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Reclusa rompe el silencio sobre traslado de hombres transidentificados a prisión de mujeres.

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Genevieve Gluck
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Una reclusa del Centro Correccional para Mujeres Edna Mahan de Nueva Jersey (EMCFW, por sus siglas en inglés) se pronunció en contra de la transferencia de convictos auto-identificados como transgénero a dicha instalación.

Declarando para Reduxx, la privada de libertad Miseka Diggs explicó que las reclusas del EMCFW están “muertas del miedo” por causa de estos hombres. Bajo la política actual, ellos no necesitan someterse a ninguna cirugía, mientras que Diggs asegura que la mayoría ni siquiera recibe tratamiento de reemplazo hormonal. También afirmó que la mayoría de las mujeres encarceladas en el EMCFW  padecen de traumas previos , muchas siendo víctimas de violencia masculina, por lo que la presencia de varones en las instalaciones les genera una gran angustia.

Según un informe hecho en 2016 por el Instituto Vera de Justicia, el 86 % de las mujeres encarceladas tienen antecedentes de abuso y el 77 % tiene antecedentes de violencia conyugal. Los defensores de los derechos de la mujer han descrito esta situación como un “canal directo de abuso sexual hacia la prisión”.

“Es como si estuvieras viviendo una situación abusiva. Siento una ansiedad de la que nunca había padecido antes”, dijo Diggs. Explicó que ella había estado visitando a los servicios de salud mental para abordar las formas en que la presencia de hombres violentos en el centro de mujeres estaba sacando a relucir sus propios sentimientos ligados a su pasado.

Según Diggs, las mujeres que se quejan por sentirse inseguras son puestas bajo custodia protectora.

“No podemos expresar nuestros sentimientos por temor a que nos pongan bajo custodia protectora, [que] es como encarcelar. Si usas la palabra equivocada, serás desarraigada y expulsada de tu alojamiento. Tantas mujeres que caminan con temor”, dijo Diggs.

“Sentimos que somos parte de un chiste enfermo. Esta es una pesadilla de la que no podemos despertar”, agregó. “Las mujeres aquí están traumatizadas una y otra vez y parece que a nadie le importa nuestras necesidades. Nos sentimos como ciudadanas de segunda clase y sin derechos”.

Diggs describió la ansiedad que sintió por tener que compartir una ducha con uno de los hombres transferidos, a quien identificó como Nikita Selket. Selket, anteriormente conocido como Neil LaBranche, es un hombre de 6 pies y 7 pulgadas que cumple una condena de treinta años por el asesinato de su compañero de cuarto en 1995. El Departamento Correccional de Nueva Jersey ha registrado a LaBranche como “mujer”. Es uno de los 27 hombres que han sido transferidos a las instalaciones para mujeres desde el año pasado. La decisión fue el resultado de un acuerdo legal entre funcionarios estatales y la ACLU de Nueva Jersey.

“Cuando [LaBranche] entró y se metió en la ducha al lado mío, ¡me sentí violada de todas las maneras posibles! No podía creer que me estaba bañando con una persona con partes genéticas masculinas”, dijo Diggs. Supuestamente, LaBranche también observa a las mujeres mientras estas se duchan, “sonríe, como si  le gusta lo que está sucediendo”.

El primer recluso masculino transferido a EMCFW fue Perry Cerf, quien ahora usa el nombre de “Michelle Hel-loki Angelina”. Como informó anteriormente Reduxx, Cerf cumple una condena de 50 años por el asesinato de la inmigrante ecuatoriana Flor Andrade. Aceptó una sentencia más larga para eliminar su condena por violación de su registro.

“Ir a prisión por un cargo sexual sería un riesgo de seguridad para mí”, dijo Cerf en ese momento. Se jactó de haber bebido la sangre de la mujer después de matarla. Más tarde se encontró a Cerf vistiendo su ropa, manejando su automóvil y con su propia fotografía  remplazando la identificación de la víctima.

Diggs le dijo a Reduxx que  el día en que Cerf  fue trasladado a las instalaciones, vio cómo lo escoltaban aproximadamente 15 guardias. Mientras era guiado por los pasillos, intentó derribar las puertas de las celdas de mujeres. Durante su encarcelamiento en las instalaciones masculinas de la Prisión Estatal de Nueva Jersey, Cerf agredió a otros reclusos y en una ocasión fue puesto en confinamiento solitario durante 23 horas al día.

“Cuando Cerf llegó a el EMCFW fue un día muy sombrío. Nadie sabía qué pensar. El complejo estaba cerrado y vimos a 15 oficiales con equipo swat caminando con este individuo. Los oficiales también estaban en alerta máxima, porque este sujeto venia con mala reputación de la cárcel de hombres”.

Diggs continuó diciendo que durante los altercados con mujeres, varios de los transferidos trans les han recordado que son hombres para amenazarlas.

“Este es un comportamiento y [declaración hecha] por la mayoría de las personas transgénero. ‘Soy un hombre y te voy a noquear'”, dijo.

Además, algunos hombres se auto-identificaron para poder ser enviados a esta prisión, solo para auto-identificarse nuevamente y conseguir su salida. “Sé de dos traslados que regresaron a la prisión de hombres por su cuenta. Se identificaron como trans, vinieron aquí por cualquier motivo y luego decidieron que querían volver a las instalaciones para hombres. Fueron enviados de regreso. Justo ahí es donde radica el problema: van y vienen a su antojo”.

En el 2021, un recluso transgénero que luchó con éxito para ser transferido a Edna Mahan exigió que lo enviaran de regreso a una institución para hombres, citando el abuso que sufrieron las reclusas a manos del personal penitenciario. Rae Rollins afirmó que la violencia sistémica en Edna Mahan lo hizo sentir “inseguro”.

Hablando sobre el acuerdo entre los funcionarios estatales y la ACLU, Diggs comentó que creía que los derechos de las mujeres estaban siendo “echados por la ventana” para asegurar votos y carreras políticas.

