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Who are the Searching Mothers of Mexico?
In Mexico, more than 116,000 people have disappeared. Who are the mothers searching for their missing children, and what kind of violence do they face?.
Tortilleras: the podcast that rescues a lesbian memory of activists
Tortilleras: A Lesbian Memoir is the first podcast from Agencia Presentes and is available on Spotify. In its first season, lesbian activists from Buenos Aires—Adriana Carrasco, María Luisa Peralta, Lucrecia Rojas, Ana Rubiolo, and Mónica Santino—share how they built identity, community, and resistance.
“There is a huge lack of stories about trans people and tenderness in film.”
Ana Gutiérrez is a Mexican documentary filmmaker. In this interview, she talks about her career path and the representation of queer people in film.
“Tehuel, a banner of struggle”: a podcast to spread the story of the missing young trans man
Through the voices of Tehuel's mother, trans and travesti activists, and lawyers, the podcast reconstructs the search for the young trans man who disappeared on March 11, 2021. It examines the approaches taken by the justice system, contextualizes the living conditions of the trans and travesti population, and critically analyzes the lack of systematization in the search and the shortcomings of the missing persons search system in Argentina.
Against mafias and exclusion, thousands of women marched on March 8th in Paraguay
“Climate justice for all,” “Church and State, separate matters,” “In defense of our rights, memory and dignity” were some of the slogans of the 8M march in Paraguay.
March 8: Thousands of women and diverse people marched against cruelty and austerity.
Thousands of women and LGBTQ+ people participated in the march in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires this Saturday for International Women's Day. Rights and a protest against cruelty were the central themes of the demonstration, which was replicated throughout the country. The government's provocation.
March 8th in Argentina: The transvestite and trans collective will march in defense of children, employment quotas, and historical reparations.
For the March 8th march in Buenos Aires, there are two calls to action and several groups participating, including transvestite and trans people. How are they organizing?
They turned their house in Mar del Plata into a refuge for trans people
They are survivors and activists and created "Hogar Dignidad Trans" (Trans Dignity Home), a space of resistance and shelter built from the ground up, which earned them recognition from Pope Francis.
Mapuche community reports fire outbreak in Cuesta del Ternero: alert for imminent eviction
The Lof Quemquemtrew community denounces an intentional fire on the land of another Mapuche family in the Cuesta del Ternero area. The deadline for their removal was Friday, February 28th. This is the story of a land reclamation that gave rise to another machi (Mapuche spiritual leader).
Javi Marra premiered the play Trunco: "There are people who are still alive but inside they are empty"
“Trunco”, written and acted by Javi Marra, premiered in Buenos Aires. It tells the story of a love between two children from a small town in the 90s.