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AstroMostra, the astrologer and writer who interprets the sky through a queer lens

UncategorizedBy Agencia Presentes March 23, 2018

By Lucas Gutiérrez Photo: Lau Castro Gael Policano Rossi is a writer, playwright, actor, astrologer, and always more. Originally from southern Argentina, this self-taught astrologer began talking about the zodiac and planets on Radio Nacional Rock's program 'Villa Cariño'. It was there that “AstroMostra” was born, when a listener combined the 'mostra' (a play on words combining "mostra," meaning "most" or "most" in Gael's name) on air…

Crossed Lives: A photographic project about Mexican trans women at the Hotel Gondolin

UncategorizedBy Agencia Presentes March 22, 2018

By Ceci Estalles* “I want people who don’t know about art to understand what I do,” says the Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, and I can’t help but connect those words with what we experienced last Monday at the Hotel Gondolin. The Hotel Gondolin is a hotel reclaimed by trans women, self-managed…

Bicho and I #17: “Yes, I live with a strain of HIV”

UncategorizedBy Agencia Presentes March 22, 2018

Bicho and I, the saga mentioned by Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez (script) and Jon Amarillo (art), tells in episode #17: "Yes, I live with a strain of HIV."

#CHILE 2017, year of fury against LGBTI: violence increased by more than 45%

UncategorizedBy Agencia Presentes March 21, 2018

The Annual Human Rights Report on Sexual and Gender Diversity prepared by the Homosexual Liberation Movement (Movilh) described 2017 as "the year of fury against LGBTI people and same-sex parent families."

Column #10 Present at You Can't Live on Love 2018

ON THE RADIO -By Agencia Presentes March 20, 2018

In this radio segment on "You Can't Live on Love" with Franco Torchia, we discuss everything that happened in the second hearing of the trial for the transphobic murder of Diana Sacayán and the homophobic attack on Gabriel Montaño (22 years old) in San Juan. We also talk about the assassination of Marielle Franco, the feminist, Afro-Brazilian, and lesbian councilwoman, murdered in Rio de Janeiro on March 15.

#DianaSacayán: "Diana gave everything for her family and her community"

UncategorizedBy Agencia Presentes March 19, 2018

Today was the second hearing of the public trial for the transvesticide of Diana Sacayán, murdered in October 2015. As on Monday, there were two parallel events: one outside the Palace of Justice in the City of Buenos Aires, where diversity activists, artists and members of the public accompanied the family and showed their support for the trial from 9 a.m., and another inside, where the hearing took place, starting after 11 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m.

Santiago Magariños: “The transvestite-trans collective is waging a revolutionary battle”

UncategorizedBy Agencia Presentes March 16, 2018

He has been acting for over a decade. This summer, he won the Estrella de Mar award for Best New Actor, took to the stage, and surprised everyone with his plea for #JusticeForDianaSacayán and #StopTheMurdersOfTransvestites.

#BRAZIL Marielle Franco was murdered: feminist, Afro-Brazilian, and lesbian councilwoman

BRIEFS -By Agencia Presentes March 15, 2018

O Globo. Franco and Gomes died instantly, while the advisor suffered minor injuries. Social organizations are calling for the crime to be investigated as an attack, and there are demonstrations throughout the country. Criticism of the military intervention in the favelas: Franco was part of the commission created to oversee military interventions…

#LivingWithHIV Bicho and I #16: “It’s not contagious!”

UncategorizedBy Agencia Presentes March 15, 2018

Written by: Lucas Gutiérrez. Illustrated by: Jon Amarillo. The difference between contagious and transmissible diseases is that the latter require a specific route or medium (such as blood or genital fluids) to pass from one person to another. HIV loses its ability to replicate very quickly when it is outside the body, in contact with…

#Chile The new government removed the “urgent” status from the Gender Identity Bill

BRIEFS -By Agencia Presentes March 14, 2018

Less than 48 hours after assuming the presidency for the second time, Sebastián Piñera changed the classification of the Gender Identity Bill to "simple urgency." This decision doubles the processing time in Congress.