“Mientras me siento y repito todo dentro mi miente, las conversaciones que he tenido con el comisionado, la administración, los abogados y los reporteros, llegué a la conclusión de que, al fin y al cabo, todo se trata de política. Las mujeres aquí están atrapadas en el juego de la política y eso es triste”.

“Las mujeres que fueron sentenciadas a la única prisión para mujeres en el estado de Nueva Jersey no fueron condenadas a vivir con personas que las manipularan y se aprovecharan de ellas, y [sirvieran como] detonantes del trauma que las puso aquí”.

El mes pasado, el Departamento Correccional de Nueva Jersey confirmó que dos reclusas habían quedado embarazadas en los inmuebles de mujeres luego de encuentros sexuales con al menos uno de los reclusos varones transidentificados que estaban alojados allí.

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EXCLUSIVE: “Trailblazing” Trans Inmate Slams Prison Self-ID, Wants Prisons to Apologize to Women

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Reduxx Team
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Michelle-Lael Norsworthy. Original Photo: Leah Millis/The Chronicle.

A pioneering transgender inmate who waged the first successful legal challenge to force the state of California to pay for ‘gender affirming’ surgeries for inmates is lashing out against prison self-identification laws, calling them “an embarrassment.”

Michelle-Lael Norsworthy, a biological male who identifies as transgender, spoke exclusively to Reduxx about the extensive problems with SB-132, California’s legislation which allows male inmates to be transferred into women’s prisons on the basis of self-declared ‘gender identity’ alone.

Norsworthy was sent to prison in 1987 for murdering a man during a heated, alcohol-fueled exchange at a bar. Sentenced to 17-to-life, Norsworthy was housed in a male prison. But after experiencing an hours-long gang-rape in 2009 which resulted in a contraction of Hepatitis C, Norsworthy’s mental health began to suffer. A prison psychologist would later recommend that Norsworthy be provided surgical treatments for gender dysphoria in order to alleviate the psychological distress.

But faced with a continual denial of access to those treatments while incarcerated, Norsworthy sued the state of California in 2014. The ruling on Norsworthy’s case, issued the next year, created a precedent in holding that transgender inmates had a right to specified treatments. As a result, Norsworthy has been heralded by lawmakers and trans activists as a ‘trailblazer‘ and pioneer of transgender inmate rights in the state of California.

But now, the former inmate is expressing outrage at the impact of SB-132’s self-identification policies on incarcerated women’s safety.

“I didn’t mean for this to happen. My case in 2015 opened up a doorway [and] I am waiting for the states to apologize to women. I didn’t mean for this to happen. Women are the most subdued people on the planet, all over.”

Norsworthy says SB-132 is “poorly written,” and that it wasn’t created to address the needs of transgender inmates at risk of sexual assault as was claimed, but rather to cater to specific inmates at the whim of powerful trans activist organizations.

“SB-132 is a play-thing of the Transgender Intersex Justice Project and the Transgender Law Center,” Norsworthy says, “They pushed an agenda based on lies.”

Michelle-Lael Norsworthy during a 2015 parole hearing. Photo Credit/AP.

Speaking to Reduxx on the current state of women’s correctional facilities, Norsworthy slammed the trans activists behind the law, and asserted that none of the males transferred to women’s institutions since SB-132 was implemented had faced any hardships in the male estate consistent with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA).

“The law was sold on the premise that it was intended to protect people like myself from sexual assault… But they [transferred] a lot of inmates, and I knew every single one of them when they got [to the women’s prison] and not one of them has anything in their file that says they’d been a victim of sexual assault.”

Norsworthy told Reduxx that the first 10 male inmates who were transferred to the California Central Women’s Facility were placed in solitary confinement for trying to initiate sexual relationships with female inmates. Having an extended network of contacts inside women’s facilities, Norsworthy says the women have reported that male transfers often stop or decline ‘gender affirming care’ once being moved to women’s prisons.

“These people got into the women’s prisons by claiming to be women. But then, the moment they arrived they stopped their hormones or didn’t want the surgery anymore … Why? Because they wanted their penises to work.”

Norsworthy’s female contacts have also revealed that reports to prison staff about trans-identified male inmates victimizing them have gone neglected or entirely dismissed.

“[The state] just took these behemoths and threw them into the cells with the women and said ‘deal with it.’ And now, every time a woman does come out she is being stalked, harassed or gawked-at, they are just ignored … the [trans inmates] transferred under SB-132 have more power in women’s prisons than the women themselves.”

Norsworthy also noted that despite SB-132 being in effect, no transgender female-to-males have been sent to a men’s prison, and says that the official reluctance to move biological females who identify as men to the gender-specific institution exposes the ultimate intention of the law.

“They’re never going to allow a [female] to walk on a man’s yard because they know the men’s side is different,” Norsworthy says, “Those [female-to-males] are either going to have to start saying they’re women again in order to stay [in a women’s prison], or, if they are recognized as men — you gotta’ get them out of there! Because if you don’t, the male inmates are going to figure that out.”

Norsworthy warned that there will be no legal basis to keep any male inmate out of women’s facilities if trans-identified females are allowed to be legally recognized as men but avoid transfer to a male estate.

“That’s where the problem lies. The problem lies in the contradictions. And it is a very obvious game being played by these advocacy groups who got into California lawmaker’s ears and sold them a story.”

Norsworthy told Reduxx plans are in the works to launch a challenge agains the state and demand a full review and re-write of SB-132, as well as seek to include female inmates and women’s rights groups in the discussion.

“We want equal rights. Not one person has more rights than the other… because that’s what I fought for! What we’ve got is that trans people are developing a power source that stomps on women’s rights,” Norsworthy says.

“The female inmates and women’s groups weren’t allowed to speak. They had a right to be involved in the legislative process,” Norsworthy says, continuing: “I am sick and tired of having more power and right to be a woman than a woman who was born a woman.”

Norsworthy also expressed support for the lawsuit launched by Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) against the state of California on behalf of four female inmates victimized by trans-identified male transfers, and will soon be one of many stakeholders providing information to the organization’s legal team in order to assist them.

Commenting on Norsworthy’s statements for Reduxx, WoLF’s Legal Director Lauren Adams says she’d heard similar sentiment time and time again.

