Bizarre nights: a South American Moulin Rouge and the cap

A sign with three breasts greets the audience and tells them: “Let others be normal.” Noches Bizarras (Bizarre Nights) is a show spearheaded by the trans-South American artist Susy Shock, bringing together emerging actors, musicians, and dancers. Presentes spoke with Susy about this cabaret variety show that has been touring Buenos Aires for thirteen years. Susy Shock is a…

A #Shout declares a state of emergency for transvestites and trans people

Presentes reproduces the speech read. From the Argentine trans and travesti movement: We want to denounce how the neoliberal policies of the Macri government are having a devastating impact on the most vulnerable sectors of civil society, primarily transvestites, trans people, and trans migrants in our greater homeland. Faced with this brutal increase in hate crimes, transfemicides/travesticides such as…