December 1, 2016 - Presentes Agency

"I want it to be acknowledged that my dismissal was due to discrimination."

Uncategorized By María Eugenia Ludueña December 1, 2016

Raúl Julián Bjorklund was fired from the school where he worked as a teacher when he revealed he was going to marry his boyfriend. The school, a private institution in Oberá, already had a discrimination complaint against it. "The teacher's sexuality does not align with the institution's values," they stated. He has already filed a complaint with INADI (National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism)...

Another year without reforming the Anti-Discrimination Law

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes December 1, 2016

The Argentine Congress continues to postpone consideration of reforms to Law 23.592, a demand of sexual diversity organizations that has been ongoing for twenty years and the main demand of the 2016 Pride March. By Amanda Alma Photo: Ariel Gutraich The last session of the legislative year in the Chamber of Deputies failed and…

#WorldHIVDay: Supplies are lacking in Argentina and the law hasn't arrived

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes December 1, 2016

In Argentina, 120,000 people are living with HIV, and 89 out of every 100 teenagers have never been tested. Legislators and organizations are denouncing shortages of medications, reagents, and condoms from the government. The trans and travesti movement reports that its members are among the hardest hit by these shortages, which have worsened…

#Books: Living with Viruses, by Marta Dillon

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes December 1, 2016

For 10 years, her columns in the No supplement of the newspaper Página/12 revealed much more than a series of shimmering snapshots of living with HIV: her own stories and those of others, connections, farewells, clinics, fears, scars, and gems. It was the 1990s, and Marta Dillon's words opened spaces for debate, testimony, and support. On World AIDS Day, we republish…

"HIV won't kill me, your indifference will."

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes December 1, 2016 1 comment

By @LucasFauno Photo: Marianella Pietraccone ONE - CAUSE OF DEATH I'm exhausted by society's need for me to be "the AIDS sufferer." My positive body is a calming factor for the most fascist right. They revel in a Catholic guilt they know how to impose on us. If I'm the one carrying the cross, they can walk lightly.

"HIV won't kill me, your indifference will."

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes December 1, 2016 1 comment