Watch this tour through the stories of gender identity in the region

We are celebrating today the International Day against Discrimination on the grounds of badual orientation, gender identity and its expression, commemorating that in 1990 the World Health Organization had eliminated homobaduality from the list of mental illnesses.

In Argentina, two basic laws were promulgated and became the emblem of the rights of the peoples that make up the collective diversity: 26,618 equal marriages in 2010 and 26,743 gender identity in 2012. In addition , an address was created in Neuquén. Provincial diversity to promote these rights.

However, much remains to be done. For example, a survey conducted in Neuquén and Rio Negro showed that trans people have a life expectancy of 42 years (two more than in the rest of the country) and that their living conditions are precarious: 60 % could not finish their studies. compulsory and have no medical coverage (45% in Neuquén and 79% in Río Negro), among other aspects.

Currently, the draft quota for trans manpower in Neuquén, already approved in Río Negro last November, is under approval, which will require 1% of the state workforce to belong to this group. Almost at the same time, the National University of Comahue approved similar regulations.

Gender stories in the region:

Guada, Zapala transbadual teacher: "Something as simple as a name on paper, that's all": she is a transbadual teacher who teaches in Zapala schools. She recounts how she followed the path of discrimination when she was a teenager in school and now in adulthood in the workplace.

Two stories of transgender children in schools: they are 9 and 5 years old. The teachers explain how they stood in front of their clbadmates and told them. The key is the acceptance of diversity.

Fluid genre: "How are you going against what you are?": Dann Castro is recognized as a non-binary fluid genre. She does not feel identified as a man or a woman. He is in the process of amending the registry, a right that was established seven years ago and allows him to change his data in the document.

Río Negro made the first change of bad registry of a teenager: it was carried out in the civil registry of Roca. Since then, Alex has reaffirmed the genre with which he identifies.

"I'm" a documentary about trans identities: The documentary tells the story of four transbaduals representing three generations who grew up in the province of Neuquén.

Challenges of having documents without gender identification: The request of a person who has requested the modification of his birth certificate has opened a new debate on binarism.

They implement a protocol to deal with the changes made by the DNI of transgender children in Neuquén: it will be applied in the 70 registries of the province. It establishes a procedure for cases of persons under 18 years of age who request the rectification of registration, as provided for by the law on gender identity. Six documents have already been processed.

Gender Identity: The school adapts: public and private need to modify their records in situations of students who identify with a different bad than the one badigned at birth, even s & # 39; They did not get the new identity card.

They will provide a "historic remedy" to transgender people over 40 years old in Neuquén: the program addresses people who do not have a job and who are in a situation of social vulnerability. .

Neuquén has opened an office dedicated to gender identity in childhood: the largest public hospital in the province has allowed a service to receive inquiries from families about doubts and concerns about definitions. The body was already in the vanguard in adult care and is now rotating with this new practice.