Alecs Recher (1975–) teacher, politician, lawyer, activist.

Anja Recher was raised in Schwamendingen, Zürich. She twice visited South America. From 1996 she worked as a bicycle courier, and from 2000 in the administration.

She also worked with impaired and gifted children, and gained a diploma in remedial teaching in 2003.

In 2004 she was elected to the Zürich Kantonal legislature for the Alternate List Party.

In 2008 Recher informed the Kantonal legislature. that he was undergoing hormonal treatment to become a man, and that his name was now Alecs.

He has completed a bachelors law degree at the University of Zürich, and a masters at the University of Luzern,

He is a founder/co-president of Transgender Network Switzerland , and is the author of a study of homophobia, transphobia and discrimination in Switzerland.

• Rodrigo Carrizo Couto. “Cuando Anja se convierte en Alecs”. El Pais, 14 de septiembre de 2008. http://elpais.com/diario/2008/09/14/agenda/1221343203_850215.html
• “La transsexualité s'invite en politique“. SwissInfo, 08 novembre 2008. www.swissinfo.ch/fre/actualite/La_transsexualite_sinvite_en_politique.html?cid=6952358
• http://www.recheralecs.ch/
• “Alecs Recher”. Stadt Zürich Gemeinderat, 09/23/2011. www.gemeinderat-zuerich.ch/Mitglied_Details.aspx?ID=5f656d48-b9d8-4204-88ec-53969f95ffa7
• “Alecs Recher”. transILGA, 2007. http://trans.ilga.org/trans/welcome_to_the_ilga_trans_secretariat/trans_zone/personalities/alec_recher.
• Alecs Recher. Study on Homophobia, Transphobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Legal Report: Switzerland. The Danish Institute for Human Rights , nd. www.coe.int/t/Commissioner/Source/LGBT/SwitzerlandLegal_E.pdf
• Sandro Cattacin interviews Alecs Recher. ImbarcoImmediato, 30 Gennaio 2012. www.imbarcoimmediato.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=364:transgender-intervista-ad-alecs-recher-e-sandro-cattacin&catid=34:dirittiagiustizia&Itemid=77.

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