The cumbia of 'Sudor Marika' screams with activism and empowerment. With nine members, the Argentinian band was born as a response to the question they were asked with disgust: "Do you like cumbia?", the same tone they used when asked about their sexual and existential tastes.
Alma Fernández, a trans activist, mourns her friend Ayelén Gómez, murdered in San Miguel de Tucumán. There, they experienced the first chapters of the structural poverty that plagues the trans community, and the exclusion that persists even after violent death. "Ayelén couldn't even vote in the primaries; no one cared about her anymore, no one paid her any attention."
Civil society organizations and social movements are invited to the 5th Public Consultation of the Social Participation Forum, taking place on August 17th in Buenos Aires. This initiative of the Institute of Public Policies on Human Rights (IPPDH) of MERCOSUR will be held at its headquarters, the Memory and Human Rights Space (ExESMA). Live online participation is also possible. Here is the book that compiles good government practices from the region.
The debate over the constitutionality of Education Law No. 7546 in the province of Salta, which mandates Catholic religious instruction in public schools, has reached the Supreme Court after seven years of litigation. Those arguing against the law highlight its violation of the right to identity and the danger it poses to various groups, including the LGBTQ+ community.
"A hug to the memory of our dead, to the memory of Ayelén Gómez." In Buenos Aires and Tucumán, trans activists and LGBTQ+ and human rights organizations are calling for a mobilization on Thursday to demand an end to transphobic murders and justice for Ayelén Gómez. Her body was found on Saturday under the bleachers of the Lawn Tennis Club in the provincial capital. After marching in a circle with the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, there will be a vigil.
Ayelén Gómez was murdered. She was found under a grandstand at the Lawn Tennis Club in Tucumán. Her mother identified her body, which was beaten and showed signs of asphyxiation. In 2012, she had filed a police report. Afterward, she moved to Buenos Aires, where she studied at the Mocha Celis Transgender Popular High School. She returned to her home province last year.
She is 35 years old and a spokesperson for Transgender Women for Change, one of the first trans and travesti organizations in the country, located in the city of Talca (central Chile). An activist, she conducts workshops on HIV/AIDS and the rights of the trans population. She is the first trans public servant hired by the government nationwide, working in the Regional Ministerial Secretariat (Seremi) of the Maule Region.
Paula Arraigada is the first trans woman to be elected to the Women's Parliament of the Buenos Aires City Legislature. An LGBT rights activist, she is also a pre-candidate in the primary elections.
In Tandil, Buenos Aires province, the Patricia Rasmussen shelter for LGBTI people has been operating since March. It is a self-managed project created to support young people expelled by their families or arriving from other cities, as well as adults who are alone.
Using fictional names, real details, and settings, *Fichados: Crónicas de amores clandestinos* (On File: Chronicles of Clandestine Loves) recovers silenced stories and recounts the brutal persecution of the Buenos Aires police intelligence services against the LGBTQ+ community. Its author, Cristian Prieto, works at the Provincial Commission for Memory. Pending debates on LGBTQ+ memory and repression.
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