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A documentary on Bolivian transgender rights was recently screened in La Paz at the forum 鈥淧rogress and Challenges relating to the human rights of the LGBT community鈥�. The documentary was produced as part of the UNDEF funded project 鈥淏uilding an Inclusive Democracy through Knowledge-building and Dialogue on LGBT rights鈥�. Implemented by the NGO听, the project goal is to enhance the leadership and advocacy skills of the Bolivian LGBT community and develop a political agenda to include LGBT rights in Bolivian law.

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The screening was attended by civil society organizations, social movements and state authorities in La Paz. Entitled 鈥淣acer鈥� (literally meaning 鈥淏orn Again鈥�), this documentary describes the background to the Gender Identity Law in Bolivia. Stories are told through the voices of advocates for this law who describe the challenges they faced lobbying for the law and describe how it was finally enacted as the Gender Identity Law 807 in May 2016. The law protects transgender people鈥檚 right to legally change their genders.

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