Yahajaira Falcón is a human rights activist and, for the past two years, an official in the Public Defender's Office of the City of Buenos Aires. She tells us about her experience holding a public office, analyzes the reality of trans and travesti people at risk of homelessness, and how the community is reorganizing itself in the face of increased police repression.
An actress for two decades, Marina Castillo Blanco has forged a path that has taken her from journalism to acting, and from off-Broadway theater to prime-time television in Argentina. Born in Algarrobo, a town of just two thousand inhabitants in the province of Buenos Aires, it was during this same journey that she discovered her sexual identity.
The inclusive clinic at Castro Rendon Hospital in Neuquén provides free surgical procedures and hormone treatments, without requiring health insurance. In addition to guaranteeing rights established in the gender identity law, for many transgender people it is their first access to healthcare.
“The LGBTQ movement in Argentina is one of the most powerful and active on the continent,” writes Gabriela Borrelli Azara. “Why aren’t more gay, lesbian, and trans people on the lists of the main political parties?” she asks. And she proposes to the national political spectrum “a trans quota law, both in the workplace and in Congress, to truly combat transphobic murders and crimes against lesbians and gay men.”
The same week as the #StopTransMurders movement, five trans women and transvestites died due to a lack of access to comprehensive healthcare. Three of them died in less than 24 hours. They were between 29 and 40 years old; three were Argentinian, one Ecuadorian, and one Dominican. We tell you who they were.
SaSa Testa is 31 years old and a non-binary person: gender fluid. Last week, a radio program picked up on their statements to mock their identity, saying it was an illness or a pose. SaSa denounced them and responds in this opinion piece. “We will not rest in the task that one day, although we may not live to see it, we will stop being 'all' and be 'all'. Long live gender anarchy.”
Luis Martínez died on June 25th after jumping from a bridge on the Rosario-Buenos Aires highway. He was the brother of Ángel Correa, a player on the Argentine national team. The media linked his death to drug trafficking; "they didn't care that Luisito jumped from a bridge, fed up with begging for the affection his family didn't give him simply for being himself."
Ximena Lorens and Alma Dos Santos are the two young trans women selected to work at the National University of Mar del Plata (UNMP). They are 24 years old and passed the competitive examination for maintenance and security positions with scores of 8 and 9.25, respectively. They are currently undergoing pre-employment and psychophysical examinations.
Buenos Aires – A large crowd gathered in Plaza de Mayo to say #StopTheMurdersOfTransPeople. From there, they marched to Congress – under heavy police guard. There, activists read a document outlining their demands: #TransJobQuota #ReparationsLaw #StopThePersecutionOfMigrantsAndTransPeople
More than two thousand people marched on International LGBT Pride Day from Plaza de Mayo to the Argentine Congress to say: enough with transvesticide.
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