Giovanna Rincon
French trans activist
Giovanna Rincon (born 1969) is a transgender rights activist in France. Born in Bogotá, Colombia, and residing in Paris since 2002, she is the director of the transgender rights organization Acceptess-T, as well as the spokeswoman of the Fédération Trans et Intersexes and the Syndicat du Travail Sexuel.
Early life
Giovanna Rincon was born in 1969 in Bogotá, Colombia, to an impoverished household; her father was a shoemaker and her mother was a housewife. She first learned about transgender women through profiles of Roberta Close and Eva Robin in a magazine. At twelve years old, she began to express her feminine identity. After she self-administered hormone therapy through the use of contraceptive pills she was thrown out of her home and spent the next eight months living on the streets. Eventually, her lover convinced her to return home; since neither he nor her family accepted her as a woman, she put her gender transition on hold. At fifteen years old, with the help of her lover, she opened a hair salon, took on employees, and became the primary breadwinner for her family. Two years later, motivated by her transgender employees, she came out as trans to her boyfriend and family, leading to the end of her relationship and her second departure from home.
Emigration and activism
At 20 years old, she discovered that she was HIV-positive and a doctor estimated her life expectancy at three years.
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