#24M "I was missing for 17 days in the Banfield Well"

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I was born in Rosario and I'm an older trans woman. When I was 16, I was kicked out of my house and started working as a prostitute because it was the only way out I had. At that time, we were just called transvestites; the word "trans" didn't exist. I had to flee to Buenos Aires because during a police raid, I broke a police chief's nose with my purse. I was just a kid. I arrived at my aunt's house and started working as a prostitute in secret. I struggled a lot, and I also had that rebellious streak of youth: the more you're told not to do something, the more you do it.

#24M “Los maricones” (The Maricones), memories of the repression of gays and trans people

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Cordoba-born filmmaker Daniel Tortosa explains why his documentary "Los Maricones"—which can be viewed in full here—addresses the repression of gays and trans people during the last dictatorship, but it doesn't end there. Released in 2016, the testimonies revive marginalized voices and warn of the return of punitivism and police harassment of dissident sexual identities.

#24M Santa Fe: Historical reparation for trans people persecuted during the dictatorship

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Eleven trans women from Rosario and eight from the city of Santa Fe have begun the process of accessing a pension granted to victims of the dictatorship, under Provincial Law 13.298. The law establishes the payment of a monthly pension to people who prove they were "deprived of their liberty for political, union or student reasons" between March 24, 1976 and December 10, 1983.