This is how the Regional Meeting of Women, Lesbians, Transvestites and Trans people in Merlo went
More than a thousand women participated in the 20th Regional Meeting of Women, Lesbians, Transvestites and Trans in Merlo (Buenos Aires province)
More than a thousand women participated in the 20th Regional Meeting of Women, Lesbians, Transvestites and Trans in Merlo (Buenos Aires province)
Paula Arraigada is the first trans woman to be elected to the Women's Parliament of the Buenos Aires City Legislature. An LGBT rights activist, she is also a pre-candidate in the primary elections.
The members of the "Feminist Bisexualities" collective met during the 2011 National Women's Meeting in Bariloche and decided to organize a parallel workshop. By the following year, "Women and Bisexualities" was included in the official workshop program of the Meeting, and that was just the beginning.
Downtown Buenos Aires was abuzz Tuesday afternoon when hundreds of women, lesbians, trans people, and some men took over the Obelisk for a "topless protest." Some with bare torsos, others in bras, they chanted and carried signs, saying "enough" to the patriarchal system's use and appropriation of women's bodies. Presentes was there and tells the story through photos and testimonials from its participants.