“In working on this case, I have spoken to over 60 inmates in California. I am struck by how uniform the opposition to SB-132 is, including from trans-identified people of both sexes.”

Adams notes that Norsworthy has an ideological stance on gender that is in opposition to WoLF’s own, but says that when trying to take down California’s current prison self-identification law, they share a common motivation of attempting to help the women most impacted.

“WoLF is here to protect the safety and dignity of women behind bars,” Adams says, adding that Norsworthy was introduced to WoLF by the plaintiffs they are representing in their lawsuit. “I am so grateful for the diverse group of stakeholders who have really shown up for these women.”

Adams points out that the laws surrounding this issue are complex and not favorable to women. She says that the Supreme Court has even ruled that incarcerated men may have a constitutional right to cross-sex housing in certain circumstances.

“In WoLF’s lawsuit, success is harm reduction,” Adams tells Reduxx, continuing: “There are dozens of men – murderers, rapists, gang members – in California women’s prisons right now who are abusing, exploiting, and terrorizing captive women. Hundreds of additional men have applied to transfer.”

WoLF launched a lawsuit against the state of California in November of 2021, but earlier this month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a motion to intervene in the suit. The ACLU is seeking to protect SB-132, and maintain the ability of trans-identified males to be moved to women’s prisons. In a May 16 brief, the ACLU went so far as to claim even sex offenders should not be denied transfer.

“Winning this lawsuit is not going to erase the path that brought us to this troubling place – but it would dramatically change the world for thousands of female inmates who are, at this very moment, enduring these unfathomable conditions.”

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“This is a nightmare”: Female Inmate Speaks Out Against Trans-Identifying Male Transfers

By
Genevieve Gluck
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An inmate at New Jersey’s Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCFW) is speaking out against the transfer of trans-identifying male convicts into the facility.

Speaking with Reduxx, incarcerated woman Miseka Diggs explained that the female inmates in EMCFW are “scared to death” of the men. Under the current policy, the men do not need to undergo any surgery, and Diggs asserts that most of the men are not on hormone replacement therapy. She stated that a majority of women incarcerated at EMCFW have past trauma, with many being victims of male violence, and the presence of men in the facility is causing them severe distress.

According to a 2016 report from the Vera Institute of Justice, 86% of incarcerated women have a history of abuse and 77% have a history of experiencing intimate partner violence. Women’s rights advocates have described this situation as a “sexual abuse-to-prison pipeline.”

“It is like you are living in an abusive situation. I have anxiety that I never knew about,” said Diggs. She explained that she had been visiting the mental health services to address the ways in which the presence of violent men in the women’s facility was bringing up her own feelings related to her past.

According to Diggs, women who complain of feeling unsafe are placed in protective custody.

“We can’t express our feelings in fear of being put in protective custody, [which] is like lock-up. If you use the wrong words you will be uprooted and removed from your living quarters. So many women walk around in fear,” Diggs said.

“We feel like we are part of some sick joke. This is a nightmare that we can’t wake up from,” she added. “The women here are traumatized over and over again and it seems as if no one cares about our needs. We feel like second-class citizens with no rights.”

Nikita Selket. Photo Credit/NJDOC.

Diggs described her anxiety at having to share a shower with one of the male transfers, whom she identified as Nikita Selket. Selket, formerly Neil LaBranche, is a 6′ 7″ man serving a thirty-year sentence for the murder of his roommate in 1995. The New Jersey Department of Corrections has recorded LaBranche as “female.” He is one of 27 men who have been transferred into the women’s facility since last year. The decision was the result of a legal settlement between state officials and ACLU New Jersey.

“When [LaBranche] came in and got into the shower next to me I felt violated in every form possible! I couldn’t believe that I was showering with a person with genetic male parts,” Diggs said. LaBranche is allegedly also watching women as they shower, with a “smile, as if [he] liked what was happening.”

The first male inmate transferred to EMCFW was Perry Cerf, who uses the name “Michelle Hel-loki Angelina.” As previously reported by Reduxx, Cerf is serving a 50-year sentence for the murder of Ecuadorian immigrant Flor Andrade. He accepted a longer sentence to have his rape conviction removed from his record.

“Going to prison on a sex charge would be a safety concern for me,” Cerf said at the time. He boasted of drinking the woman’s blood after killing her. Cerf was later found wearing her clothing, driving her car, and had placed his own photograph over hers on the victim’s identification.

Diggs told Reduxx that the day Cerf was transferred into the facility, she witnessed him being escorted by approximately 15 guards. As he was being moved down the corridors, she saw him attempting to kick down doors to women’s cells. While incarcerated in the men’s facility at New Jersey State Prison, Cerf assaulted other male inmates and at one point was placed in solitary confinement for 23 hours each day.

“The day [Cerf] hit EMCFW was very somber. No one knew what to think. The compound was locked down and we saw 15 officers in swat gear walking with this individual. The officers were on high alert as well, because this individual has a reputation in the men’s facility as a problem.”

Diggs went on to say that during altercations with the women, several trans-identifying transfers have reminded them that they are men in order to threaten them.

“This is a behavior and [statement made] by most of the transgenders. ‘I am a man and I will knock you out,'” she said.

Moreover, some men have identified into the prison, only to identify out again. “I know of two transfers that went back to the male prison on their own. They identified as trans, came here for whatever reason, and then decided they wanted to go back to the men’s facility. They were sent back. That is exactly where the problem lies: they come and go as they please.”

In 2021, a transgender inmate who successfully fought to be transferred to Edna Mahan demanded to be sent back to a men’s institution — citing the abuse female inmates suffered at the hands of correctional staff. Rae Rollins claimed the systemic violence at Edna Mahan made him feel “unsafe.”

Speaking on the settlement between state officials and the ACLU, Diggs remarked that she believed women’s rights were being “tossed out the window” in order to secure votes and political careers.

“As I sit back and play everything over in my head the conversations that I’ve had with the Commissioner, administration, lawyers, and reporters, I came to the conclusion that this is all about politics at the end of the day. The women here are caught up in the game of politics and it is sad.”

