The human rights situation for trans people in Mexico looks bleak, and with the growing wave of violence and inequality, it only gets worse. By October 2024, 54 transfemicides have been committed in the country; even our right to live is jeopardized.

Access to healthcare, housing, education, and employment is also out of reach for our community. Nationally, it’s estimated that only 5% of trans people are employed in a profession, leaving more than 90% of the trans population unemployed (Expansión, 2021).

With the recent changes in federal and local administrations, a new opportunity arises for this government to drive change across the country. Currently, two states have criminalized transfemicide, and efforts have been made to protect trans rights, such as the Comprehensive Health Unit for Trans People (Unidad de salud integral para personas trans – USIPT in spanish) in Mexico City, which provides access to hormone replacement therapy and psychological support. However, this is just the beginning.

With the incoming administrations, we need local institutions to take action and prioritize the well-being of trans people in their political agendas, particularly in areas of healthcare, education, employment, and housing. It’s urgent to decentralize actions in favor of our rights and to work in peripheral areas.

We need authorities committed to ensuring the full exercise of our rights and freedoms, as well as our integration into all sectors of society; we don’t want mere inclusion but to be recognized as subjects of rights.

We call on local congress representatives to promote initiatives that safeguard trans rights, as we need laws that protect our access to healthcare, employment opportunities, discrimination-free education, and eradicate efforts to "correct" gender identity.

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