The woman from jail me
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"Women of jail me"
SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2010 00:00 ELIZABETH REYES LE 
In the long list of prison inmates has shown Bucaramanga Model Gina Juliana Castañeda Calderón, a woman, as stated in his certificate of citizenship, which managed to be transferred to this prison for being a hermaphrodite. Sleep in the flag of the gay and works because it respects the rights of this community in a space dominated by men. Gina is a woman. There is a transformer, not a transvestite, not a homosexual. However, he is imprisoned in the Modelo prison in Bucaramanga, with more than 2 000 men for a reason very special and unique in the history of this prison. Gina Castañeda Juliana Calderon is a hermaphrodite, meaning she was born with male sexual apparatus and the feminine. is 37 years. Dam takes 28 months and four, expect to be granted parole. His voice is not impostada, is as sharp as any woman, her body has curves that characterize the female and has no feature that could be described as campy, something commonly discriminate against some members from the community LGBT. However, despite being qualified for 12 years as a woman by the doctors themselves because of their feminine physical traits, which prevailed over the male, now pays a penalty of 5 years and four months in a male prison. was his choice. First was the Women's Prison Chimita, which lasted an week alone, precisely because the policies they wanted to avoid some internal harassed her for being a hermaphrodite, and in this case, on the male sexual organ. "The prisoners attacked me verbally because they considered it a privilege that I had isolated. Shouted a woman if you are with us, if a man, who is with us. " But it feels like women, he said that his taste is only for men.
Soon, his lawyer told him that in the Modelo prison in Bucaramanga had a special ward for homosexuals, crossdressers and transvestites, where they could receive for their dual status. Could he to live with them? Dam was to be with women or with men being in prison. He preferred the latter. "They (the guidelines) also wanted to meet me, they saw a woman and knew it was going to be a problem to live with them, but note that no. I thought that women were more quiet, but the men in prison have been more friendly, they tell me things, but do not touch me. I've earned their respect in a different way, "he says.
Gina says her body and adds, "that you see is what God gave me. That is what I am. For many this condition is a lie, so I think that prison is easier to talk about that I am a transvestite more. "
Gina says her body and adds, "that you see is what God gave me. That is what I am. For many this condition is a lie, so I think that prison is easier to talk about that I am a transvestite more. "
Grow and decide
In those years his family moved to Bucaramanga. She, the only daughter finished high school, learned to dance, was part of folk dance groups, became an instructor, he also studied music, created groups where vocalist and went to college to study law. Also fell in love and cried for love.
When her parents died in 1997, left alone with a few goods, leading a life which he described as chaotic. "I had decided to have friends and live in the moment, but my goods represented stability for men who wanted to keep them as a payment for not being an ordinary woman."
felt that after all the men were charging status intersex. And just when he needed one semester to graduate as a lawyer, she met a young man who ran over his bike, one day out of school.
was strong and tall. Then sought and turned to look. "To me it made me easy to talk to him. He told me he was 17, I knew not to mess with a child, I knew it was a crime, but I got carried away. " They began an intimate relationship, but on a good day, depending on your version, another man took her to his house, and young, full of jealousy, complained to the police for violent sexual intercourse. It was late January 2008. Local media headlined the fact thus: He or she violates a minor.
Gina refused. Depending on the version of the child, he came to ask for water from the house of Gina with other friends and forced him to get into his room where he was abused. But worse was to come. At the hearing on legalization of capture, Gina found out, she says, that the young man was 17, but was under 14. "For those who do not know me is not easy to understand, but handled right, the term" big mistake "which means it can not identify the person's physical age. That was what happened to me, "says Gina.
was sentenced to 5 years and 4 months prison on July 28, 2008, but not intercourse, it undermined matter, but by abuse at the best of 14 years.
Gina was born in Barranquilla and although from the first moment he knew his condition was intersex, her parents saw as a child. However, twelve years her body started to change, his features were more female than male, so when I reached adulthood, do not hesitate to register as Gina Juliana. His parents asked the doctor to issue a document certifying their intersex condition and the Registrar was given the opportunity to identify himself as he really felt.