“The women that were sentenced to the only female prison in the State of New Jersey didn’t get sentenced to be housed with people that prey upon them and manipulate them, and [serve as] triggers of the trauma that put them here.”

Last month, the New Jersey Department of Corrections confirmed that two female inmates had become pregnant in the women’s estate following sexual encounters with at least one of the trans-identifying male inmates housed there.

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Dave Chappelle Attacker Was “Triggered” By ‘Anti-LGBTQ’ Jokes

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Shay Woulahan
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The man who attacked comedian Dave Chappelle during a live stand-up performance claims he had been “triggered” by the comedian’s jokes about the LGBTQ community.

Isaiah Lee, 23, shocked audiences around the world when he ran onto stage and tackled Chappelle during the Netflix Is A Joke comedy festival at the Hollywood Bowl on May 3. Lee was armed with a replica handgun that concealed a real knife and attacked the comedian. Chappelle’s bodyguards quickly intervened, preventing the comedian from being harmed. Lee was immediately arrested following the incident.

Lee, a rapper also known as “NoName_Trapper,” has now claimed his motivation for attacking Chappelle was because he had been “triggered” by Chappelle’s comedic material. During an interview with The New York Post on May 23, Lee stated, “I identify as bisexual … and I wanted him to know what he said was triggering. I wanted him to know that next time, he should consider first running his material by people it could affect.”

Photo Source: The Los Angeles Police Department.

Lee claims he did not intend to use the knife during the attack and he was only carrying it for his own personal safety as he is a “minor celebrity.” But on May 20, Lee was also charged with attempting to murder his roommate by stabbing just months prior to attacking Chappelle. Lee pleaded not guilty to the stabbing charge, and is scheduled to return to court in June.

After the initial incident, the footage of Lee tackling Chappelle went viral on social media and was viewed over 2.7 million times on just one Twitter account.

While many users expressed concern for Chappelle’s safety, others took to Twitter to argue that the attack was justified due to Chappelle’s “transphobic” material.

“Dave Chappelle deserved to get Will Smithed after all the “jokes” he’s been making about trans people. Because at this point they’re far from jokes.” one user stated, with another writing: “Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy, he also used this opportunity after getting attacked to make more transphobic remarks. If you like Dave Chappelle you aren’t necessarily transphobic but I assure you your trans friends feel less than comfortable with it.”

In coverage of Lee’s statements, Queer outlets LGBTQ Nation thinly suggested Chappelle’s set was to blame for his own attack, writing: “Chappelle made several anti-transgender and anti-gay jokes during his Netflix special The Closer, including announcing that he’s a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF), ranting about trans women’s genitalia, and joking about beating up gay men and lesbians. He continued the theme, mocking transgender people and the homeless during the show.”

Dave Chappelle isn’t the only comedian taking flak from trans activists due to his jokes about transgenderism. Ricky Gervais has been under fire since his latest comedy special, Super Nature, aired on Netflix on May 24.

Just minutes into his set, Gervais jokes: “Oh, women! Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned ones. The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs. Those fucking dinosaurs. I love the new women. They’re great, aren’t they? The new ones we’ve been seeing lately. The ones with beards and cocks.”

Just hours after the set finished, LGBTQ activist organization GLAAD issued a statement condemning Gervais, and calling his jokes ‘dangerous.’

“We watched the Ricky Gervais ‘comedy’ special on Netflix so you don’t have to. It’s full of graphic, dangerous, anti-trans rants masquerading as jokes … The LGBTQ community and our allies have made it very clear that so-called comedians who spew hate in place of humor, and the media companies who give them a platform, will be held accountable.”

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Feminista noruega se enfrenta a una posible condena de tres años por responder a un tuit

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Genevieve Gluck
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Una feminista noruega podría enfrentarse a una condena de hasta tres años de prisión por supuestos  tuits de “odio” dirigidos a un hombre que asegura ser lesbiana.

Christina Ellingsen, representante de la organización feminista Declaración Internacional de Mujeres (WDI), está siendo investigada bajo cargos de delitos de odio por los tuits que hizo entre febrero del 2021 y enero del 2022.

Los tuits en cuestión fueron en respuesta a Christine Marie Jentoft, representante del grupo activista trans Foreningen FRI. Jentoft es un hombre que se identifica como mujer lesbiana.

Los cargos de Ellingsen se centran en cuestionar por qué FRI promovía la idea de que los hombres podían ser lesbianas. Si bien la policía continua su investigación, si es declarada culpable, Ellingsen podría enfrentarse a una sentencia de prisión de por hasta tres años.

Noruega introdujo la “identidad de género” en los párrafos sobre crímenes de odio en enero del 2021. En ese momento, WDI Noruega (anteriormente WHRC Noruega) advirtió que la introducción de este concepto en dicha ley daría pie a la persecución de las mujeres por afirmar lo que son realidades biológicas.

¿Por qué el [FRI] enseña a los jóvenes que los hombres pueden ser lesbianas? ¿No es esto una terapia de conversión? Ellingsen tuiteó en octubre del 2021.

Un segundo tuit que ha sido citado como evidencia de discurso de odio dice: “Jentoft, que es un hombre y asesor del FRI, se presenta como lesbiana; así de loca es la organización que supuestamente trabaja para proteger a los intereses de las jóvenes lesbianas. ¿Cómo beneficia a las jóvenes lesbianas que los hombres también digan que son lesbianas?”.

Ellingsen fue acusada recientemente por Amnistía Internacional Noruega de acosar a Jentoft después de decirle por televisión nacional que era hombre.

“Eres un hombre. No puedes ser madre”, había dicho Ellingsen, “normalizar la idea de que los hombres pueden ser madres es una forma clara de discriminación contra las mujeres”.

 Después de hablar con su abogado a principios de esta semana, Ellingsen compartió con Reduxx que se había enterado que fue el propio Jentoft quien presentó la denuncia policial en su contra.

Jentoft previamente generó controversia después de invitar a niños a contactarlo para recibir abrazos en un tweet realizado en el 2018.

