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September 7, 2016

Bolivia: Trans Activists Celebrate New ID Cards
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And in Bolivia, transgender activists are celebrating new laws that
allow transgender people to receive ID cards that match their gender
identity. It also allows them to update their names on the ID cards.
This is Pamela Valenzuela, the first transgender woman in Bolivia to
receive the card.

Pamela Valenzuela: "I have totally assumed my female identity. It took
me more than 30 years for this change, and in these 30 years I have
suffered so much discrimination, so much psychological, verbal and even
physical violence. I believe that everything that has happened has borne
fruit. I wouldn't let myself stop in my fight until I arrived at this
moment, until the state recognized all transgender people in accordance
with their identity that we have completely assumed."



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