An actress for two decades, Marina Castillo Blanco has forged a path that has taken her from journalism to acting, and from off-Broadway theater to prime-time television in Argentina. Born in Algarrobo, a town of just two thousand inhabitants in the province of Buenos Aires, it was during this same journey that she discovered her sexual identity.
The demonstration will take place on Tuesday, July 25, the second anniversary of the murder of Laura Moyano. Her sister and LGBTQ+ organizations denounce the stalled legal proceedings and the increase in violence against transvestites and transgender people in Córdoba.
With the trans employment quota law stalled in the Salta legislature, groups of trans women and men have created their own alternative: they've formed a cooperative offering services such as design, tutoring, construction, painting, and technical support for phones and computers, among others. The initiative has been very well received. They plan to expand their services soon and include trans people from other towns.
The inclusive clinic at Castro Rendon Hospital in Neuquén provides free surgical procedures and hormone treatments, without requiring health insurance. In addition to guaranteeing rights established in the gender identity law, for many transgender people it is their first access to healthcare.
We received numerous applications from Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Paraguay. These are the 40 journalists selected for the free online workshop: Tools for Gender-Sensitive Journalism.
The Frida Integration Center provides shelter to transgender, transvestite, and cisgender women experiencing homelessness in Buenos Aires. One of its coordinators, Florencia Montes Paez, spoke with Presentes about the relationship between gender, sexuality, class, and the right to housing. Today, this center has twice as many people on its waiting list as last year.
The activists were detained for 12 hours on March 7. A prosecutor accused them of spray-painting a church and two banks in the Almagro neighborhood of Buenos Aires. They had requested the dismissal of the case, but yesterday the defense's request was rejected.
“The LGBTQ movement in Argentina is one of the most powerful and active on the continent,” writes Gabriela Borrelli Azara. “Why aren’t more gay, lesbian, and trans people on the lists of the main political parties?” she asks. And she proposes to the national political spectrum “a trans quota law, both in the workplace and in Congress, to truly combat transphobic murders and crimes against lesbians and gay men.”
The same week as the #StopTransMurders movement, five trans women and transvestites died due to a lack of access to comprehensive healthcare. Three of them died in less than 24 hours. They were between 29 and 40 years old; three were Argentinian, one Ecuadorian, and one Dominican. We tell you who they were.
Niki Raveau, a historian and trans activist, attended the anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrations that took place yesterday in Santiago, Chile. She was physically present and engaged with the participants, who told her they were against “gender ideology.” Here she chronicles the day and reflects: How long will we have to endure all these insecure and cowardly pastors, legislators, and leaders who incite death?
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