By Lucas Gutiérrez Photos: courtesy of JC and SS (image taken minutes before the attack) Jonathan Castellari, the young man hospitalized following a homophobic attack on Friday in Buenos Aires, has already testified before the court and was discharged this afternoon. He remains shocked, convinced that it was not a…
My name is Leandra Levine. I am a performance artist, a medical student, and the first transgender graduate of the Carlos Pellegrini Higher School of Commerce.
With the case about to go to trial, Analía de Jesús's new defense team, along with organizations and family members, are meeting this afternoon to organize and announce details about the status of the investigation. We spoke with lawyer Gabriela “Chiqui” Conder, a member of the Lawyers' Association.
Cover photo: Ariel Gutraich. On Wednesday, November 29th, we celebrated our first anniversary at Casa Brandon. There, we inaugurated the #1YearPresent exhibition with a selection of works by Argentine photographer Ariel Gutraich. The images are from various news stories we covered throughout the year, focusing on pride and activism. The exhibition also includes photos…
[READ ALSO: Congress halted new law on HIV, viral hepatitis, and STIs: it lost its parliamentary status] It is estimated that 122,000 people in the country have the virus, although 30% of them are unaware of it. Of those who know their diagnosis, 81% are receiving treatment, and most of them are…
Breaking news [UPDATED December 2 at 2:26 PM] Jonathan Uriel Castellari, 25, went dancing last night at a club in Palermo, Buenos Aires, with his teammate Sebastián Sierra from Ciervos Pampas, the rugby team that fights against homophobia. Afterward, they went to have breakfast at the McDonald's on Avenida Córdoba…
"Hi! We're Fauno and Bicho. We've been living together since 2008. Bicho is a strain of HIV and he lives with me." This is how "Bicho and I" begins, a comic strip that tells, in the first person and without prejudice, what it's like to live with the virus. Written by Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez and illustrated by Jon Amarillo, it aims to bring a less solemn tone to a debate that, sometimes, due to its careful handling, becomes invisible or detached from reality.
This week marked the deadline for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies to consider the HIV and STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) bills. Due to the lack of response from legislators, both bills lost their parliamentary status and are back to square one. The initiatives sought to legislate on social, labor, and human rights issues.
By the Trans Memory Archive: curatorial text for the exhibition to be held on December 2nd at the Haroldo Conti Cultural Center, formerly ESMA, Buenos Aires. The Trans Memory Archive is a family reunion. It arises from the need to embrace each other again, to look at each other again, to reconnect after more than…
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