Claudio Caserta, the most listened-to radio host in Córdoba, verbally attacked the actress and presenter after she received an award for outstanding female figure for her work on the show "Explosivos": "How can a transvestite be more important than a woman?" the FM100 announcer said. We spoke with her.
This afternoon at Lavalle and Libertad, in Tribunales, dozens of diversity activists and friends accompanied Mariana Gómez, the woman mistreated and arrested by the police last October for kissing his wife Rocío Girat, who today appealed her prosecution.
Two years after the flight of trans activist Lohana Berkins, more than 500 people remembered her in front of the National Congress in a tribute with music, poems and words of love from her companions in life and struggle
Today marks two years since the death of Lohana Berkins, the iconic trans activist and human rights leader from Argentina. This afternoon, at 6 PM, a tribute will be held in Plaza de los Dos Congresos in Buenos Aires.
We trans women know about feminism because we betrayed the patriarchy twice. First, by leaving it, and second, by attacking it. Very few of us are surviving; we're dying younger and younger.
Mariana Gómez, arrested and beaten by the police while kissing his wife Rocío Girat in the Constitución neighborhood, was prosecuted for resisting authority and causing injuries.
The public trial for the transvesticide of Argentine activist Diana Amancay Sacayán has been scheduled for next week (hearing dates still to be confirmed) and for weeks the Justice for Diana Sacayán Commission and activists have been working on different campaigns to give it public awareness.
Keili González, a trans activist from Entre Ríos, was first insulted by a legislator and then subjected to media violence for participating in the Pride March. In this opinion piece, she recounts part of her story and challenges the media: “It’s time the media focused on how to include our voices and perspectives, how to understand what sexual diversity is, and how to do so without stigmatizing or ridiculing us.”
In this installment of Bicho and I—the tenth in Presentes!—we talk about medication, its pros and cons. Adhering to treatment isn't always easy. Several factors—emotional, social, and personal—come into play.
Created by Organizing Trans Diversities (OTD Chile) amidst the difficulties surrounding the Gender Identity Law, the #TransCampaign was launched in October with significant impact. This week it gained new momentum following the Metro's response to a user who criticized the posters: "Prejudices like yours are not allowed on our trains."
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