translated from Spanish: More than 76 percent of Mexico’s “trans” population has experienced violence or segregation

Morelia, Michoacán. – 76.3 per cent of transgender people in Mexico have been violent or experienced stigma and segregation within their homes or in public spaces, as reported by Andrés Muñoz, in charge of the department of sexual diversity, within the Secretariat for Substantive Equality and Development of Women in Michoacán (SEUJIMER).
The above data is joined by 71.1 percent of “trans” people who have been violated in their daily lives, while only 27.1 percent of the transgender population has access to Social Security medical services.
In Mexico, a trans person’s life expectancy is 32 years, alarmingly a fact when compared to the fact that a Mexican can live up to age 74 on average.
This was made known during the presentation of the “Free and Equal” campaign, by the dependency, which aims to disseminate information and accompaniment to people who wish to access a change in gender identity.
SEIMUJER owner Nuria Gabriela Hernández Abarca reported that 229 Michoacans have accessed their right to change gender identity, some of them through trials; 80 of the cases have been of women becoming men, and 140 males making a transition to women.
According to data provided, those who have changed gender do so more frequently between the ages of 20 and 30, with a total of 133 cases; 36 more were made between the ages of 18 and 19; 47 focuses on 31 and 40 years; 12 more between the ages of 41 and 50; and a single case of change that was made to a 58-year-old.

Original source in Spanish