The Court of Appeals has the final say and must decide whether or not to close the investigation into the murder of trans activist Diana Sacayán. If it is closed, the crime could go unpunished. The plaintiffs and prosecutors believe that key pieces of evidence are still needed to identify other perpetrators of the transphobic murder.
A lysergic chanson. High and low notes alternate, subverting all generic rigidity. The songs, full of humor and popular references, become a platform for stories that wander along the edges of the contemporary. Presentes asked five questions to the chronicler, documentarian, and all-around performer Juan Tauil, in the context of the presentation of "Medicada." On Sunday the 29th…
The Argentine Congress continues to postpone consideration of reforms to Law 23.592, a demand of sexual diversity organizations that has been ongoing for twenty years and the main demand of the 2016 Pride March. By Amanda Alma Photo: Ariel Gutraich The last session of the legislative year in the Chamber of Deputies failed and…
In Argentina, 120,000 people are living with HIV, and 89 out of every 100 teenagers have never been tested. Legislators and organizations are denouncing shortages of medications, reagents, and condoms from the government. The trans and travesti movement reports that its members are among the hardest hit by these shortages, which have worsened…
For 10 years, her columns in the No supplement of the newspaper Página/12 revealed much more than a series of shimmering snapshots of living with HIV: her own stories and those of others, connections, farewells, clinics, fears, scars, and gems. It was the 1990s, and Marta Dillon's words opened spaces for debate, testimony, and support. On World AIDS Day, we republish…
By @LucasFauno Photo: Marianella Pietraccone ONE - CAUSE OF DEATH I'm exhausted by society's need for me to be "the AIDS sufferer." My positive body is a calming factor for the most fascist right. They revel in a Catholic guilt they know how to impose on us. If I'm the one carrying the cross, they can walk lightly.
By @LucasFauno Photo: Marianella Pietraccone ONE - CAUSE OF DEATH I'm exhausted by society's need for me to be "the AIDS sufferer." My positive body is a calming factor for the most fascist right. They revel in a Catholic guilt they know how to impose on us. If I'm the one carrying the cross, they can walk lightly.
December 1st is World AIDS Day, and in Argentina, several activities will be held, driven by different groups. ACROSS THE COUNTRY: The Argentine Network of Young People and Adolescents Living with HIV (RAJAP) is launching the “Just Like You” campaign. In different provinces, members will be in public spaces to ask…
Twenty years after the death of the Argentine icon for the fight for LGBTI rights, the book Here We Are. Carlos Jáuregui, Sexuality and Politics in Argentina, collects his unpublished texts, journalistic articles, photos and archives, but also snapshots of his intimacy, activism and legacy. Compiled by Gustavo Pecoraro, writer and journalist, and edited by the Buenos Aires City Legislature, it features valuable contributions and perspectives from Martín de Grazia, Diana Maffia, Ernesto Meccia, Mario Pecheny, Mabel Bellucci, Cesar Cigliutti, Marcelo Ferreyra, Alejandra Sardá, Héctor Anabitarte, Osvaldo Bazán, Ilse Fuskova and Alejandro Modarelli, as well as texts from Buenos Aires legislators -Andrea Conde (FpV), Roy Cortina (PS), Maximiliano Ferraro (CC-ARI), Pablo Ferreyra (FpV) and Patricio del Corro (PTS-FIT)- and the Deputy Head of Government of the City, Diego Santilli.
Twenty years after the death of the Argentine icon for the fight for LGBTI rights, the book Here We Are. Carlos Jáuregui, Sexuality and Politics in Argentina, collects his unpublished texts, journalistic articles, photos and archives, but also snapshots of his intimacy, activism and legacy. Compiled by Gustavo Pecoraro, writer and journalist, and edited by the Buenos Aires City Legislature, it features valuable contributions and perspectives from Martín de Grazia, Diana Maffia, Ernesto Meccia, Mario Pecheny, Mabel Bellucci, Cesar Cigliutti, Marcelo Ferreyra, Alejandra Sardá, Héctor Anabitarte, Osvaldo Bazán, Ilse Fuskova and Alejandro Modarelli, as well as texts from Buenos Aires legislators -Andrea Conde (FpV), Roy Cortina (PS), Maximiliano Ferraro (CC-ARI), Pablo Ferreyra (FpV) and Patricio del Corro (PTS-FIT)- and the Deputy Head of Government of the City, Diego Santilli.
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