Gainza PP, Techera J

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Over the last ten years, the Uruguayan State has made progress in what it calls the new rights agenda. This agenda implies new actions that guarantee some rights that have been postponed, such as the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Law, marijuana liberalization and same-sex marriage. Specifically in the area of sexual diversity, progress has been made in sanctioning and implementing a large body of guaranteeing laws: laws of Concubinage Union, of Name and Sex Change Registration, of Same-Sex Marriage, and of Assisted Reproduction. In addition, specific policies have been implemented for trans people, such as the allocation of the Social Uruguay Card, affirmative actions for labor inclusion, training activities in public policies and sexual diversity, cultural activities such as the participation in the film festivals Llámale H and 19 Arterias, and the institutionalization of the TRANSFORMA Debate Seminar; a Consultative Council on Sexual Diversity has been formed; and the creation of lines of research and publications opening to question this subject, such as Incorrecta (La Diaria), has been supported. Of all the implemented measures, this paper will discuss two actions of labor inclusion of trans people: a) the 2013 unique call for entry of trans people to public administration; b) the entry fee for trans persons to the protected employment program Uruguay Works.