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An unprecedented event occurred in the Chilean’s Army, that this year and for the first time in its history incorporated a trans man into its ranks.
Is about Benjamin Ernesto Barrera Silva, 26, who in a few days You will graduate as a military combat nurse.
The young man dreamed all his life of joining the Armed Forces and finally managed to enter the NCO School, where she immediately said she was transgender.
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“So far I have not had any type of discrimination”, he told Movilh, from where they highlighted the fact.
According to the agency, his current challenge is “To help the mentality continue to change and there are other people like me too, who can access the armed forces without any kind of discrimination and differences.”
For their part, the Army assures that “Guarantee equal rights in accordance with the Political Constitution, and therefore, as an elementary principle, they do not discriminate in any of its forms and is tolerant and respectful ”.
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In this context, they clarified that the inclusive nature of the institution “considers all those who wish to serve the country.”
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