Bus With Transphobic Message Causes Controversy In Madrid

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Madrid, the Spanish capital, became the center of a controversy after a bus with a transphobic message circulated through the streets of the city for two days.

Boys have a penis. Girls have a vulva. Don't be fooled”, read part of the message written on the car and that generated all kinds of rejection messages from entities that fight for respect for the sexual identity of each person.

According to a report shared by the CNN en Español online site, the controversial initiative was created by the organization Hazte Oír, which on its website claims to have as one of its objectives promoting a world “where dignity is respected and promoted and human rights and fundamental freedoms”.

“If you are born a man, you are a man. If you are a woman, you will continue to be so”, added the text printed on the bus and which was transiting the Iberian city during Monday and Tuesday, before being immobilized by the authorities.

After the discussion generated by the message put on the bus, Ignacio Arsuaga, president of Hazte Oír, decided to give a press conference and clarify that the intention was never to offend the transgender community.

"We are not discriminating, nor are we attacking, we are not absolutely insulting any group … we are expressing an opinion and therefore we understand that no one should feel offended," said Arsuaga, who is also the founder of the organization.

"I do not think that anyone who sees this bus will pose any type of assault … we will always condemn not only the assaults but any type of discrimination against transsexual people," he added in his conversation with the media.

Despite the statements given by Arsuaga, there were many users who used their social networks to protest against the message placed on the bus.