Jáuregui wrote: "I carry you here like a mark on my body"

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 Carlos Jáuregui, Sexuality and Politics in Argentina, collects his unpublished texts, journalistic articles, photos and archives, but also snapshots of his intimacy, activism and legacy.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.

In photos: #PrideMarch2016 in Buenos Aires

Thousands marched and danced in the rain, from Plaza de Mayo to Plaza de los Dos Congresos, to celebrate 25 years of an increasingly powerful struggle. The celebration for rights demanded: #StopTransMurders #StopInstitutionalViolence #AntiDiscriminationLawNOW #NotOneLess #TransEmploymentQuota #RecognitionIsReparation #Abortion #FreeMilagroSala #RealEquality #LegalizationOfHomeCultivation #SecularState. [gallery columns="1" size="full" ids="460,459,461,463,462,464,465,467,466,468,469,473,474,470,471,475,472"] Follow us on:…

25 years of pride and politics in the streets

“Stop institutional violence and the murders of trans people, and we need an anti-discrimination law now!” were the most repeated slogans at the 25th Pride March in Buenos Aires. The downpour didn't dampen the celebration. For nine hours, thousands of people marched and danced, in columns or individually, on floats and under umbrellas, to celebrate…

The dissident column of the #PrideMarch2016

“Pride in Struggle” was formed out of discontent among a group of activists who do not feel represented by the slogans of the official march. They denounce that the national government’s policies of hunger, austerity, and repression primarily affect the trans and travesti community, due to their lack of access to employment, healthcare, and education. “Loss of…”

#Pride2016: Why we march

On an afternoon that began with torrential rain in Buenos Aires, thousands of people from LGBTQ+ organizations, political parties, and independent groups marched, danced, and sang from Plaza de Mayo to the National Congress. On the 25th anniversary of the first Argentine LGBTQ+ Pride March, Presentes asked: Why…

A #Shout declares a state of emergency for transvestites and trans people

Presentes reproduces the speech read. From the Argentine trans and travesti movement: We want to denounce how the neoliberal policies of the Macri government are having a devastating impact on the most vulnerable sectors of civil society, primarily transvestites, trans people, and trans migrants in our greater homeland. Faced with this brutal increase in hate crimes, transfemicides/travesticides such as…

“Trans people have a right to a memory”

María Belén Correa, with the support of photographer Cecilia Estalles Alcón, set out to collect personal photographs and documentation from the Argentine transvestite, transgender, and transsexual community to rescue from oblivion those who, due to repressive laws and discrimination, were erased from social history. Thus, the Memory Archive was born…

Photo chronicle #Campaign #RecognizingIsRepairing

Within the framework of the #RecognizeIsRepair Campaign, and with the purpose of demanding the immediate parliamentary consideration of bill 2526 “Reparation Regime for Victims of Institutional Violence Based on Gender Identity,” various sexual diversity organizations and self-organized individuals gathered in front of the Argentine National Congress to take a collective photo, to put their bodies on the line…