LifeSite (http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jun/07061302.html)
By Elizabeth O'Brien
Marcela Martinez, representative from the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Transsexual People described how transsexuals allegedly suffer violence and discrimination through forced medical treatments and in some cases, assassination. The Catholic New Agency described how others at the meeting denounced such violence, saying that it was "promoted by a legal system that fosters cruelty, repression, violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender expression and identity."