"Compliance with the Gender Identity Law and proceed with the registration of transgender players in the women's category and their eligibility to participate in the tournaments it organizes." "The Ombudsman's Office also urged the rectification of Circular 33/17, issued by the Hockey Confederation, which stipulates discriminatory clauses contrary to local legislation," María Rachid, head of the Anti-Discrimination Institute of the City's Ombudsman's Office, told Presentes.

A resolution that guarantees the right to identity in sport

"This resolution guarantees the right to identity in sport." The Gender Identity Law includes sports, and the current context allows trans women to compete using their self-perceived identities.“We are deeply concerned about the setbacks occurring in various sectors of our country,” said Marcela Romero, president of FALGBT and ATTTA. Romero recalled that this right is recognized in the Olympic Games. “We are deeply concerned about the regression taking place in different areas of our country, and for this reason, we met last year with the former president of the Argentine Hockey Confederation, Sandra Isola, to discuss the situations of discrimination that various trans women have experienced in different parts of the country and to talk about the purpose of the circular they issued. In Argentina, we have a Gender Identity Law, recognized internationally, which establishes that self-perceived identity must be respected in all areas, and sports are no exception.” This statement from the National Ombudsman's Office is a crucial step towards true equality, ensuring that the rights of our female colleagues are respected and that they can finally be included in the various women's hockey leagues, as is already happening in different parts of the country, thanks to various court rulings,” he said. The request to the national government and the Argentine Hockey Confederation (CAH) bears the signature of the Undersecretary of the National Ombudsman's Office. Juan José Böckel. Now it is expected that the National Sports Secretariat and the Confederation, comply with it.

The case of Jessica Millaman

An emblematic case was that of Jessica Millamán (cover photo). In 2016, the courts upheld her complaint of discrimination and ordered that she be allowed to participate in a hockey league in Chubut. She had been denied registration due to alleged “physical differences” compared to her colleagues.