eSignature Lawfulness for Addressing Harassment in Mexico

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For me it was so important to live as I live now, that I was willing to lose it all. For me, it is disrespectful to deny me my right to live and be happy. In Guanajuato, you have to get a court order to protect your rights. And the judge will make a determination, if you are indeed who you say you are, and if you feel as you say you feel, so they can approve the correction of your birth certificate, or not. Ever since I can remember. I was seven years old. I knew since I was four years old. When I was six years old. I am a transgender woman. When I was four years old, I already knew that I was different. With my ex-wife Mariana, we were together more or less, 20 years approximately. Both of us worked in the local government, in City Hall. She worked there for 12 years, and I worked for there 13 years and two months. I transitioned, then things changed very radically, until they fired us, which led her to ask me for a divorce. I came out of the closet three times. And the first time was when I was 15-16 years old, during junior high. The change of my voice, the growth of body hair. The bullying I suffered. During my high school years, I discovered my lifesaver: theater. I decided to say, “I’m also a travesti.” That was my second coming out. The third coming out, accepting myself and living as a trans woman 24/7. I have had embarrassing experiences for not having [accurate] documents. And this is in every aspect, health, education, work, even while driving. The nurses in the hospital mocked me, they called me by my original name. In the bank they told me “we can't do anything because so-and-so no longer exists and you are someone else.” I can't get a formal job because I don't have my documents. When I began my transition [at work], they first moved my office to a secluded place. Later they took away colleagues supporting my work. When there were meetings, they didn't consider me. At the beginning of the week they informed us of our firing. Just like that, without an explanation, other than “loss of confidence in us” that they were never able to substantiate. To [dismiss us] so maliciously harmed my family, because when they fired [my ex] and they fired me, they took away my children's support. So that's when I started to fight and demand justice. [The Public Prosecutor's Office] called us in to confirm and provide more information about our complaint. They concluded that I was discriminated against and denied equal access to employment. I am a mechatronics engineer with a specialization in optomechatronics. The only job I got is selling pulque [a Mexican beverage]. I am currently a stylist, and I continue to practice sex work. I’ve preferred freelance jobs, so I don't have to show or explain that I'm a trans person. I started the process to rectify my birth certificate during university. I wanted my diploma to have the name "Ivanna Tovar." It was a very complicated process. Approximately four legal hearings. They were rejected. My only option was to go to Mexico City, make the change there, and return with my new [birth] certificate and my new identity card. And when I saw my name there for the first time as Ivanna Tovar I felt the keys to my freedom. [My documents] showed that I was born in Celaya, but registered in Mexico City. - You gave us this talent, and in your honor, we perform this play... To seal [my original birth certificate] took approximately five years. The biggest challenge is that my documents, such as my birth certificate are under my old identity. I already asked a court to change my legal name and gender, and the [judge] said yes. However, they failed to change my children's documents and for that reason [my case] was returned to court, so that I can be fully recognized. To date, it has been difficult for me to get a job because they see my documents then they see me and say, “this doesn’t add up.” I’ve been made fun of, I’ve even been insulted. I worked in a company where they denied me the use of the women's bathroom. As long as I can’t modify my original birth certificate, I am not going to be able to get people to call me by my name, which is Cassandra. Accept that there are different identities. I wish the government would really analyze what it feels like to be invisible. I believe that the process [for gender recognition] should be easier, faster, as in other states. - We wish you warm welcome to the cabaret show, "Stories of My Sad Clients." - To begin... Can you turn up the house lights? I need to see human misfortune up close. The state hasn’t passed a gender identity law and without an identity law we can’t work in a dignified manner because we are violated, because we are not called by the name that appears in our documents, and that is the state’s responsibility. - Because never again will we be silenced for your comfort. I stopped feeling a burden. A great happiness. Security. Strength. Freedom. Pride.