On Lesbian Visibility Day and with an anti-patriarchal football match - in which Nora Cortiñas, from Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Founding Line, participated - the Campaign for #AbsolutionForHigui was launched in front of the National Congress.
Go Girls! Convened and curated by the Go Girls! Comics Festival, the Lesbian Identities exhibition serves as a prelude to this specialized comics event, which will hold its second edition three days later, on Saturday, March 10. This same renewed interest in comics, reflected in the existence of…
What do we mean when we talk about lesbian visibility? Women from different generations share what visibility means to each of them today.
Gabriela Conder, the lawyer representing Eva Analía “Higui” de Jesús, explains the current status of the case. Together with more than ten social organizations and independent activists, they are launching the Campaign for Higui's Acquittal today and calling for a gathering in front of Congress on Lesbian Visibility Day.
This will be the fifth #7M since the lesbian women's movement in Argentina began commemorating Lesbian Visibility Day on the anniversary of the murder of Natalia "La Pepa" Gaitán. There will be demonstrations in Constitución, Congreso, Florida, and Morón.
Marcela Romero, president of the Association of Transvestites, Transsexuals, and Transgender People of Argentina (ATTTA), presented a report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights detailing the current situation of trans women in Argentina. Her report was titled: “Waiting for Death.”
Emily Marín, a 22-year-old trans woman, was arrested on Wednesday, February 28, in a plaza in downtown Asunción. Five officers from the police's tactical operations group, known as Grupo Lince, insulted her because of her gender identity, beat her, and locked her up in a nearby police station.
Transvestite and transgender people. “Although the allowance was very low, this program was very important because it served as a gateway to employment and training without having to go through a lot of paperwork. Furthermore, that amount counted towards seniority for retirement. For transvestite and transgender people, it's not easy to access…”
[READ ALSO: Being trans and living in Chile: 10 things you need to know] Despite not defining herself as an activist, the actress has not changed her name or gender on her identity card. She said she won't do so until everyone can, until there is a gender identity law in Chile, which is already…
Illustration: Florencia Cappella for Presentes. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ruled yesterday in favor of transgender people changing their name in the Civil Registry. They do not need to have undergone gender reassignment surgery or have judicial authorization, according to the court's website. “We have…
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