“¡Queridos niños queer de todas las edades! Sé que algunos de nosotros tenemos padres que ya no nos aman. Pero gracias a un video [de Facebook] que acabo de ver, solo quiero informarles que en realidad soy una madre certificada. Entonces, si alguna vez necesitan un verdadero abrazo maternal, ¡estaré feliz de complacerlos!”. Escribió Jentoft .

“Christine Maria” Jentoft.

Ellingsen señaló que aunque Jentoft está involucrado con un poderoso grupo lobista, la denunció a la policía como un ciudadano común. “La decisión del abogado policial de abrir esta investigación en contra de una activista por los derechos de la mujer es muy preocupante”, agregó.

Jentoft es asesor sobre diversidad de género del FRI, también conocida como la Organización Noruega para la Diversidad Sexual y de Género. Anteriormente el FRI se conocía como la Asociación Nacional para la Liberación de Lesbianas y Gays.

Desde 1997, el FRI ha estado trabajando para derogar las a parafilias sexuales y los fetiches como diagnósticos de salud mental tanto en Noruega como en el extranjero. En 2010, muchos diagnósticos relacionados con la parafilia se eliminaron de la literatura médica noruega y, en el 2018, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) hizo lo mismo. Las campañas del FRI tuvieron como resultado que el sadomasoquismo, el fetichismo travesti y el fetichismo en general fueran reclasificados como variantes de la excitación sexual en la 11ª edición de la International Classification of Diseases. (Clasificación Internacional de Enfermedades).

En el 2016, se introdujo una nueva ley en Noruega que le permite a las personas mayores de 6 años cambiar su sexo en sus documentos legales. Actualmente, no es posible cambiar el derecho de los padres, aunque el FRI ha estado haciendo campaña para modificar eso.

En Noruega, la madre se define legalmente dentro de las leyes que rigen a los derechos del niño como una “mujer que ha parido al niño”. En los últimos años, el FRI ha estado presionando para redefinir el concepto legal de “madre” a “padre biológico”, junto con otras alteraciones lingüísticas destinadas a hacer que las leyes sean “neutrales en cuanto a género”.

 Hace cinco años, el gobierno noruego anunció su intención de introducir un sistema de identificación neutral al género para el año 2032, eliminando así todos los datos ligados al sexo que puedan ser útiles para comprender el impacto que tienen las leyes y políticas de estado en mujeres y niños.

Christine Ellingson de la Declaración Internacional de Mujeres de Noruega. Photo/Fartein Rudjord

“Estoy bajo investigación policial por hacer campaña por los derechos de la mujer, porque para ciertos grupos, el hecho de que las mujeres adultas y las niñas sean mujeres y que los hombres no puedan ser mujeres, niñas, madres o lesbianas, se considera lenguaje de odio”, declaró Ellingsen para Reduxx.      

 “Las mujeres no están protegidas contra el discurso de odio en Noruega, pero los hombres que afirman ser lesbianas y mujeres están protegidos tanto por su identidad de género como por su orientación sexual”, dijo Ellingsen.

“El hecho de que la policía pueda investigar y perseguir legalmente a mujeres que luchan por los derechos femeninos es preocupante. Este es un escenario nuevo en Noruega, por lo que el resultado de la investigación es importante, tanto si se desestima el caso como si se lleva a juicio”.

En el 2021, un hombre noruego fue condenado a 21 días de prisión y una multa de 15 000 coronas noruegas tras ser declarado culpable de “insultar” y “confundir el género” de un hombre trans a través de Facebook.

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Norwegian Feminist Facing Up To Three Years In Prison Over Tweets

By
Genevieve Gluck
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A Norwegian feminist could be facing up to three years in prison for allegedly “hateful” tweets directed at a male who claims to be a lesbian woman.

Christina Ellingsen, a representative of feminist organization Women’s Declaration International (WDI) is being investigated under hate crime charges for tweets she made between February 2021 and January 2022.

The tweets in question were replies directed at Christine Marie Jentoft, a representative of trans activist group Foreningen FRI. Jentoft is a male who identifies as a lesbian woman.

Ellingsen’s charges are centered around her questioning why FRI promoted the belief that men could be lesbians. While police are still investigating, if she is found guilty, Ellingsen could face a prison sentence of up to three years.

Norway introduced “gender identity” into the hate crime paragraphs in January 2021. At the time, WDI Norway (formerly WHRC Norway) warned that the introduction of the concept into law would result in persecution of women for stating biological facts.

“Why [does] FRI teach young people that males can be lesbians? Isn’t that conversion therapy?” Ellingsen tweeted in October 2021.

A second tweet that has been cited as evidence of hate speech reads, “Jentoft, who is male and an advisor in FRI, presents himself as a lesbian – that’s how bonkers the organization which supposedly works to protect young lesbians’ interests is. How does it help young lesbians when males claim to be lesbian, too?”

Ellingsen was recently accused by Amnesty International Norway of harassing Jentoft after telling him on national television that he was male.

“You are a man. You cannot be a mother,” Ellingsen had said, “To normalize the idea that men can be mothers is a defined form of discrimination against women.”

After speaking with her lawyer earlier this week, Ellingsen told Reduxx she had learned that the police report made against her was filed by Jentoft himself.

Jentoft previously sparked controversy after inviting children to contact him for hugs in a tweet made in 2018.

“Dear queer children of all ages! I know some of us have parents who don’t love us any more. But thanks to a [Facebook] video I have just seen, I just want to inform you that I am actually a certified mother. So if you ever need a real motherly hug, I will be happy to oblige!” Jentoft wrote.

“Christine Marie” Jentoft, a man who claims to be a lesbian, is a representative for Norwegian lobbying group FRI

Ellingsen pointed out that even though Jentoft is involved with a powerful lobbying group, he nevertheless reported her to the police as a civilian member of the public. “The police attorney’s decision to open this investigation against a women’s rights activist is deeply concerning,” she said.

Jentoft is an advisor on gender diversity for FRI, also known as the Norwegian Organization for Sexual and Gender Diversity. FRI was previously known as The National Association for Lesbian and Gay Liberation.

