Activist César Ramón Mejía had to flee Honduras in 2018 due to violence. Instead of employment and freedom, he received a year in prison in the US and a ban on returning.
The story of the first visible trans girl in Salta allows us to imagine the lives that thousands across the country go through. Violence, resistance, support, and activism in the days of childhood games.
She arrived in Argentina from Bolivia and in Villa Soldati she became known as Quirquiña, the godmother.
This is the story of Julissa, a 27-year-old Salvadoran trans woman who decided to risk her life to save it. Fleeing the gangs that persecuted her because of her gender identity, she decided to join the migrant caravan that left San Salvador.
The insights I gained from the conferences were specific and relate to questions I've been asking myself for some time, but which took on a global dimension here: how are LGBTQ+ issues treated in the media? This question opens the door to many other questions.
For this work entitled History of an Outcast, Jorge Carrasco received the Gabriel García Márquez Journalism Award in the text category.
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