Bolivian transvestites win battle over ID pictures

[Shana A]

Bolivian transvestites win battle over ID pictures
Associated Press
2009-11-13 08:13 AM    

http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1107010&lang=eng_news

Bolivia's transvestites will be allowed to have their national ID pictures taken as women.

Public defender Patricia Flores says that after three-years of negotiations, her office, Bolivian police and transvestite and transgender groups have agreed to grant Bolivians the right to be photographed looking however they want.

Until now, police have forced transvestites to be pictured in keeping with their biological gender. The ID cards will still list Bolivians' legal names.