Rio Police Reports to Respect Transgendered Identities


  Posted By : By Fabiola Ortiz   | Date: 11 February 2012

http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/news/transgender/2012/02/11/2931.html 

RIO DE JANEIRO (IPS) - The state of Rio de Janeiro in southeast Brazil will introduce a pioneering policy in March to reduce the under-reporting of crimes against transvestites and transsexual people, who will be able to identify themselves with their preferred names when they report crimes to the police.

The right to use the names and pronouns chosen by transgender people, rather than the names on their official identity documents, is one that has been long sought after by their community.