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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) Angeles Rojas strides down the hall of the Argentine state bank, passed portraits on the walls of past bank presidents who may have been shocked to see a young transgender person on its workforce.
The 23-year-old joined the human resources department of Banco Nación, Argentina s leading state bank, this year. In September, President Alberto Fernández signed a decree establishing a 1% employment quota for transgender people in the public sector.
Only neighboring Uruguay has a comparable quota law promoting the labor inclusion of transgender people, who face discrimination in the region. According to Argentina s LGBT community, 95% of transgender people do not have formal employment, with many forced to work in the sex industry where they face violence.
Argentina to add more transgender people to labour force
by DéBora Rey, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 17, 2020 10:05 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 10:12 am EDT
Transgender woman Fabiana Rodríguez, an English teacher, poses for a portrait with her shadow overlaying the message she wrote on her blackboard: Equal rights, I m Fabiana during an interview at the English Institute where she works in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Rodríguez said that even though she has a job, education, and family, that she wouldn’t be happy if she can’t be who she really is. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) Angeles Rojas strides down the hall of the Argentine state bank, passed portraits on the walls of past bank presidents who may have been shocked to see a young transgender on its workforce.
The 23-year-old joined the human resources department of Banco Nación, Argentina s leading state bank, this year. In September, President Alberto Fernández signed a decree establishing a 1% employment quota for transgender people in the public sector.
Only neighboring Uruguay has a comparable quota law promoting the labor inclusion of transgenders, who face discrimination in the region. According to Argentina s LGBT community, 95% of transgenders do not have formal employment, with many forced to work in the sex industry where they face violence.