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Tengo un hijo transexual | Sonia González | TEDxYouth@Madrid


at the beginning of the 20th century there was a 4 by
percent of the Kurdish population in 1976 had
14 percent
and it’s not because left-handed people do not
existed at the beginning of the century but
because as it was thought that it was a
curse was made invisible
this is what happens today with the
children and young trans people a few months ago in
the self-support group that I attend
Wednesday to the month group in which parents
and mothers
we share our experiences for
help other parents and mothers in their
transit process we were asked to
let’s do a writing exercise
therapeutic exercise consisted of
write a letter to our children
looking at a picture of when they were little
and another at the current time
my heart and my memories meditated what
next beloved son makes more than two
years and how life has changed
looked at your picture with five years and now
I can see that it’s you that you ‘ve always
been you even with your sad look you were you
although still with your serious expression
you were always mickey woody ray
mcqueen the Pope playing kitchens or
with the doll carts I was still
Spending time and you will continue
changing your short hair always clothes
sports pants and shirt in your
communion
I noticed that the changes that are going
producing
you did not like you hated every rule and you
chest
every time I have I have more to not
show it and with all these clues do not you
I saw though I was assaulted by doubt
there was something I did not know how to put
name something that did not fit you followed
growing and that something kept growing
with you something that without knowing what it was
it made him special and at the same time different
always loved and respected by all
always struggling to get
everything you always liked for you
same
self-taught juggling ruby ​​cubes
Magic
nothing nothing was put in front of you and
then one day when the 16th birthday
You gave me the piece to fit the puzzle
you did it in letter form mom I’m a
boy
I’m a trans guy you wrote me and
then I saw you I saw clearly I could
to name that piece that we
was missing to fit so sexual
I have a transsexual son I do not have a
Serious girl but a sad child for not
I can be the one to tell you that I
you made everything very easy
you had searched for all the information that
doors touch which sites to go to and what
steps to follow to take the path that
was going to take us to your happiness is that
little by little step by step with some
stumble and lots of friendly hands have
got your shoulders raised and you
face to tell the world here I am
This is me, I have to thank you
trust so and trust me so much and
I appreciate that you will not change your name
because one day I told you I was the only
name I had chosen for you
[Applause]
after this time of your transit
I have to say and I will always say that you are
an improved version of yourself
wants
mom I thought trans kids do not
They could exist had never seen any
I thought that being trans you decide when
is greater because you like being a man
or woman
after this time I discovered
that is transacted does not work if it was transacted
is not feeling identified with the
gender that you are assigned at birth
based on external genitalia and
I also know that gender is who
we are
there are trans adults because before
they were trans kids just that they were not
visible and what we can do to
change this train doctors and others
health personnel to stop
treat transgender people like
mentally ill since the
Transsexuality is not a disease
change contents in the books of
text so from since the age
children are known all
diversities and thus avoid large numbers of
discrimination and harassment
according to the latest detailed study
yuro one in four trans people
has tried to commit suicide in Spain in the
last year
we must urge the institutions to
that the laws and protocols are complied with
autonomic and we must make a law
state to bring us closer every time
more to the constitutional right that says
that we are all equal before the law and
that in Spain has a tagline that is
according to where you live
for example in Madrid you can not
change almost no document
If you do not have your name changed in the
record thing that is not easy and that
it can take years there are no rights
special for trans people but
rights that are not met as because
as the right to identity of the
trans people use a name
meaning that normally does not match
the registered name
this is a problem when it comes to attending
to a doctor change some some
documents and when they call for
example the class lists with a
name with which you do not identify
we must understand that the palette of
colors goes beyond white or black
we must make visible the trans people
so that from so visible they become
invisible and are part of a
much wider and richer diversity
my contribution to diversity and
society is my unconditional support to my
son since as a great friend said and
fellow activist parents
of trans people
we are allies of the right to be many
Thank you
[Applause]
me
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