They come to politics from activism for the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people, and transvestites. Meet the pre-candidates running in Argentina's primary elections.
The Rosario justice system is investigating the motive behind the murder of the 35-year-old transgender woman and is awaiting the autopsy results. The prosecutor in charge, Rafael Coria, told Presentes that he has requested information regarding Pamela Tabares's presence at the Women's Police Station.
The music video for "Como me gusta a mí" by Argentine reggaeton artist Romina Bernardo (aka Chocolate Remix) was removed from YouTube and her account was blocked. The social media platform offered no explanation, and the Argentine artist denounces the action as "lesbophobic, sexist, and misogynistic censorship."
Until September, the production that brings together two works by the Argentine writer, cartoonist, and playwright Copi can be seen in Buenos Aires. “Eva Perón” and “The Homosexual or the Difficulty of Expressing Oneself” revisit – sometimes with excessive solemnity – two works where body and word resonate around power, confinement, and trans identity.
Pamela Tabares was 35 years old and lived in extremely vulnerable conditions. On Tuesday night, she went to work in the red-light district and never returned: she was murdered with at least five gunshots. The Prosecutor's Office is investigating the motive. It is known that she had unsuccessfully sought state assistance. Friends and activists remember her.
Representatives of the trans community mobilized yesterday in front of the Public Prosecutor's Office to demand justice for the murder of Pamela Tabares, who was shot five times and killed on Wednesday. The Province will be a plaintiff in the case. They are asking anyone who last saw her to come forward to the Prosecutor's Office with any information.
Two years after the murder of Laura Moyano, hundreds of people marched yesterday in downtown Córdoba to demand justice for Laura and to say #StopTheMurderingOfTransPeople: the State is responsible. LGBTQ+ activists, along with family members and neighbors, marched in the afternoon to the Patio de Olmos, where they read a jointly drafted statement, which we reproduce below.
Among some lesbians, the idea of aging in community is circulating. The "lesbian community" is envisioned as a space for coexistence, collective care, and activism. This, in turn, sparks many reflections on the particularities of dissident identities and aging. How does one reach old age when so many basic rights have been violated? Who accompanies us in that stage of life?
Yahajaira Falcón is a human rights activist and, for the past two years, an official in the Public Defender's Office of the City of Buenos Aires. She tells us about her experience holding a public office, analyzes the reality of trans and travesti people at risk of homelessness, and how the community is reorganizing itself in the face of increased police repression.
Agustina Brunetto and Valeria Tavecchio live in Santa Elena, Entre Ríos. They wanted to be mothers, found a sperm donor, and underwent insemination. Agustina became pregnant, and on June 27, Ciro was born. When they went to register him at the civil registry with both their surnames, they were unable to. They were required to be married or have a document proving assisted reproduction. "We want to register our son properly so we can give him his identity," said one of the mothers. Abosex maintains that co-maternity "is the law in Argentina."
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