A father in Ecuador dealing with a bitter separation from his wife has legally changed his gender identity to help him win custody of his two daughters.
“Being a father in this country, Ecuador, is punished and I am only seen as a provider,” René Salinas Ramos, 47, told local outlet La Voz del Tomebamba, according to the New York Post. “What I have been looking for is to give the love and protection that a mother can give to her children.”
Salinas Ramos’ official ID card now lists him as “FEMALE,” even though the father still sees himself as a cisgender man. Ecuador passed a law in 2015 that allows people to legally change their gender on government-issued documents.
“The laws say that the one who has the right is the woman. From this moment I am a woman. Now I am also a mother, that’s how I consider myself,” Ramos told local media on December 30. I am very sure of my sexuality. What I have sought is that I want to be a mother, so that I can also give the love and protection of a mother”.
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Ecuadorian father René Salinas Ramos speaks to the media about legal gender change to obtain custody of his children.
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Salinas Ramos claimed that her two daughters lived in an abusive environment in her mother’s house and that she had not seen them for a period of five months. The custody battle is still going on.
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René Salinas Ramos shows his identification.
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“Until this matter is resolved, [the children] they have to stay with their mother,” Salinas Ramos told the media, according to the New York Post. “The law is taking away our right to be parents. [Changing my official documents] It’s a proof of love.”
Transgender flag unfurled on a pole.
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Salinas Ramos is reportedly the first man in Ecuador to use gender laws to gain the upper hand in a custody battle, and news of the gender change has drawn criticism from transgender activists in the South American country.
René Salinas Ramos takes a photo.
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“This man’s private matter, obtaining custody of his daughters, is not the spirit of the law,” Diane Rodríguez, a prominent transgender activist in the country, told Vice World News.
