Rights, the decision of the AIFA: “Hormonal drugs for trans state”

ROME – Those who want to change their sex with surgery will be able to receive hormonal therapies for free. People with gender dysphoria will be able to receive the appropriate medications under strict control of the regional health service and will be delivered directly from the hospital pharmacies. This was decided by the council of the Emilia Romagna region, implementing a regional law approved in 2019.? “Guaranteeing the right to health for all people, no one excluded, is a horizon of civilization for which a society must necessarily fight. A good step towards a more inclusive community”, underlines the vice president of the Region Elly Schlein.

However, the Bologna decision is not isolated. Simultaneously with the resolution of the Bonaccini board, “the determination of the drug agency that establishes that these drugs are paid for by the national health service” was also published in the Official Gazette.

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“A national and regional revolution”, says Marco Tonti, coordinator of Arcigay Emilia Romagna. Aifa has established that “drugs for trans people must be totally in charge of the State – explains Tonti – ending an era of arbitrariness in the administration of these vital drugs and reinforcing a principle of equality and respect for people.” which we hope will remain a basic criterion for the future ”. The AIFA decision, “which finally validates the term transgender in official terminology – continues the Arcigay Emilia-Romagna coordinator – helps overcome a regulatory situation that unfortunately still considers surgery as the main point of reference.”

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The resolution, therefore, at the regional level “resolves an unequal situation – says Tonti – with different treatments according to the provinces. It is an important act of civilization, a gesture of respect and inclusion of the Emilia-Romagna region towards all people. and it represents a fundamental value of citizenship. A sign of that civic and democratic culture that characterizes the history and values ​​of our region ”.

The news bounces on social media. “Starting today, hormone therapy for trans people will be free throughout Italy,” writes Jonathan Bazzi, finalist in the latest edition of the Strega Prize with ‘Febbre’ (Fandango), an autobiographical novel based on the discovery of the HIV and stops in the difficulties of growing up in the suburbs, comparing himself with his homosexuality in a family not very open to dialogue.