Non-binary student of the Escuela Normal Superior (ENS 2) Mariano Acosta assured that the decision to prohibit the use of neutral pronouns in the schools of the City of Buenos Aires was “shocking” for him, since it excludes his identity from the language used, and considered that the resolution of the Buenos Aires government “goes over the Gender Identity Law”, sanctioned a decade ago.
“When I found out, it was shocking because I use neutral pronouns. So, since inclusive language is prohibited, I wondered how they were going to treat me, it’s as if I didn’t exist directly,” Em Noli (15), a third-year student, told Télam. high school year of Mariano Acosta.
“With this (resolution) it denies us the identity that it costs us so much to make people see that it exists and it goes over the achievements of a lot of people who died fighting for their rights and for existing,” he said.
In this regard, Em pointed out that this measurewhat did you find “terrible”, he revealed “in what position is (the Buenos Aires Minister of Education) Soledad Acuña regarding the equality of the community and human rights”.
In addition, it considered that with this resolution the government of the City of Buenos Aires “passed over” the Gender Identity Law, sanctioned in 2012a regulation that precisely “stopped turning its back on non-binary people”.
“The level of violence against trans and non-binary people is incredible. that although we are making ourselves seen, the truth is that they go over us”, he concluded.
