mexico city unveils gender-neutral school uniforms policy
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2020-03-03
Oscar Lopez Mexico City, June 3
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Children attending the state
Schools in Mexico City will no longer have to comply with gender --
Government officials said Monday the specific dress code for their uniforms.
Claudia sheenbaum on the left in the Mexican capital
The mayor announced a new gender.
At a press conference at a local school in the city, neutral unified policy.
\"The age when girls have to wear skirts and boys have to wear pants has been left behind, and I think that has become history,\" Sheinbaum said . \".
\"Boys can wear skirts and girls can wear pants.
The Mexican Ministry of Education later tweeted that the new policy would take effect immediately.
Sheinbaum, who took office in December, is the second woman ever to run the capital and campaign on a platform that promises to improve the rights of women and LGBT people.
\"It\'s a very simple thing, but it creates equal, fair conditions,\" Sheinbaum said of the new dress code . \".
As a child of government
According to the law, schools in Mexico do not need to wear uniforms, and the Ministry of Education recommends uniforms for public schools.
The guidelines it issued earlier noted, \"just like a skirt is the basic dress for a girl\'s daily school uniform, the same goes for boys to wear pants.
Mexico\'s education minister, Esteban Moctezuma, praised Sheinbaum\'s statement and suggested other states in the country could follow suit.
\"I am confident that many state governments will follow the rules of equality and rights and the rules of societies that respect each other,\" he said . \".
Gay, bisexual and transgender activists welcomed the move and said it could be particularly beneficial for transgender or transgender people
The unqualified person who is fighting for his identity.
\"This will be a great help for transgender children,\" Diana Sanchez Barrios, founder of trans activist and Mexican LGBT rights group Prodiana AC, told Thomson Reuters Foundation. \"(For)
Trans boys, they add all the male stuff to you. . .
It will affect you mentally and become a problem.
\"They force you to use uniforms that you don\'t agree with,\" she said . \".
Despite recent progress in the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Mexico remains a socially conservative Catholic country, where masculinity prevails and gender roles are strictly enforced.
Therefore, transgender people often face social stigma and mental health problems. Three-
According to a 2016 study published in The Lancet, among The trans-sex population surveyed in Mexico City, some experienced social exclusion because of gender identity.
More than 80% reported psychological distress during youth.
\"Now, any child, regardless of his sexual orientation or gender identity, can wear a skirt,\" said Temistocles villeva, a legislator at the Mexico City Parliament and chairman of the Human Rights Commission.
\"Maybe it\'s because he thinks he\'s a trans person, maybe it\'s because he just wants to see what happens when a boy uses clothes that don\'t fit his gender. \" (
Reports from Oscar Lopez
Editor Michael Taylor.
Please thank you to the Thomson Reuters charity, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, which covers humanitarian news, women\'s and lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, human trafficking, property rights, and climate change.
Thomson Reuters Foundation-
Children attending the state
Schools in Mexico City will no longer have to comply with gender --
Government officials said Monday the specific dress code for their uniforms.
Claudia sheenbaum on the left in the Mexican capital
The mayor announced a new gender.
At a press conference at a local school in the city, neutral unified policy.
\"The age when girls have to wear skirts and boys have to wear pants has been left behind, and I think that has become history,\" Sheinbaum said . \".
\"Boys can wear skirts and girls can wear pants.
The Mexican Ministry of Education later tweeted that the new policy would take effect immediately.
Sheinbaum, who took office in December, is the second woman ever to run the capital and campaign on a platform that promises to improve the rights of women and LGBT people.
\"It\'s a very simple thing, but it creates equal, fair conditions,\" Sheinbaum said of the new dress code . \".
As a child of government
According to the law, schools in Mexico do not need to wear uniforms, and the Ministry of Education recommends uniforms for public schools.
The guidelines it issued earlier noted, \"just like a skirt is the basic dress for a girl\'s daily school uniform, the same goes for boys to wear pants.
Mexico\'s education minister, Esteban Moctezuma, praised Sheinbaum\'s statement and suggested other states in the country could follow suit.
\"I am confident that many state governments will follow the rules of equality and rights and the rules of societies that respect each other,\" he said . \".
Gay, bisexual and transgender activists welcomed the move and said it could be particularly beneficial for transgender or transgender people
The unqualified person who is fighting for his identity.
\"This will be a great help for transgender children,\" Diana Sanchez Barrios, founder of trans activist and Mexican LGBT rights group Prodiana AC, told Thomson Reuters Foundation. \"(For)
Trans boys, they add all the male stuff to you. . .
It will affect you mentally and become a problem.
\"They force you to use uniforms that you don\'t agree with,\" she said . \".
Despite recent progress in the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Mexico remains a socially conservative Catholic country, where masculinity prevails and gender roles are strictly enforced.
Therefore, transgender people often face social stigma and mental health problems. Three-
According to a 2016 study published in The Lancet, among The trans-sex population surveyed in Mexico City, some experienced social exclusion because of gender identity.
More than 80% reported psychological distress during youth.
\"Now, any child, regardless of his sexual orientation or gender identity, can wear a skirt,\" said Temistocles villeva, a legislator at the Mexico City Parliament and chairman of the Human Rights Commission.
\"Maybe it\'s because he thinks he\'s a trans person, maybe it\'s because he just wants to see what happens when a boy uses clothes that don\'t fit his gender. \" (
Reports from Oscar Lopez
Editor Michael Taylor.
Please thank you to the Thomson Reuters charity, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, which covers humanitarian news, women\'s and lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, human trafficking, property rights, and climate change.
