This is the third attack in less than a month. Early Saturday morning, a group of men savagely beat 21-year-old Kymberly. Calls are being made for the government to take urgent action to eradicate violence against transgender and transvestite people. (#BuenosAires) — Kimberly is 21 years old, Ecuadorian, and in a vulnerable situation…
The new legislation is historic and was announced through the official legislative gazette. "It is the first law that recognizes sexual orientation and gender identity, protecting our physical integrity." Photos: Courtesy of Esteban Marchand and Presentes archive. From today onward, discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity is considered…
Nicolás Dujovne, Argentina's new finance minister, deleted a discriminatory tweet from his account yesterday regarding LGBTQ+ activist Diana Sacayán. Various organizations and leaders of the community are demanding that he "retract his discriminatory statements and apologize to the entire community." [News updated today at 3 PM] (#BUENOSAIRES) — The Commission of Relatives and Comrades for Justice for…
Avery Jackson, a nine-year-old transgender girl, graces the cover of the January issue of National Geographic magazine. The edition, dedicated to gender issues, sparked both praise and controversy. How do people involved with transgender children view this cover?
The country still lacks an official observatory for victims of hate crimes based on gender identity. Figures collected by various organizations in 2016 indicate at least 16 transphobic murders: more than the total number of hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people reported in 2015 in the report by the Argentine Homosexual Community (CHA).
The Mercedes Prosecutor's Office No. 3 is investigating the murder of Sofía Santillán. The young woman was found by her transgender friends in the city's urban area, very close to where she had last been seen on Friday. The autopsy results were released today. Photo: courtesy of Noticias Mercedinas A…
The Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the request from the plaintiffs and the prosecution to keep the investigation open into the transphobic murder of Argentine LGBTQ+ rights activist Diana Sacayán, which occurred on October 11, 2015. This decision came after a key hearing and various actions by Argentine trans activists to demand…
She was last seen on Wednesday night, December 21st. After an extensive search, her colleagues from OTRANS Argentina found her asking for food at a bakery in the Congreso neighborhood of Buenos Aires yesterday at noon. #BUENOS AIRES# After four days of intense searching by members of the OTRANS organization…
As a preview, we reproduce one of the texts by the “conceptual, performance, and queer feminist artist”—according to her own definition—compiled in a free downloadable e-book: Let the World Tremble: Body and Performance in the Work of Effy Beth. Published by the National University of La Plata Press, it brings together disruptive interventions, images, writings, and perspectives on…
Raiza was stabbed for the second time this year in the Once neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where she works as a prostitute. She has been missing since last night. A habeas corpus petition was filed but rejected. The National Criminal and Correctional Appeals Court is expected to respond today. #BUENOS AIRES# Raiza is 20 years old, Ecuadorian, and…
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