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Salta: Homophobia in a Catholic school
After Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey described the expulsion of a student for making his sexual orientation visible as unacceptable, the Ministry of Education called a meeting.
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The artist behind the Superclásico kiss that went viral
Presentes spoke with Maximiliano Mamani, the conceptionist and part of the photo, the text and creator of the chola Drag Bartolina Xixa, a mixture of his peasant origin and his dissident identity.
Salta: March called for the young trans woman attacked: she remains in a coma
Mirna Antonella Di Marzo, 30, the young trans woman attacked on Sunday, remains in a coma. Family, neighbors, friends, and activists are marching tonight in General Güemes, 50 kilometers from the city of Salta, demanding justice.
Salta: She is trans, she was brutally beaten outside a nightclub and is in serious condition
By Elena Corvalán, from Salta. Mirna Antonella Di Marzo, a 30-year-old trans woman, is in serious condition in intensive care at the Joaquín Castellanos public hospital in the city of General Güemes, 50 kilometers from the city of Salta. She has been in this condition since the early morning of Sunday, the 21st…
"I was fired after 16 years: I was the only trans person in that Ministry."
Casandra Sandoval is a feminist journalist, trans activist, and national secretary of the CFTTA (Argentine Trans and Travesti Federal Assembly). Since 2002, she has worked on the team of the Undersecretary of Family Farming at the Ministry of Agroindustry. A week ago, she received her dismissal notice after working for almost 16 years on a precarious contract. She (the only trans person in that Ministry), along with 16 colleagues from Salta, is fighting for immediate reinstatement and permanent positions.
Letter to Tiziana, the trans girl who made history in Salta
Salta trans activist Pía Ceballos wrote an open letter from one trans generation to another.
Gender in media dispute: "They're using this to roll back rights"
This week, national news portals, newspapers and television programs gave extensive coverage to what they described as a “gender scam”, “abuse” or “deception” and a “legal loophole” in the case of Sergia Lazarovich, a woman from Tucumán who resides in Salta, an AFIP employee, who changed her registered status, according to her coworkers, “to receive her pension earlier”.
#Salta The Supreme Court declared religious education in public schools unconstitutional
A law that violates the rights of the LGBT community. The law establishes mandatory religious instruction throughout the province: this means it is integrated into the curriculum, taught during class time, and its content and teacher qualifications require the approval of the respective religious authority. Despite the ruling…
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.