Uruguay’s Trans community sees light at the end of the tunnel

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As part of the 8M, various feminist collectives gathered in Plaza Independencia. The Colectivo Trans del Uruguay (CTU) was present and its president, Colette Spinetti, referred to the case of Fanny Aguiar in her speech. “The criminal justice system has sentenced the transfemicide of Fanny to 24 years in prison, which is an important milestone,” Spinetti said.

In addition, she stressed that “transfemicide has been recognized as a crime” and pointed out that they must “thank” all the women comrades who preceded them. “We must also thank feminism, which has taken this great step so that femicide is recognized as a crime,” she said.

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Spinetti pointed out in her report that the trans community “suffers” from hunger and poverty in Uruguay today. “From the CTU we send baskets of nonperishable food to comrades in 14 departments because Mides is cutting social policies, including the card for trans people,” she said.

“We continue to be bodies used and desired by the patriarchy, but at the same time wasted by the patriarchy,” she said, adding that the integral law for trans people “is not being fulfilled.” At the same time, she said there is still no inclusion of trans people in the workforce, let alone in education. “What the law provides for does not exist, and trans people continue to be victims of bullying,” she stressed.