On Tuesday, February 27, the Court of Appeals must decide in a public hearing whether to grant the defense's request to dismiss the case against Mariana Gómez, who is being prosecuted for resisting authority and causing injuries.
The Argentine actor stars in the French film of the year, "120 Beats Per Minute." He plays an activist with Act Up, the direct action organization created in 1987 to raise awareness of the HIV pandemic and protest against government inaction and the pharmaceutical industry.
Authorities are investigating whether the body found yesterday in the backyard of a house on 9 de Julio Street, number 1500, in San Miguel de Tucumán, is that of a young transgender woman who has been missing for nine days. However, sources connected to the investigation confirmed to Presentes that there is no firm information regarding the victim's identity.
Photo: Presentes Agency. LGBTI leaders rejected the Mendoza provincial government's initiative to create a database of people from that community: in addition to being discriminatory and persecutory, they consider it a setback in terms of diversity rights. According to a press release from the Ministry of Health, Social Development and…
Paloma died in a public hospital bed from a stroke caused by a blow. This "blow," according to the complaint filed by the association TravesChile (which includes Paloma's own testimony), was the result of a transphobic attack.
In this installment of the comic strip that tells in the first person what it's like to live with HIV, Bicho and I dismantle one of the strongest definitions with our *bicho dictionary*.
Since adolescence, I've wondered how my trans identity relates to beauty. Why my body was and is rarely seen as beautiful. I was always taught that being trans—being obviously trans—meant being ugly.
On Saturday, February 17, in the early morning, Milagros “Mili” Duarte (37 years old), a trans woman studying Social Work at the National University Arturo Jauretche (UNAJ) and a sex worker in Florencio Varela, was savagely beaten by a client when she tried to collect payment for her services at her home in the San Jorge neighborhood.
In a small office at the Sótero del Río Hospital, located in Puente Alto, one of the most populous neighborhoods in Santiago, are the files of the first users of the "Trans Poli", a project that was born last year to assist trans people, but was not made official until the beginning of this month.
The public trial for the transphobic murder of human rights activist Diana Sacayán, killed in October 2015 in Buenos Aires, begins on March 12.
In this video, the plaintiffs, the prosecution, and activists explain why this is a historic trial and ask for everyone's support.
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