Mapuche women transforming everything
A podcast tells the experiences of Mapuche women from the Quintriqueo community in Argentine Patagonia.
A podcast tells the experiences of Mapuche women from the Quintriqueo community in Argentine Patagonia.
In Argentina's Memorial Month, a series of recommendations seek to delve deeper into the meaning of this holiday from the perspective of sexual diversity. Documentaries, books, and podcasts.
Tortilleras: A Lesbian Memory 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—describe how they built identity, community, and resistance.
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.
A podcast documentary series reconstructs the struggles for justice in hate crimes in Mexico. The first episode tells the story of Paola Buenrostro.
The Peruvian podcast “Trans-stories of care” is hosted by a trans woman and records the lives of four trans women affected by caregiving tasks.
“There are almost 5,000 trans women in Guatemala, and the authorities have no answers, no clear pathways, and no strategies to provide us with healthcare,” Pilar Salazar explains in this podcast. Along with Saira Ramos, she shares, among other things, the experiences of sex workers in El Trébol.
Luisa Almaguer is a Mexican trans activist and communicator who is paving the way and, at the same time, calling for others to walk it collectively.
Ixchel Cisneros and Gonzalo Sánchez de Tagle, from the Mexican media outlet Anfitaz, welcomed Kenya Cytlaly Cuevas, a trans activist and founder of Casa de las Muñecas (House of Dolls), an organization that seeks to expand access to services for people experiencing homelessness, drug users, incarcerated individuals, people living with HIV, sex workers, and the LGBT+ community. In this #DerechoRemix podcast, they discussed the circumstances that led her to become a human rights defender, the case of Paola, and the negligence of authorities in addressing hate crimes against the trans community—an issue that urgently needs to be addressed and included on the institutional agenda as soon as possible.