VivirLatino

I don’t read the New York Post on principle, so I wouldn’t have known about their recent transphobic reporting of what actually was a victory for a young Latina if it weren’t for Jack over at Angry Brown Butch.

An important victory was recently won in the struggle for trans rights, specifically around health care. Judge Sheldon Rand of the Manhattan Family Court found, for the second time, that the City of New York is obligated to pay for the sexual reassignment surgery of Mariah Lopez, a young trans woman of color who was denied this important and necessary medical care while in the care of the NYC foster system. The City is constitutionally required to provide adequate medical coverage for all children in its care, and SRS is a medically approved procedure, one that is often necessary for trans people. In the decision, Judge Rand wrote: “Mariah L. should be treated in order that she may go on with her life and be in a body which blends with the gender with which she identifies.”*

The blatantly right wing NYC newspaper chose to cover the story using tired stereotypes and slurs.

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