Argentina passes an affirmative-action law for trans people
It secures the country’s unlikely place as a global leader in trans rights
PAMELA ROCCHI was born a boy, but felt from an early age she was a girl. At 16 she was kicked out of school for responding angrily when a teacher called her by her birth name. She moved to a city far from her home town of Alcorta in central Argentina and worked for two years as a prostitute. Now, aged 35, she is back in Alcorta, where she works in local government and is running to be the town’s president.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Gender-setters”
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