The trans flag has arrived this Friday in Lanzarote to claim, once again, the rights of trans people, especially gender self-determination. In an institutional act held at the headquarters of the Island Council, where a manifesto was read, the president of the Corporation, María Dolores Corujo, received representatives of the island's LGTBI groups and signed the flag to show her full support for the demands of this movement.
In this way, Lanzarote wanted to raise its voice and join this state campaign in favor of trans rights #WeDemandTransEquality, organized by the Lánzate Association, the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Trans and Bisexuals (FELGTB), Triángulo Foundation and Chrysallis, Association of Families of Trans* Minors.
The flag, which began its journey this Tuesday in La Palma, passing through Tenerife, Gran Canaria and now in Lanzarote, will continue its journey through the rest of the country until next June.
During her speech, the president of the Cabildo supported the “shared demand to have a law that guarantees full equality of rights for those who feel, are, or have chosen to be different.” "This is a fair demand, because if there is anything worth fighting for, it is to achieve a framework of coexistence in which all our people can feel recognized,” she said.
Dolores Corujo was convinced that “soon we will have in our country a law that responds to the demands of trans people because they are, also, our demands.” “That last legal journey is missing, but we have achieved the most important thing: social change, a change in the way our people think, who in those few years have gone from that mothball-smelling morality to the joy of freedom,” added the president.
For their part, the island's LGTBI groups have stressed that with this initiative they intend to show that "Spanish society overwhelmingly supports the human rights of trans people and defends their right to have their identity recognized without the need for judges or doctors to accredit it." "And there is no greater violation of human rights than another person having the power to decide who you are,” they said.
Action policies in support of the trans community
The representatives of this group ask the authorities to get involved in a comprehensive legislation that "truly" protects trans people, especially the most vulnerable, such as minors, migrants or unemployed women.
In this way, they focus on direct action policies so that, among other measures, the hiring of trans people in public employment plans is prioritized; that a rental assistance plan is established in situations of social exclusion, mainly trans women; that trans and non-binary people are included in public advertising and corporate images, as well as modifying public administration forms so that they are inclusive.