Since 1997, FRI has been working towards the repeal of sexual paraphilias and fetishes as mental health diagnoses in both Norway and abroad. In 2010, many paraphilia-related diagnoses were removed from Norwegian medical literature, and in 2018 the World Health Organization (WHO) followed suit. The FRI’s campaigns successfully resulted in sadomasochism, transvestic fetishism, and general fetishism being re-classified as variants in sexual arousal in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases.

In 2016, a law was introduced in Norway allowing those aged 6+ to change their legal sex on documents. Currently, it is not possible to change parental status, though FRI has been campaigning to change that.

A mother is in Norway legally defined in the laws governing children’s rights as the “woman who has given birth to the child.” In recent years, FRI has been lobbying to redefine the legal definition of “mother” to “birth parent,” along with other linguistic alterations aimed at making laws “gender neutral.”

Five years ago, the Norwegian government announced its intention to introduce gender neutral identification markers by 2032, thus eliminating sex-based data which may be useful to understanding the impact of laws and policies on women and children.

Christina Ellingsen, a representative of Women’s Declaration International Norway. Photo Credit/Fartein Rudjord

“I am under police investigation for campaigning for women’s rights, because to certain groups, the fact that women and girls are female and that men cannot be women, girls, mothers or lesbians, is considered hateful,” Ellingsen told Reduxx.

“Women are not protected against hate speech in Norway, but men who claim to be both lesbian and a woman, are protected both on the grounds of gender identity and on the grounds of sexual orientation,” Ellingsen said.

“The fact that police are legally able to investigate and persecute women who engage in women’s rights is concerning. This is new territory in Norway, so the outcome of the investigation is important, both if the case is dismissed and if it leads to trial.”

In 2021, a Norwegian man was sentenced to 21 days in prison and a fine of 15,000NRK after being found guilty of “insulting” and “misgendering” a trans-identified male on Facebook.

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Single Sex Spaces For Survivors are Under Attack

By
Sarah Summers
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Like all too many women, I am a survivor of sexual violence.

As a child, I was tricked by a family friend into performing sex acts on him. I was trusting and naïve. At the time, I didn’t even know what sex was let alone sexual abuse. It was only when I reached adulthood that I realized I’d been taken advantage of.

Then, in my early twenties, I was persuaded to take drugs by a man I considered a friend, Joe. I lost consciousness that night, and I woke up the following day, naked and plagued with patchy recollections of Joe having sex with me while hitting me in the face. Since that night, seeing him or even hearing his name triggers a panic attack in me. It took me years to admit to myself that I hadn’t consented to Joe’s assault. That what I’d experienced was rape.

Having been badly let down by men in my life, I am wary of them. I know men have the capacity to lie and manipulate, particularly if they have a sexual agenda.

Due to my negative experiences, I live with chronic anxiety. I often have stress-related migraines and suffer with digestive issues. I am often fraught with nightmares and flashbacks.

Last year, I learned that Joe was moving to live in my home town. It shook me up so badly I didn’t sleep for weeks and felt constantly nauseous. My anxiety was so bad I could barely eat, it was difficult to leave the house and I felt like I couldn’t breathe. At the time of the assault, I’d tried to tell friends what Joe had done but they either didn’t believe me or didn’t think it was a big deal as they were happy to continue socializing with him despite my experiences. It had reached a point where I knew I had to seek help to try and come to terms with my past.

After a brief Google search I discovered Survivors’ Network, the only rape crisis service in my area of Sussex, United Kingdom. The support groups were advertised as being for “self-identified women,” which I initially assumed meant just for trans women. Thus, I called the Network directly to inquire about getting help. While I was immediately asked for my pronouns and gender identity during the call, the welcome assessor told me that Survivors’ Network runs a dedicated support group for transgender survivors. 

I asked the welcome assessor if the women’s group was female only and she hesitated before telling me that yes, it was. I made the assumption that transgender survivors were directed to the dedicated transgender, non-binary and intersex (TNBI) support group and the women’s group was for woman born female. 

I was apprehensive before attending the group, but as soon as I met the other survivors my fears were alleviated. I felt like I finally had a space with people who understood me and my experiences.

I attended the group every week and developed a strong bond with the other women. The space was kind and supportive, we had all been through similar experiences and it felt like a safe space to share our thoughts. We often talked about male sexual entitlement and how much we appreciated having a space free from men where we could speak freely. I found the group very beneficial for my mental health, and began to feel better within myself.

After a couple of months, I arrived at the group as usual and was surprised to see someone who appeared to be male but identified as a woman. The facilitator started the session by saying pointedly “everyone is welcome here.”

That day, no one volunteered to speak, so the facilitator asked me directly how I had been feeling about things. I felt somewhat pressured to talk about my trauma and keep the therapy session going just so that the space felt inclusive for the new addition. Putting aside my own feelings to please a male felt familiar to me, it was something I’d done since being sexually abused as a child. I left the group feeling upset and shaken.

I knew Survivors’ Network was planning to run some closed peer support groups, so I approached the Head of Operations and asked if one of these groups could be for women born female. As the centre has a dedicated group for transgender and non-binary clients as well as welcoming trans identified males into any women’s groups they chose, the transgender population seemed to be well-catered to. I felt that having one additional group for women born female would not affect the service offered to transgender clients.

My request for an additional group was refused, despite being legal under UK Equality Laws. Rape crisis counselling is even cited as an example of when transgender women can be excluded from some women’s services, even if they have had full gender reassignment and possess a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC).

Not only was my request refused, but Survivors’ Network blocked me on social media, removed me from their mailing lists and told I would need to have an assessment if I wanted to attend any of their groups in future. I was no longer able to see the women I’d formed such a close bond with. All the feelings that had been brought up from speaking about my sexual violence were there, but I had no outlet. There was nowhere I could turn for help.

As a result of my experiences, I have made the difficult decision to launch a legal challenge against Survivors’ Network.

If it can provide tailored support to members of the transgender community, then surely it can do so female survivors of sexual violence who require an exclusive, healing space.

