Comic: The story of Maite Amaya, trans, feminist and picket line activist

Maite Amaya was a piquetera (a activist in the protests), an anarchist, and a defender of the rights of trans and travesti communities. She left us a powerful legacy: the challenge of bringing historical struggles into the present.

June 13, 2025

Keili González

Flor Capella

Edited by: María Eugenia Ludueña

The biography of Maite Amaya, a trans activist from Córdoba (1980-2017) , highlights various popular struggles against capitalism and patriarchy. Maite was a piquetera (a member of a protest group), an anarchist, and a defender of the rights of trans and travesti communities. She left us a powerful legacy: the challenge of bringing historical struggles into the present and embodying intersectionality in its militant potential.

We made this comic with the hope that her life story will reach new spaces and generations.

Swipe to see Maite Amaya's story.

“Maite embodies everything that must be put to the test in the fight: joy, companionship, knowledge built through collective and shared militant practice. Rage and concrete, direct action against injustices, pointing out those responsible, clearly identifying the enemy, always giving battle.” This is how her daughter, Mica Fernández Di Marco, described her.

In this article you can read more about his life and activism .

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