{"id":1230,"date":"2019-05-01T23:36:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T23:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bienestar.org\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2021-05-24T23:53:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T23:53:59","slug":"press-releases-comunicados-de-prensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bienestar.org\/es\/2019\/05\/01\/press-releases-comunicados-de-prensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Comunicados de prensa | Comunicados De Prensa"},"content":{"rendered":"

10\/22\/2018<\/strong> – BIENESTAR Responds to Federal Government Plan to Narrow Definition of Gender<\/a><\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 22, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

BIENESTAR RESPONDS TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLAN TO NARROW DEFINITION OF GENDER<\/strong><\/p>\n

The premier Latino LGBTQ nonprofit serving the transgender community for over 25 years responds to the federal government\u2019s plan to \u201cerase\u201d recognition of transgender individuals.<\/em><\/p>\n

[LOS ANGELES, CA]\u2014<\/strong>Bienestar Human Services sharply condemns the federal government\u2019s plan to redefine gender as an unchanging biological trait that is determined by genitalia at birth, according to a recent New York Times<\/em> report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to create a legal definition of \u201csex\u201d as either male or female under Title IX, a federal law prohibiting gender-based discrimination. This drastic move would essentially stop the recognition and protections of transgender people under federal civil rights law.<\/p>\n

Transgender-serving organizations like Bienestar, are mobilizing their communities to speak out against this move, which could jeopardize the health and well-being of over 1.4 million Americans who identify as transgender. \u201cThe rights of our transgender sisters and brothers are all at stake,\u201d says Khloe Perez-Rios, a transgender staff member at Bienestar. \u201cOur rights are human rights. And I will make sure this administration knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bienestar will be joining other organizations and activists at a rally<\/a> at City Hall today at 6pm. Bienestar staff and clients will be available for comment and interviews.<\/p>\n

WHO: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bienestar Human Services, <\/strong>Latino LGBT nonprofit organization
\nEmpowered Transgender Women<\/strong>, \u201cAgents of Change\u201d and clients of Bienestar<\/p>\n

WHAT: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Community response to federal government\u2019s move to narrowly define gender<\/p>\n

WHEN: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Monday, October 22, 2018 at 7pm<\/p>\n

WHERE: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Los Angeles City Hall\u2014<\/strong>200 N Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012<\/p>\n

Since 1989, Bienestar has been committed to enhancing the health and well-being of the Latino community and other underserved communities in Southern California. We accomplish this through our unique peer-to-peer service model, community outreach, health education and awareness and human rights advocacy for social justice. We operate seven centers throughout Southern California.
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