The very nature of many cases of sexual abuse is often women being conditioned to set aside their own feelings and boundaries in order to centre the feelings of a man. This should not happen anywhere, but let alone in a rape crisis shelter.

I have a great, all-female law firm on board and feel cautiously optimistic. If it is ruled that a single-sex group must be provided, then it could help open up a space for thousands of female survivors of sexual violence who are currently coping alone and without support.

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Bailey Tribunal: Lesbian Sexual Boundaries Like ‘Racial Segregation’

By
Shay Woulahan
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A workshop to help trans-identified males overcome lesbians’ sexual boundaries “is similar to South Africa attempting to racially integrate society” the Central London Employment Tribunal heard today. 

The shocking statement was made by Cathryn McGahey while providing evidence in the Allison Bailey v. Stonewall & Garden Court Chambers case. Bailey, a criminal defense barrister and LGB Alliance co-founder, has pursued legal action against her employer, Garden Court Chambers, and trans activist charity Stonewall.

Bailey’s case asserts that Stonewall influenced her employer – who are part of Stonewall’s controversial Diversity Champion Scheme – to withhold work from her as penalization for her ‘gender critical’ beliefs and pro-woman activism. Bailey has accused Stonewall of encouraging her Garden Court Chambers to investigate her in an attempt to cost her her livelihood. 

Harry Potter Author JK Rowling is seen with Allison Bailey in a picture dated April 11. Source: Twitter/BlueSkyeAllison

Today, the courts heard from Bailey’s legal representative, Ben Cooper, that Stonewall had sent a complaint to Garden Court Chambers regarding comments made by Bailey on her personal twitter account where she referred to trans-identified males as “male-bodied” when referencing a controversial workshop.

The 2012 workshop was organized by Morgan Page for Planned Parenthood in Toronto, and was titled “Overcoming the Cotton Ceiling: Breaking Down Sexual Barriers for Queer Trans Women.”

The “Cotton Ceiling” is a term widely attributed to trans-identified male porn star Drew DeVeaux. It disparagingly refers to lesbians as exclusionary for not wanting to have sexual intercourse with men. The name is a reference to the ‘glass ceiling,’ which is a form of discrimination experienced by women in the workplace

Today at the Bailey tribunal, a legal expert representing Garden Court Chambers took the stand, and made a dramatic comment that has set social media ablaze in shock.

Under question by Bailey’s legal representative, barrister Cathryn McGahey said that she understood that the concept of the cotton ceiling as “overcoming the reluctance of lesbians to have sex with trans individuals,” but argued that the workshop was not coercive as Bailey had commented.

“It’s important to understand what happens or happened at the workshop. There is nothing in the material put out by Planned Parenthood Toronto that advocates coercion,” McGahey stated. She then argued that Bailey’s claims that the workshop was coercive was not sustained and said that the workshop was “similar to South Africa attempting to racially integrate society.”

The comparison caused uproar on social media, with many users outraged over the apparent comparison of lesbian sexuality with racial segregation.

“This barrister showing a shocking  disregard for lesbian boundaries and a total misunderstanding of the horrors of racist apartheid. A shamefully homophobic comment. A shamefully racist comment. How utterly embarrassing” Twitter user @luluchops1 wrote. 

“Lesbians saying no to sex with males compared to the violent white supremacy of apartheid. This is racist, misogynistic, and lesbophobic,” author Claire Heuchan tweeted.

Many other users pointed out the homophobic and racist nature of comparing overcoming lesbians’ sexual boundaries to racially integration following apartheid. 

“A workshop ‘strategizing’ how to get into unwilling women’s knickers is like Nelson Mandela’s struggle against apartheid, according to a leading QC from #GardenCourtChambers” another twitter user commented. 

Following the controversial comparison by McGahey, the court went for an immediate break. 

Cathryn McGahey QC is vice-chair of the Bar Council’s ethics committee. According to her profile on the Temple Garden Chambers website, she has been repeatedly listed in the Legal 500 list of top lawyers in the United Kingdom.

Allison Bailey first announced she was launching the case against Stonewall and her Chambers in 2020. She launched a successful campaign to help crowdfund her case, raising over £550,000 from over 9,000 donors across the globe.

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Hannah Tubbs: Child Molester To Stand Trial on Murder Charges

By
Anna Slatz
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A trans-identified male currently serving a sentence for sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl has now been ordered to stand trial on first-degree murder charges as evidence has emerged connecting him to the past crime.

Hannah Tubbs, born James, came to widespread notoriety in February of this year after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a young girl in the bathroom of a family restaurant in 2014.

Tubbs was two weeks shy of his 18th birthday when he followed the 10-year-old into the bathroom of a Denny’s in Palmdale, California, grabbed her by the throat, and forced his hand down her pants. He only stopped his attack when someone entered the restroom, and then ran away before he could be detained.

In a case that caused widespread outcry, Tubbs, now 26, was handed a two-year sentence and ordered to serve it in a juvenile detention center for female youth. It was quickly revealed that Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón had repeatedly refused to transfer Tubbs’ case to adult court, limiting the scope of possible sentencing options. Tubbs was also cleared from having to register as a sex offender upon release.

Soon after Tubbs was moved to youth treatment center, audio was leaked of a call between Tubbs and his father in which the man was heard laughing and boasting about the lenient sentence being arranged for him.

“Don’t worry about it. It’s a strike, but they’re gonna plead, I’m [going to] plead out to them and then plead guilty. They’re going to stick me on probation. And it’s going to be dropped. It’s going to be done, done. I won’t have to register,” Tubbs said during the call, excitedly exclaiming “Nothing!” when his father asked what the consequences of his actions would be.

But now a dramatic new layer to the disastrous case has been revealed as Tubbs is being ordered to stand trial on first-degree murder charges related to the 2019 death of Michael Clark.

According to local KGET coverage, Clark’s decomposed body was discovered in the Kern River in August 2019. Prosecutors brought charges against Tubbs earlier this month after ongoing investigation into the case resulted in enough evidence for a Judge to bound Tubbs for trial.

