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Transexuality: a path of liberation that leads to death in Bolivia

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El Alto, Jun 24 (EFE).- The struggle for one's own sexual identity in Bolivia can cost one's life, but not before going through a difficult path of discrimination that, in the case of transgender women, is marked by the renunciation of their own home.In cities such as El Alto, a neighboring city of La Paz, the murders of transgender women took a deep root, such as cases of Litzy in 2018 and Gabriela in 2020. (Camera: GABRIEL ROMANO).SHOT LIST: AN EFE INTERVIEW WITH DAVINIA HURTADO, A TRANS WOMAN IN EL ALTO, BOLIVIA.SOUND BITE: DAVINIA HURTADO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: - We both knew that we were gays since we were kids and we kept that a secret from our family. - They can kill me cruelly like they have done with Gabriela, like they have done with my sister. And I am afraid that justice won't be served afterwards.

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