This study describes the extent and nature of gender-based violence that transgender women experienced in health care, education, law enforcement and other state institutions in Barbados, El Salvador, Haiti, and Trinidad and Tobago. The authors recommend that governments enact and enforce antidiscrimination and gender-affirming laws and policies and sensitize providers to deliver gender-affirming services.
“We’re going to leave you for last, because of how you are”: Transgender women’s experiences of gender-based violence in healthcare, education, and police encounters in Latin America and the Caribbean
Written By
Lanham M, Ridgeway K, Dayton R, Castillo BM, Brennan C, Davis DA, Emmanuel D, Morales GJ, Cheririser C, Rodriguez B, Cooke J, Santi K, Evens E