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"Violence against trans women in Paraguay doesn't take a quarantine."
Mariana Sepúlveda, a trans activist from Paraguay, recounts the resistance and challenges faced by many trans women in the face of the pandemic crisis.
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Split decision: Valentina Santiago between her gender transition and boxing
Valentina Santiago is a former Mexican boxer who left the sport to complete her gender transition in an environment that forces one to choose.
Two months without Tehuel: the pact of silence of the detainees Montes and Ramos
The two detainees were the last people to see the young trans man from San Vicente. The family insists: “Let them talk, let them tell us where Tehuel is.”
What is the problem with "new" masculinities and transvestite and trans femininities?
So far I haven't heard any cisheterosexual man acknowledge his desires for transvestite and trans femininities, with any certainty that they exist.
Joe Lemonge, a trans man convicted in 2018 after defending himself against his attackers, was acquitted.
The Court of Cassation of Paraná acquitted Joe Lemonge, the young trans man convicted in 2018 for “attempted homicide”.
Six men kidnapped and tortured a young trans woman in Paraguay
The victim is 22 years old, a sex worker, and fears for her life.
Inmates at Baradero prison translate Alexa's book into Braille.
In the context of braille and gender workshops, Alexa Petonne's story reached the Baradero prison.
Toolkit for dealing with transphobic rhetoric
Presentes brought together human rights defenders, and trans and feminist collectives from Mexico to put together a digital toolkit.
More than 120 trans people received reparative pensions in Uruguay
Article 10 of the law establishes that those who document that they suffered "moral or physical damage" and that they were "prevented from the full exercise of their rights" may receive compensation.
Claudia Rodríguez: "We trans women also have to defend other social struggles"
Interview by Franco Torchia with the Chilean poet and transvestite activist Claudia Rodríguez.