In El Salvador, Transgender Community Struggles for rights and survival. Fabricio Chicas knows exactly what will happen when he hands in his ID: the employee on the other side of the counter will look at him with suspicion, asking why he carries a document that identifies him as female. Because of the lack of IDs that are consistent with the gender identity of transgender Salvadoreans, their daily lives can be difficult. For more than 15 years, Monica Linares was a sex worker, and she lost friends to transphobic killings. Transgender people in El Salvador face discrimination beyond just paperwork.

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