A father who wants his son back registers as a woman: "I hope that now my rights will stop being trampled on"

EFE Palencia

Palencia

Updated Thursday, March 7, 2024-12:53

Francisco Javier Avellaneda

, from Palencia

, known for the confrontation with his ex-wife over custody of their child that ended with her being imprisoned for child abduction after a long judicial process, has registered as a woman and claims rights over her son.

"I hope that now as a trans woman they stop trampling on my rights and give me my son," said this father from Palencia who has been trying for more than eight years to recover his 15-year-old son, of whom he has parental authority.

The resolution of the

Civil Registry of Torrelaguna (Madrid)

modifying her sex as a woman with the name of Francisca Javier has been certified by the Civil Registry of Palencia on February 27.

Avellaneda, who

is not going to follow any hormonal treatment

, has assured that her sex change was a step that she had planned to take years ago: "I have always felt like a woman, I have been more of a mother than a father and now I am a woman." has stated.

However, he has specified that this change has nothing to do with the judicial process in which he has been immersed for years to recover his son, although he recognizes that it can positively affect the process since until now "as a man his rights have been trampled." ", he assured.

In fact, Avellaneda, who led the Congressional list of Caminando Juntos

, Macarena Olona's party, in the last general elections

, has been accusing the Justice Department for years of discriminating against men in cases of custody or gender violence just because of the fact of being men: "Justice has discriminated against me for being a man," he stated.

He has insisted that he has not changed his sex to obtain custody of his son, because he has had it since October 2022 and

continues to have it "exclusively"

in addition to there being a firm resolution for his son to be handed over to him.

"I am the same person as before I changed my sex, the only difference is that before they had kidnapped the son of a man and

now they have kidnapped the son of a woman who is trans

, but the child is still kidnapped because he is not with the person who has custody, which is me," he said.

That is why he understands that his sex change can

facilitate compliance with the judicial resolutions

that have been issued in his favor and recover his son who continues to live with his stepfather and his brother, while his mother, who entered prison in December 2022, has obtained the third degree.

Guilty verdict

In this regard, he recalled that his ex-wife has a conviction and that therefore the logical thing would be for the child to be handed over to his father who has no conviction.

Avellaneda has stated that he wants the judicial resolution that forces his ex-wife to hand over their son to him: "I wanted him before when I was a man and I felt like a woman and I want him now as a woman being a woman. Nothing has changed."

What has changed, she assured, is judicial responsibility, because "now I am a trans woman and if the judges violate the rights of a trans woman I will have to report them for a

hate crime

," she warned.

That is why she says that she has already informed the Courts and the Provincial Court of Palencia of her current status as a woman.

"If they now violate the rights that I have acquired as a woman, they would be committing, apart from a crime of prevarication that I have been denouncing for years, a

crime of discrimination and hatred of me for being a trans woman

," she continued.

"We as parents are not listened to just for the mere fact of being men, but now I belong to a

vulnerable and minority

group ," he said, continuing to insist that his sex change has nothing to do with the judicial process, clarifying who has waited for the law to allow it because, after consulting a doctor, he has decided not to undergo hormonal sex change treatments due to the contraindications they may have.

"With the new Trans Law, I encouraged him myself," said Nuria, his current wife, who has insisted that her husband was always clear with her and she has always known that she was a woman.