• 20/06/2022
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Actist, Talkshow in Tranz, member of the Transparent Association, software developer and pianist Lenka Králová began her transition two years ago and devotes himself to education in topics related to the lives of Trans. Currently, the inequality and discrimination of Trans people confirmed the approach of the Czech Statistical Office to the question, how to fill the sex box in the ongoing census. “Determination of gender identity is not the subject of census, only gender is determined as a basic demographic figure. Among other things, it enters population forecasts and analyzes in which the biological sex is essential, for example for the calculation of fertility characteristics. The gender indication of the form, together with the number and type of personal document and date of birth to identify the person and subsequent connection with the data from administrative sources. This is one of the reasons why the CZSO distinguishes only two sexes in accordance with the system of birth numbers and other data in the basic registers operating in the Czech Republic, ”said Jolana Voldánová, spokesperson for the A2larm. You can find out how Lenka Králová is to do this in the following interview.

How does this year's census affect you with regard to gender?

The CZSO introduced the "sex" box in the form without further explanation.After the uncertainties, the statistics issued a statement that they released into the world by Mrs. Voldánová, that there should be filled there by what a person has written in a citizen.

I hereby say that there is no obligation to read the newspaper and the box in the form does not have this explanation.You made a mistake that in 2021 you didn't count on the existence of Trans people at all.Personally, I don't care what your opinion you have and what data you need…

What would you advise Trans people when filling in sex and how do you behave yourself?

I purely fill the "woman" there, because it is what I am and I will not fill something else there because of the inability of the Czech state.You will have data you don't want and it's your problem.You should have described the box better.Like me, many other Trans people fill this box.It will be our rebellion.You have missed a unique chance of finding out how much we live in the Czech Republic - estimates of how many trans people live in the Czech Republic, it differs by up to two orders.

Can the CZSO procedure be considered as a symptom of discrimination of Trans people in the Czech Republic?

In 2021, the Czech state as one of the last countries in Europe requires compulsory castration for an official change of sex. This is based on the myth that all trans people desire surgical change in the appearance of the genital organ. On the one hand, we have a clerk, a mere letter in a citizen, and on the other hand cutting by a scalpel into humans. Some Trans People cannot undergo these operations for health reasons and part of others considers them unnecessary - they need to be satisfied with the results of hormonal therapy and, with the exception of partner life, it doesn't matter what anyone has if it does not have strong physical dysphoria. In addition, the paradox is that the Czech state does not require plastic modifications of the genital organs, but really downright only the impossible of reproductive function. So I can keep my penis, and if I get rid of the testicles, I will go through the official change of sex without any problems. For our state, it is therefore only important that Trans people cannot multiply. It reminds me of the Middle Ages.

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What complications do the inability to have the sex and name of your choice in the identity penetration brings?

These are common situations at the post office, in the bank, at the office or the change of workplaces, which many Trans experience very difficult to experience - for you a completely stranger to whom there is nothing, you uncover your life problem and the most intimate secrets. And that's pretty unpleasant. Then there are non -standard situations such as hospitalization or prison. But also traveling - I personally have a closed "half of the world" - these are many countries with the prevailing Islamic faith where they will not let you with your pass and female appearance or expel you. The problem also arises during study, because alternative names are not recognized in schools in the Czech Republic. The Czech state does not allow the free choice of the name, and Trans people without official gender change can choose a maximum of a few neutral names. The question comes to my mind, what is the need for sex in the citizen in the Netherlands - in the Netherlands they canceled this box completely. If we do not have a blood type in the citizen, I do not understand why we should mention sex. As far as names are concerned, the Czech state's approach is at least absurd. If you want to change your name, it depends on the mood and judgment of a particular registry worker - but we are a lot of expert opinions, which are developed by court expert Jana Valdrová, who is in favor of us, and officials or officials on the registers should respect these assessments. Meanwhile, I keep my original male name in the papers, because I find it undignified to choose from neutral names that I do not like. But if I went to the register, I would definitely take a lawyer with me.

What is especially demanding on the effort for transition in the Czech Republic?

It is a phenomenon called gatekeeping. Although it is not a sexological, but psychological problem, Trans people in our country, if they want hormones or operations, visit sexologists. However, they often oppose the decision to transition, they play a bit on the gods and examine whether the applicant or the applicant does not suffer from psychological imbalance. But even if I was unbalanced, I am a legal being and I have the right to decide on my own body. It is also strange when a sexologist, for example, solves the relationship with his children, which he is not in and on "diagnosis" as such it does not affect. I consider it undignified to make a sexual problem. Sex is related to gender dysphoria only very marginally. For example, in the UK there are two ways that Trans people can go - a commercial, in which they basically only fill in the online questionnaire and all costs pay for yourself, or the way of paying costs via NHS (similar to our health insurance companies) where they are very long Waiting times, but even so approval processes of experts are not nearly as strict as in our country.

How are teenagers who experience dysphoria?

In adolescents, their parents are essential, ie whether it is supportive or negative.Unfortunately, the moment of thinking about suicide is more or less common in young Trans people.If parents are unwilling and do not approve of transition, young people have to endure the age of majority, which is a madly long time for many of them, and they fall into depression that can end tragically.On the other hand, I know from their surroundings and those who have understanding parents and thanks to them they could start with hormonal therapy before the age of age.The operation, and thus the official change of gender, the Czech state does not allow even with the consent of their parents before the eighteen years.

What is the hope of changing legislation?

In fact, political parties have no opinion on Trans - except for the Green Party, which is not a parliamentary party, and the Pirates who support the change and the SPD that is against it.For other parties, it depends only on the opinion of specific deputies and this view is often dependent on age.In the talk show in Tranz on YouTube, we had a Member of the Pirates Ondřej Profant, who submitted a amendment to the Act on Registers and in a long interview explained in detail the whole problem from the legislator's point of view - so I recommend readers who are interested in thisInterview to let go.Now, of course, everything makes the Covida epidemic and other hopes for discussing the amendment is conceivable only after the elections, but the preferences are still recording the Pirates, so it is possible that after the elections the situation turns for the better.

What do you follow in your life and what plans do you have in the future?

My motto is: "Transice is a way to myself."I've always lived a lot of social life, but now it has multiplied.I also started to enjoy working in front of the camera.In the near future, I plan to set up one more channel on YouTube, whose format will also be a talk show with guests, but there will no longer be discussed Trans themes, but everything possible that will be somehow interesting, especially in the field of culture and art.