the twins mayla phoebe and Sofia albuquerck underwent sexual reassignment surgery at a clinic in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, aged 19, in 2021. With that, andthey became the first sisters to perform the operation together in the world.
AAt 21, they star in the series “Trans Twins: A New Life”, by HBO Max It is Discovery+ , this Thursday (1st), about life after surgery. the series comes in a Brazil that, for the 14th year in a row, is the country that most kills trans people in the worldaccording to Antfrog (National Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals).
the series too depicts the change of country from mayla. She left the city where she was born, in Tapira, in the interior of Minas Gerais, with around 4,000 inhabitants, to study Medicine in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sofia was approved in a private university from Franca, in the interior of São Paulo, where he is studying Engineering. A CNN she says that It is “a laughing stock for being who you are” at the University.
“My college experience is quite complicated. Prejudice decreases a lot after surgery [de redesignação sexual], there is no comparison with before, but prejudice still exists. This is because I am seen as an object of curiosity”, she points out.
How the series tackles transphobia in collegeSofia did not explain why students see it that way. In the interview conducted by Zoom, she sayz that the situation “destroyed” her emotionally – to the point of requesting a transfer to another university.
“NoI didn’t have the strength to seek help at the time. I felt guilty about a lot, I felt violatedThe. It was a part of my life in which I thought: ‘If I’ve fought this far, why would I let someone else do this?’ I only realized this after a long time, whichwalk did not have more to do. So I want to help people who go through the same situation.”
A reality of maylain Buenos Aires, and Sofia, in Franca, it is quite different. The Brazilian immigrant considers Argentines less prejudiced. “To the people welcome you more for who you are”, points out the future doctor.
check out the interview here.
Source: CNN Brasil
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