The Preferred/Social Name Eletronic form (e-form) implementation in the Health Units in Rio de Janeiro: Enforcement of Human Rights to Transvestites and transsexual peolple.

The practice that CEDS-Rio developed in the city of Rio de Janeiro with the Preferred/Social Name Eletronic form (e-form) implementation in the emergency units managed by the Rio Saude Social NGO comes from the ODS perspective of not leaving anyone behind. The LGBT population was not explicitly included in the ODS targets. Thus, it is extremely important to present public actions that consider this population minority, and especially the transvestites and transgender population.<br />
The population of transvestites, transsexual women and transsexual men avoid accessing to the health units mainly because of the fear of not having their preferred/social name respected. The legal change of name and gender was only possible through a lawsuit based on numerous medical reports completely disconnected to the real social needs of this population. In 2018, the Federal Supreme Court authorized the civil registry offices to legal change name and gender only with the request of the interested party, without judicial/medical proceedings. Thus, it is latent that respect for the preferred/social name is the fastest way to meet the right to identity of transgender people.<br />
Thus, in order to ensure a healthy life and promote well-being for all, at all ages it is imperative that we seek objective ways of respecting gender identity for transvestites and transgenders. The Preferred/Social Name Eletronic form (e-form) implementation in the Rio de Janeiro health uinits guarantees the right to the identity of these people by expanding access to health assistence and contributing to the treatment of diseases and the end of epidemics addressed by goal 3 in sub-item 3.3.<br />
With the expansion of access to health assistence, municipal public policy can access part of the LGBT population that suffers most from depression and violence, resulting in a large number of suicides. Resorting often to alcohol and other drug abuse. In this way, a simple practice that respects identity through the use of the preferred/social name contributes to sub-item 3.5. Finally, from the access to transvestites, transsexual women and trans men in health assistence, it will be possible to know and recognize their demands that go beyond the sexual reassignment surgery. For transvestites and transgender people are also exposed to all the diseases that afflict the rest of the population, but they find obstacles to access public health due to prejudice to their gender identity as proclaimed by heteronormative society. This prejudice also includes the organization of public services. Thus, public policies that develop actions and practices that guarantee the right of the LGBT population are urgent so that the Sustainable Development Goals are achieved.