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By Rex Wockner International News Report Tijuana Transvestites Organize
Transvestites in Tijuana, Mexico, have organized
publicly for the first time in an effort to combat
alleged police abuse.
At an August press conference, 12 transvestites accused city police officers of harassment, extortion and sexual assault. The Binational Center for Human Rights says it has documented 47 such incidents in the past seven months. "They know our addresses," said transvestite Javier Martinez. "They wait for us to leave our home or be on our way to work." Tijuana Police Chief Carlos Besneirigoyen told San Diego's Union-Tribune that any officer proven to have engaged in such behavior will be fired. Tijuana, an increasingly cosmopolitan city with a population of approximately 2 million, is 15 miles south of San Diego. It has several gay bars and discotheques but most homosexuals remain closeted. The city's seven-year-old pride parade has never attracted more than 400 people. Some Gay Germans Must Wait
Other nations that grant many or nearly all marriage rights to same-sex couples include Canada, Denmark (and Greenland), France, Hungary, Iceland, The Netherlands (full marriage), Norway, Portugal, Sweden and, in the United States, the state of Vermont. |
