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First transgender retiree in Santa Fe: "Being a bank employee saved my life"
"Many of my friends are gone: either they were left behind on the ring road or they were killed. I survived, but not under the same circumstances."
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#TransQuota National Bill Introduced by Diana Sacayán
Photos: Ariel Gutraich. The National Front for the Diana Sacayán Law will present a bill in the National Congress on Thursday, August 16, seeking to establish a 1 percent job quota in the national public administration for transvestite, transsexual, transgender, and trans masculine people. “We seek that…”
#BuenosAires The trans job quota was approved in Florencio Varela
The trans community of Florencio Varela experienced a historic day. The City Council unanimously approved a trans employment quota, establishing that 1% of positions within the municipality and the private sector must be filled by transgender people. Like the provincial law, the ordinance is named after the murdered trans activist, Diana Amancay Sacayán.
Diana Sacayán's transgender employment quota law is being demanded nationwide.
Photos: Ariel Gutraich. On International Workers' Day, in front of Congress in Buenos Aires, a group of more than ten social organizations and LGBTQ+ activists presented a coalition to promote a national trans employment quota law. According to official figures available at the national level (dating from…
The first university cafeteria run by trans students
This initiative, a collaboration between the LGBTIQ+ collective Devenir Diverse and the student group Estudiantes al Frente, has created eleven jobs for transgender university students at the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities of the National University of Córdoba. The cafeteria has historically been excluded from higher education.
Salta: They created a trans services cooperative to live off their work
With the trans employment quota law stalled in the Salta legislature, groups of trans women and men have created their own alternative: they've formed a cooperative offering services such as design, tutoring, construction, painting, and technical support for phones and computers, among others. The initiative has been very well received. They plan to expand their services soon and include trans people from other towns.
Mar del Plata approved the trans employment quota
The ordinance was unanimously approved, and 1% of the more than 8,000 positions in the Municipality of Mar del Plata will be reserved for transgender people over 18 years of age who have completed primary school. It was also established that the rainbow flag will be flown at public buildings four times a year.
Against homophobia and transphobia: lesbians demand equality before the law
On the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, the La Moneda Palace and other public and private institutions across the country illuminated their facades with the colors of the LGBTQ+ flag. This year, the global day of action focuses on the family. Lesbian activists discuss the outstanding issues in Chile regarding…
#TransWorkQuota What's happening with the law in the province of Buenos Aires?
More than a year and a half after its enactment, the Diana Sacayán Transgender Employment Quota Law remains unregulated. Officials from the Human Rights Secretariat of the Province of Buenos Aires informed the group of organizations that the implementing decree has entered its "final stage," prior to Governor María Eugenia Vidal's signature.
#Argentina: progress and shortcomings of the trans employment quota
The transgender employment quota law in the province of Buenos Aires, championed by activist Diana Sacayán, was passed in 2015 but still lacks implementing regulations. At the national level, several bills are currently before Congress. So far, municipalities are leading the way, with ordinances passed in 13 localities. At the provincial level, Salta, Entre Ríos, and Corrientes are closest to enacting a law that guarantees a basic right: employment.