{"id":18062,"date":"2023-06-07T20:44:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T20:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/celebrating-pride-month-fatima-melendez\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T20:44:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T20:44:36","slug":"celebrating-pride-month-fatima-melendez","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/celebrating-pride-month-fatima-melendez\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrando el Mes del Orgullo: F\u00e1tima Mel\u00e9ndez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuando empez\u00f3 su carrera, F\u00e1tima no estaba segura de qu\u00e9 papel asumir\u00eda en la sanidad, hasta que descubri\u00f3 su vocaci\u00f3n en la terapia ocupacional. \"Esto es, este es el camino que estaba destinada a seguir\", pens\u00f3. Al principio, F\u00e1tima dudaba si trabajar en casa de los pacientes, pero pronto se dio cuenta de lo mucho que pod\u00eda ayudar a las personas a sentirse seguras en espacios en los que se sintieran c\u00f3modas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los tres hijos de F\u00e1tima se identifican como parte de la comunidad LGBTQ+, y ella se refiere cari\u00f1osamente a ellos como sus \"gaybies\". Fue su hijo transg\u00e9nero del medio quien inspir\u00f3 a F\u00e1tima a convertirse en una aliada m\u00e1s visible, en particular para los j\u00f3venes LGBTQ+ que atraviesan transiciones de g\u00e9nero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Su hijo fue el primer estudiante abiertamente transg\u00e9nero de su instituto, y F\u00e1tima defendi\u00f3 activamente sus derechos cuando los profesores y los compa\u00f1eros no le apoyaron. Luch\u00f3 para que tuviera acceso a instalaciones, como ba\u00f1os y vestuarios, acordes con su identidad de g\u00e9nero. \"Incluso tuve que copiar y subrayar las leyes del estado de MA que demostraban el derecho de mi hijo a utilizar estas instalaciones\", reflexiona. F\u00e1tima se\u00f1ala que su hijo allan\u00f3 el camino a otros estudiantes, y le apod\u00f3 \"el pionero queer\". \"Espero que se d\u00e9 cuenta del papel que desempe\u00f1\u00f3 y de que, gracias a los sacrificios que hizo, es mucho m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil para los estudiantes que vinieron despu\u00e9s de \u00e9l\", dice F\u00e1tima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrar el Orgullo significa mucho para F\u00e1tima y su familia. El a\u00f1o en que su hijo sali\u00f3 del armario como transexual, llev\u00f3 a sus dos hijos mayores a un festival del orgullo. \"Fue una experiencia y una comunidad de gente incre\u00edble\", dice F\u00e1tima. \"Mi hija se lo pas\u00f3 genial, pero mi hijo... fue la primera vez en lo que me pareci\u00f3 una eternidad que se sinti\u00f3 como en casa, \u00e9l mismo y seguro para expresarse. Me emociono cada vez que lo recuerdo\". Desde entonces, F\u00e1tima y su familia han convertido en una tradici\u00f3n anual participar en las celebraciones del Orgullo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F\u00e1tima tambi\u00e9n expresa su gratitud por La comunidad LGBTQIA+ de Southcoast, acogedora y bien informada<\/a> que se centra en garantizar el pleno acceso de todos los pacientes a una asistencia de alta calidad. Uno de sus mayores logros ha sido adaptar el sistema de historias cl\u00ednicas para recopilar Orientaci\u00f3n sexual e identidad de g\u00e9nero (SOGI)<\/a> informaci\u00f3n necesaria para ofrecer una atenci\u00f3n \u00f3ptima a los pacientes LGBTQIA+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tener las preguntas SOGI en su lugar me da, como padre, una sensaci\u00f3n de alivio de que mi hijo recibir\u00e1 la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e1s eficaz\", dice. \"Conozco de primera mano el intento de acercarme en silencio al personal de recepci\u00f3n en una cita m\u00e9dica para asegurarme de que utilizaban el nombre y los pronombres correctos al hablar con mi hijo\". F\u00e1tima se siente muy orgullosa de trabajar para una organizaci\u00f3n que se preocupa de verdad por su personal y sus pacientes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De cara al futuro, F\u00e1tima se compromete a prestar la mejor atenci\u00f3n posible a pacientes de todas las razas, religiones, discapacidades, orientaciones sexuales e identidades de g\u00e9nero. Est\u00e1 estudiando la posibilidad de obtener un certificado de pertenencia para ayudar a otros a conseguir los derechos por los que ella ha luchado en nombre de su familia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la pertenencia a Southcoast Health en\u00a0Pertenecer a Southcoast Health | Southcoast Health<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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