It will be inaugurated on March 31st at the General Cemetery in Santiago, Chile. It is an initiative of TravesChile and the International Trans Fund, which focuses on transgender people living in extreme poverty and without family support.
Authorities are investigating whether the body found yesterday in the backyard of a house on 9 de Julio Street, number 1500, in San Miguel de Tucumán, is that of a young transgender woman who has been missing for nine days. However, sources connected to the investigation confirmed to Presentes that there is no firm information regarding the victim's identity.
Since adolescence, I've wondered how my trans identity relates to beauty. Why my body was and is rarely seen as beautiful. I was always taught that being trans—being obviously trans—meant being ugly.
In a small office at the Sótero del Río Hospital, located in Puente Alto, one of the most populous neighborhoods in Santiago, are the files of the first users of the "Trans Poli", a project that was born last year to assist trans people, but was not made official until the beginning of this month.
[READ ALSO: Chile: Transphobic and homophobic beatings by prison guards denounced in Biobío prison] “We also informed the UN that Chile lacks a healthcare protocol to safeguard the rights of women, bisexuals, and lesbians that addresses their specific realities. Care is conceived, designed, and implemented only for heterosexual women,”…
Transgender women in Asunción and surrounding areas reported at least five attacks against them in a single night over the past weekend. They denounce a new wave of violence against them, and also the impunity surrounding these crimes.
The Municipality of Providencia approved a circular indicating that officials working in the municipality must refer to trans people by their name and social identity and not by the registered name (the one that appears on the identity card).
The Paraguayan women's movement, which includes social organizations, feminist collectives, unions and self-organized women, called yesterday for a strike on March 8, in protest against labor exploitation and violence against women.
On Saturday, February 10th at 4:30 pm, we will hold the First Binational (Rioplatense) Transvestite/Trans Meeting. It will take the form of an assembly, emerging from dialogue with our Uruguayan sisters, to develop and design a common agenda and build networks.
The public trial for the transphobic murder of Amancay Diana Sacayán will begin on February 16, 2018. This was announced by the Oral Criminal and Correctional Court No. 4 of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
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