Can “Transcidadania” change trans people's lives?

Abstract

The Transcidadania Program was conceived in 2015, from the dismemberment of the Work Operation Program for LGBT people implemented in 2008 in the city of São Paulo, seeking to look closely atthe structural and added vulnerabilititehast the transvestite and transsexual population suffers in their daily lives, such as such as the high rates of school dropout and related violence. Initially, it provided for 100 vacancies, and, at the beginning of 2021, it had 510 vacancies distributed in the five LGBTI+ Citizenship Centers,
located in the North, South, East, West and Center regions of the city. The program deals with different levels and situations of vulnerability, manifested in the most diverse ways, individually and socially, and is structured from guiding axes, such as literacy and
school elevation, seeking to complete the basic education cycle, offering financial autonomy, training and qualification for the job
market, in addition to the development of actions aimed at combating prejudice and discrimination against transvestites, transgender women and trans men, as well as the humanization of public services provided by the municipality to these people. The indicators and metrics we use allow cross-sectional analyzes of the beneficiary public, providing clarity, transparency and depth in the elaboration and implementation of public policies. It is important to emphasize that, within the Transcidadania Program, more than half of the people who seek the program have incomplete elementary education and come from other states of the Federation.