called by their chosen names at public health centers.
More information
In Spanish