The Sonsoles Ónega space began Tuesday's program by addressing the striking case of Francisco Javier, a 42-year-old female soldier who had decided to change her gender, but not her physical appearance. Francisco Javier lives in the municipality of Carmona, in Seville, and has been working for more than 20 years in a military barracks.
But just eight months ago I decided to start the legal procedures to request a gender change under the new Trans Law. At first, this neighbor from Carmona had the full support of her daughter and her co-workers. But after communicating her decision at the barracks, Francisco Javier has felt excluded due to her request to be able to change in the women's locker room.
After briefly telling his story, Francisco Javier stated in full live that he felt discriminated against in his job, despite having a DNI that recognized his female gender. ''They recognize me as such, but with many limitations,'' she declared.
And after being recognized as a woman, the army asked her not to use the areas where the rest of the soldiers changed. ''They tell me to change in a high-ranking room, where there are also women (...) I have a time to change first thing in the morning and at the last minute so as not to have to cross paths with the other higher-ranking colleagues,'' she confessed.
Francisco Javier only wanted to be recognized as another soldier so he could use the same bathroom as the rest of the female soldiers at his destination. ''I asked my 10-year-old daughter and she told me that she didn't care and I did it. People say that I want to take advantage, but that has a procedure, that is not like eating pipes,' she said.
''I am not transsexual, I am transgender, the law allows me to keep my name, maintain my physical condition and change my gender,'' he asserted. Furthermore, the interviewee complained about the little information that people had with this type of reality. ''A transgender person is simply a person who decides to change their gender, male or female, I went to court with my birth certificate, with the registry and you have to fill out a paper with an affidavit,'' she explained.
''What we want to know is how you feel like a woman because if I see you I don't know that you are a woman,'' said collaborator Ángela Vallvey. ''I can't explain why I feel like a woman. Is a feeling. What does it matter if you have a beard or are two meters tall, tell me a woman's pattern, because there are women who cut their hair like me,' she stated. Moments later, the presenter asked her if she understood why female soldiers could feel uncomfortable. ''I don't have to understand women, I am a woman (...) I understand their position, but there is a law that allows me to be a woman,'' Francisco Javier pointed out. ''