In those years his family moved to Bucaramanga. She, the only daughter finished high school, learned to dance, was part of folk dance groups, became an instructor, he also studied music, created groups where vocalist and went to college to study law. Also fell in love and cried for love.
When her parents died in 1997, left alone with a few goods, leading a life which he described as chaotic. "I had decided to have friends and live in the moment, but my goods represented stability for men who wanted to keep them as a payment for not being an ordinary woman."
felt that after all the men were charging status intersex. And just when he needed one semester to graduate as a lawyer, she met a young man who ran over his bike, one day out of school.
was strong and tall. Then sought and turned to look. "To me it made me easy to talk to him. He told me he was 17, I knew not to mess with a child, I knew it was a crime, but I got carried away. " They began an intimate relationship, but on a good day, depending on your version, another man took her to his house, and young, full of jealousy, complained to the police for violent sexual intercourse. It was late January 2008. Local media headlined the fact thus: He or she violates a minor.
Gina refused. Depending on the version of the child, he came to ask for water from the house of Gina with other friends and forced him to get into his room where he was abused. But worse was to come. At the hearing on legalization of capture, Gina found out, she says, that the young man was 17, but was under 14. "For those who do not know me is not easy to understand, but handled right, the term" big mistake "which means it can not identify the person's physical age. That was what happened to me, "says Gina.
was sentenced to 5 years and 4 months prison on July 28, 2008, but not intercourse, it undermined matter, but by abuse at the best of 14 years.
Living in prison
Gina not receive conjugal visits, but interviews at a site at the entrance of the prison. When he arrived there were only four people in the flag of the LGBT community, a tiny place, which prefers not to talk. "They already had the newspaper clipping with the news of my capture. I explained my condition and decided it would be more like a transvestite. I agreed. But it has not been easy. "
The first month, for safety, could not get out of the flag and when he did was escorted by four guards. "Men looked at me, threw me compliments, also said other things, they had lived with LGBT people, but I was a novelty." And Gina, as well as their status has several qualities that have become a character in the model and have also served to have policies more responsive to the LGBT population. Gina speaks English very well, therefore, seeking redemption penalty and as a strategy to gain respect among the inmates, called to let him teach in the educational institution of the prison, San Juan Bosco. "I had to respect me and has not been that difficult. Here you live with all kinds of people, but I have observed, perhaps because I am a bit fragile they do not get me badly. I am the girl of jail and so they treat me. " Gina
does not dispute that has seen difficult situations. "Some drives do not handle, even for me it is difficult to deal with because I like men. And it's not easy not to look for on any man, "he says. But that is another matter. Until two months ago proudly carrying a blue robe that identified her as a teacher and also became known for her voice and her dancing. He has participated in numerous artistic activities and group leader of drum of the jail. Now is the representative of their community before the Human Rights Committee and that the proud. "We have spent several requests to the address of the establishment to make arrangements locative in our flag. They already changed the laundry, we have a plating bath, but we live in a rather cold and wet, so it is necessary to change the roof, "he says.
does not dispute that has seen difficult situations. "Some drives do not handle, even for me it is difficult to deal with because I like men. And it's not easy not to look for on any man, "he says. But that is another matter. Until two months ago proudly carrying a blue robe that identified her as a teacher and also became known for her voice and her dancing. He has participated in numerous artistic activities and group leader of drum of the jail. Now is the representative of their community before the Human Rights Committee and that the proud. "We have spent several requests to the address of the establishment to make arrangements locative in our flag. They already changed the laundry, we have a plating bath, but we live in a rather cold and wet, so it is necessary to change the roof, "he says.
Gina says his community feels violated in things as small as the ban on admission of personal items such as women's clothing and makeup. "They are those things that allow us to continue to pursue our sexual status and also our identity."
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