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6. Recommendations to Latin American and Caribbean States
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k) Promote the proper treatment of trans persons as subjects of rights and to bear in mind that we all have the same rights upon designing and applying contingency measures and public policies to contain the pandemic.
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l) Use terminology that is respectful and understanding of LGBTIQ+ terminology.
6. Recommendations to Latin American and Caribbean States
REDLACTRANS national representatives put in motion a strategic plan to generate favorable changes for the trans community once the COVID-19 pandemic is over to ensure the sustainability of the trans movement across the region by participating in activities with a political effect in order to become part of the public and political agendas and UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030.
This political action has allowed us to be in contact with international human rights associations and cooperation bodies, as well as officers of some countries of the region.
In countries such as Peru, Panama, Colombia and Honduras, we managed to contact those who expressed in a public and political manner their support and understanding of the violence lived by transgender persons during the pandemic and demanded the eradication of violence on the basis of gender.
Thanks to our fights and alliances with other networks of vulnerable populations and joint work with spaces such as the LGBTTTI Coalition of the OAS, other agencies such as the OAS, the IACHR and UNAIDS issued a statement in favor of transgender rights across the region.
Therefore, given the lack of protection and security for transgender people, and the relentless violation and infringement of human rights, REDLACTRANS made the following recommendations:
1. Agencies should reinforce the economic and technical aids that they plan to offer to civil society organizations to provide marginalized transgender people with food, sanitary and housing assistance where possible.
2. Gender-based violence should be included in the state’s political agenda and preventive actions should be adopted accordingly. Public awareness programs
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should be implemented within law enforcement forces and health care systems.
3. Given the lack of gender identity legislation in some countries of the region, governments should amend their laws to secure the basic human right to an identity of transgender and nonbinary persons.
4. Solutions should also be created to lessen the damage suffered by transgender people when being denied access to health or food programs because there is no gender identity law in force.
5. Transgender people create support networks that become our families when we are rejected or not acknowledged by those with whom we share blood bounds. Thus, vouchers, programs or measures to assist families should also consider and accept our bonds.
6. We need to ensure that transgender people living in rented dwellings are not subject to violent eviction when failing to meet payment schedule due to lack of economic resources.
7. The human right to comprehensive, effective and quality health care should be protected and guaranteed. This entails respecting our self-perception, refraining from hindering access to medical treatments, and providing us with access to new treatments should we present symptoms or suffer from any preexisting condition that may be aggravated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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7. Bibliography
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OTRANS GUATEMALA. 2020, Violencia simbólica a mujeres trans en tiempos de COVID-19 en Guatemala 2020[chart]. https://www.dropbox.com/s/gm5p74kthv9j4rr/infografia%20%20versi%C3%B3n%20final.pdf?dl=0
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