Tania Navarro
Transgender activist (1956) Barcelona
Tania was 8 years old when she first asked herself why the world punished her. Her brother separated her from her family and from then on her life became a constant suffering. Despite the hardships of her adolescence, Tania always remained true to herself and that is probably why she survived as a transsexual woman in the midst of Franco's dictatorship. Prostitution was her main means of livelihood for years, always moving between Barcelona and Madrid, fleeing from police abuse, prisons or sexual predators. Her mother and sister were an unconditional support, a light in the darkness of prisons and police stations. Tania was arrested for being who she was, her crime was to exist. Despite the terrible consequences, Tania has never hidden from being who she is and above all she has never lost her optimism. As she says in her book The childhood of a transsexual in the dictatorship: “People are bad, life is wonderful!” Today Tania's fight is an example of courage and her strength inspires new generations. Neither prison, nor the dictatorship, nor the church have been able to defeat her, and she is very clear that the fight continues.
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