Chile’s Oscar for ‘A Fantastic Woman’ Bolsters Gender Identity Bill<br />The actress Julianne Moore, who won an Academy Award in 2015, urged her Twitter followers in February to "Run, don’t walk, to see A FANTASTIC WOMAN starring the magnificent @danivega." The actress Helen Hunt,<br />another Oscar recipient, called Ms. Vega "Spectacular Bravisima." Apumanque, high-end shopping mall in Santiago, made Ms. Vega the face of its advertising campaign last year, an eyebrow-raising move.<br />Oscars said that She cleared the path for us to have a more open mind.<br />" Ms. Bachelet, who championed gay and transgender rights during her second term in office, wrote in a Twitter post on Monday morning.<br />that The award fills us with pride, not only because it recognizes a high caliber film, but a story about respect for diversity that serves us well as a nation,<br />Enrique Pi said that Politicians can’t just celebrate the artistic aspect<br />and refuse to take ownership of the reality that transgender people in our country face,<br />By ERNESTO LONDOÑO and PASCALE BONNEFOYMARCH 5, 2018<br />SANTIAGO, Chile — A bill that would give transgender Chileans the right to change their name<br />and gender marker in official documents had been advancing at a glacial pace since a handful of lawmakers introduced it in May 2013.<br />" Senator Juan Pablo Letelier, one of the original proponents of the bill, said it was drafted with narrow aims.<br />that The outgoing and incoming governments must assume their responsibility to defend the human rights of transgender people.
