Georgina Epiayú, the trans Wayuu who fought for 45 years to be recognized as a woman

Georgina Epiayú, the trans Wayuu who fought for 45 years to be recognized as a woman

Georgina Epiayú searches with her thin, tanned hands inside her cloth bag. She impatiently fishes around until she finds and shows her ID card to the interviewer through the screen of her cell phone. She points to the “F” (for “Female”) that appears under the “sex” category on the document. She says that getting that letter on the ID took her 45 years of paperwork and insistence. With a meager income and a loneliness that makes her more vulnerab…