Aggression and discrimination against sexual diversity are on the rise in Argentina.
In recent weeks, several attacks against the LGBT community have been reported. There is growing concern about homophobic rhetoric.
In recent weeks, several attacks against the LGBT community have been reported. There is growing concern about homophobic rhetoric.
The mural that inaugurated the presence of the Mocha Celis Transgender Non-Binary Popular High School in the Balvanera neighborhood of Buenos Aires was vandalized this Tuesday in a "deplorable" act, which speaks of a "constant and latent violence" towards sexual diversity, the school stated.
La Mocha Celis is the world's first inclusive, non-binary, transvestite, and non-exclusionary community high school. While they wait to move into their own building, after 10 years in Buenos Aires, they arrived in the Balvanera neighborhood with a mural depicting their struggles and demands.
The Mocha Celis trans and non-binary high school has been operating in Buenos Aires for ten years. This year, 2021, it celebrated the end of classes with the awarding of 36 high school diplomas.
The Trans Mocha Celis High School resumes its classes in a semi-presential mode while it looks for a headquarters to operate in.
In an act of profound injustice, these media outlets decided to illustrate a news story about a crime with the ID photo of a trans person with no connection to the incident.
The Mocha Celis Popular High School is the first educational space aimed at enabling trans people to complete their secondary education.
The study program lasts three years and students graduate with the title of Assistant Expert in Community Development.
“Mocha: our struggle, her life, my right”: the documentary about the world’s first trans high school.
On Thursday, November 16, the bill for reparations for transvestites and trans people who have suffered institutional violence due to their gender identity will be presented in the Senate. (This has been under discussion since the beginning of this year.)