Former elected official Eva Son-Forget announces her gender transition

TRANSIDENTITY – “ It is a call for tolerance and freedom to choose one’s gender identity.”. This Monday, November 18, the former member of the National Assembly publicly announced her gender transition. The one who is now called Eva Son-Forget talks about her administrative procedures in Switzerland and her daily life in this new chapter of her life.

Eva Son-Forget presents Blick the new name entered on their civil status documents: “It wasn’t easy to choose, but I like Eva, a reference to Eve, created from a rib of Adam”she explains. In the canton of Geneva, the process of having your gender transition recognized has been made easier for 2 years.

It consists of a simple declaration before the Civil Status Officer for the equivalent of around 80 euros unlike France, where you must be able to prove to a court that our gender in the civil status does not correspond to our gender on a daily basis. “This statutory change is very important to me. When your transition is recognized by others, it becomes reality. It is no longer an alcove secret. “, says Eva Son-Forget.

If the former member of LREM was best known for repeated controversies, and a featuring with Doc Gynéco, she assures us today “It’s a process that involves my life, that exposes me and my children. I would not speak out openly if it were not crucial for me, but especially for others, weaker than me, who cannot live their lives as they dream of them.” The one who has for the moment moved away from politics claims to launch a “call for tolerance” by speaking publicly.

“Forcibly hospitalized”

Mother of 3 children, the one who works in the medical field had the opportunity to discuss her gender transition with them. “They had observed my progress, particularly in my clothing. They must have understood,” she assures. “But last Saturday, I warned the little ones so that they could defend themselves at school. I explained to them that it didn't change anything for them. That it was simply a continuation of my usual behavior. »

Last spring, she was arrested in France, after refusing to comply while under the influence of drugs. Maid according to the driver, she had to flee the canton of Geneva, because “forcibly hospitalized” and under threats of two new internment measures by psychiatrists.

“I started thinking about my sexual identity. This change, this more feminine attitude, provoked the ire of my personal and professional entourage who decided to begin a process of compulsory psychiatrization against me, under fallacious pretexts. she then affirmed to Blick.

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