Although she's not the first and doesn't appear on the cover, the media reported as news that French trans model Inés Rau graces the centerfold of the new issue of Playboy magazine. Inclusion, objectification, or sensationalism?
With four albums under their belt (Kumbia nena!, La gran estafa del tropipunk, Pecados Tropicales and Canta y no llores) and after ten years of formation, Kumbia Queers is a band of women that redefined the concept of punk by adding cumbia rhythms.
Trans activists, sex workers and feminists gathered today in front of the Paraguayan Prosecutor's Office to demand justice after the murder of Romina Vargas, a 28-year-old trans woman who was stabbed on Sunday in San Lorenzo (Greater Asunción).
Azul Montoro, a 23-year-old trans woman, was murdered early this morning in a boarding house in Córdoba. She had gone there to look after a friend's room while she was away on a trip. LGBTQ+ organizations are calling for a demonstration today at 5 p.m. in front of the Police Headquarters.
What should we do when we witness or are victims of violence? How should we respond to various situations of police abuse? The Guide to Action Against Violence by Security Forces, presented on October 17th at the Annex of the Chamber of Deputies in La Plata (Buenos Aires Province), is the response of various human rights organizations and community groups to these questions. It was developed by the Provincial Network for Human Rights and incorporates proposals prepared by the Office of the Prosecutor for Institutional Violence (PROCUVIN), the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), and the Collective for Legal Research and Action (CIAJ).
When we talk about emotional agendas, we always emphasize the lack of attention paid to our deaths, of course, but also to the lack of access to work, healthcare, and housing. Added to this list of shortcomings is another, more invisible or rendered invisible: who loves us transvestites? Who wants to be our partner?
Romina Vargas Florentín, a 28-year-old trans woman, was murdered on Sunday, October 15, in San Lorenzo (Greater Asunción). Violence has escalated in the area in recent weeks. “We hold the Paraguayan State and the fundamentalist groups calling themselves ‘Pro-Life’ responsible for this latest hate crime and for continuing to sow hatred and…”
Lesbian, trans, transvestite, and bisexual feminists brought their demands and debates to the National Women's Meeting, which concludes this Monday in Chaco. For the first time in 32 years, the lesbian march and festival were included in the official program. Today in Resistencia, it was decided that the next National Women's Meeting in 2018 will be held in Chubut.
For the first time in 32 years, the lesbian march and festival were on the official program of the event.
With fury, with a hip-hop cadence, Sara Hebe makes herself visible, wears the green scarf of legal abortion, waves the LGBTI pride flag, aims, shoots, sings. A defiant feminist, she has been making music for almost ten years, but perhaps she is best known for her song "El Marginal," the theme song of last year's hit TV show that won the Martín Fierro de Oro award and became one of Netflix's most popular series.
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