A preliminary hearing held on Monday heard testimony from a Sheriff Investigator stating that multiple witnesses said Tubbs admitted beating Clark to death with a rock. The two had allegedly gotten into an altercation related to Tubbs stealing a $100 Western Union transfer Clark had received from his father.

Tubbs was arrested in 2019 on unrelated charges, and was questioned on Clark’s disappearance before the body was located. While in detention, Tubbs was heard on a recorded jail call telling his father to ‘wipe’ his phone.

Evidence presented at the preliminary hearing also included Google GPS data retrieved from Clark’s cellphone, which tracked the device’s location. At one point after Clark’s disappearance, the device was located in a Von’s grocery store. CCTV footage from the store was reviewed, and Tubbs was seen in the store Clark’s phone was present.

District Attorney’s Office Investigator Don Krueger stated that during a May interview with Tubbs on the crime, Tubbs blamed a former friend for Clark’s death.

Tubbs also told Krueger that he “blacks out” when he gets angry and sometimes cannot remember what he has done. He also stated he had a “transgender side” and an “enforcer side.”

After being booked on the murder charge, Tubbs was moved from the juvenile detention center he had been serving his molestation sentence in and was sent to Kern Valley State Prison — a male facility — and placed administrative segregation.

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Revista de temática lesbiana anuncia a ciclista masculino como portada para el mes de orgullo

By
Bryndís Blackadder
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Una revista lesbiana está bajo fuego luego de anunciar que un hombre identificado como trans sería el modelo de portada para la edición “Pride” de junio del 2022.

El 20 de mayo, la revista DIVA anunció en Twitter que el ciclista transgénero Emily Bridges aparecería en la portada de su próximo número, entrevistado por la directora de la publicación, Linda Riley.

Bridges fue noticia a principios de este año después de que se le fuera prohibido competir en carreras ciclistas femeninas en el Reino Unido por no cumplir con los requisitos para clasificación. Después de una revisión de sus credenciales, se descubrió que Bridges todavía estaba registrado en la UCI, el organismo rector internacional del deporte, como hombre.

Bridges había ganado previamente varios campeonatos a nivel nacional en la división masculina y se había ubicado en los puestos altos de la clasificación masculina para febrero del 2022, solo unas semanas antes de intentar ingresar a la competencia femenina.

Después del anuncio de que Bridges estaba incursionando en el deporte femenino, las ciclistas amenazaron con boicotear el Campeonato Británico de Omnium si se le otorgaba un lugar en la competencia. Bridges provocó una protesta pública generalizada por poseer lo que muchos vieron como una injusta ventaja biológica.

La reacción violenta se desencadenó en pleno desarrollo de una controversia surgida por la reciente actualización de la política transgénero y no binaria del British Cycling, que ahora amenaza a sus miembros con multas o expulsión por criticar la inclusión de hombres en los deportes femeninos, o cuestionar las “identidades de género” de los miembros. Después de que a Bridges se le prohibiera competir, British Cycling expresó su “decepción” en nombre de los atletas masculinos identificados como trans.

El anuncio de la estrella de portada DIVA para el mes de junio no fue bien recibido por las mujeres en las redes sociales, quienes rápidamente le cayeron encima a la publicación y manifestaron su descontento.

Si bien muchos usuarios expresaron confusión sobre la razón por la cual un hombre biológico que se identifica como lesbiana fuera la primera elección, otros apuntaron directamente a la revista.

“No olvidemos que esta es una publicación propiedad de Linda Riley, quien afirmó haber inventado el #MesDeLaVisibilidadLesbiana cuando en realidad le robó la idea a otra persona”, escribió el usuario @UKHomosexual, señalando que se le debía atribuir la idea a la activista lesbiana Jeanne R. Córdova. “Linda es una mujer blanca que le roba la idea a una mujer latina y la proclama como suya”.

Compartiendo con Reduxx en el lugar de los hechos, la activista lesbiana y periodista de Gender Dissent Eva Kurilova calificó a la decisión de DIVA de elegir a un hombre como “borrado lésbico”.

“Hacer una crónica del ‘camino a salir del closet’ de un hombre heterosexual como si fuera lesbiana en una publicación lésbica es absurdo”, dijo Kurilova, y señaló que DIVA era solo uno de los muchos medios lésbicos que participaban en los intentos de obligar a las lesbianas a incluir a hombres en su sexualidad.

Kurilova también apuntó a Emily Bridges, afirmando que “sigue los pasos de hombres como Susan Stryker que han estado borrando y redefiniendo lo que significa ser lesbiana”, y agregó: “La concepción de un ‘hombre lesbiano’ solía ser ridiculizado y con razón por el chiste que representa. Sin embargo, no aceptar a un hombre como lesbiana hoy en día se considera un acto transfóbico”.

En abril, un hombre en Alemania provocó una reacción violenta generalizada después de anunciar que se identificaba como “masculino lesbiano”. Francois Etscheid, de 50 años, nació varón y se identifica como hombre, pero fue perfilado en General-Anzeiger como perteneciente a una minoría ignorada de “masculinos lesbianas” cuya sexualidad era tan válida como cualquier otra.

En el caso de DIVA, Kurilova dice que se “vendió a la ideología de género” y que la única esperanza para los espacios exclusivos homosexuales femeninos es no ceder.

“Las revistas lesbianas que felizmente ponen a un hombre en la portada y consideran a cualquier lesbiana que se oponga como intolerante no merecen nuestra atención ni nuestro apoyo”.

DIVA se lanzó por primera vez en 1994 bajo la dirección de la editora Frances Williams, pero la “activista LGBTI+” Linda Riley se convirtió en la editora de la revista a partir del 2016. Riley se describe a sí misma en Twitter como la creadora de la campaña de etiquetas #LesbianVisibility y la fundadora del Bank of London Rainbow Honors Day. Anteriormente el medio se comercializaba como una “revista lesbiana convencional” para y sobre mujeres lesbianas y bisexuales, pero bajo el liderazgo de Riley se ha cambiado el enfoque demográfico a mujeres “queer” y “personas no binarias”.

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