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"My name is Leandra Levine and I am the first transgender graduate of Pellegrini."
My name is Leandra Levine. I am a performance artist, a medical student, and the first transgender graduate of the Carlos Pellegrini Higher School of Commerce.
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[IN PHOTOS] #1YearPresent: an exhibition focused on pride and activism
Cover photo: Ariel Gutraich. On Wednesday, November 29th, we celebrated our first anniversary at Casa Brandon. There, we inaugurated the #1YearPresent exhibition with a selection of works by Argentine photographer Ariel Gutraich. The images are from various news stories we covered throughout the year, focusing on pride and activism. The exhibition also includes photos…
Another trans woman dies in prison: she is the fourth in 2017
Photos: Facebook and Otrans Argentina. Damaris Becerra Jurado died in the early hours of November 26th at Penitentiary Unit No. 32 in Florencio Varela. Her death is the fourth of a trans woman in prison this year. Her name joins a list that includes two other detainees in the…
The daughter of the woman behind the "hate bus" is trans and will change her legal gender.
[READ ALSO: The bus that attacks transgender children arrives in Chile] The bus is part of the global #HandsOffMyChildren campaign, which opposes what its members call “gender ideology” and its integration into school curricula. The Chilean bus says: “Nicolás has the right to a father and a…”
Juan Pablo Mirabelli: “Neither transvestite, nor transvestite, nor Drag Queen: I am a male showgirl”
He doesn't want to look like a woman. He's a man and a showgirl. Alongside Franco Torchia, he stars in the first LGBTQ revue, "Like Never Before."
[IN PHOTOS] 26th LGBTIQ+ Pride March in Buenos Aires
Around 200,000 people took to the streets of Buenos Aires to celebrate LGBTQ+ rights. This photo gallery shows how the 26th Pride March unfolded, from Plaza de Mayo to the National Congress.
Four Chilean universities recognize the chosen name of transgender students
In the absence of a Gender Identity Law, four universities in Chile have worked on policies to recognize social names in their establishments.
#RecognizingIsRepairing: pension project for transvestites and trans victims of police violence
On Thursday, November 16, the bill for reparations for transvestites and trans people who have suffered institutional violence due to their gender identity will be presented in the Senate. (This has been under discussion since the beginning of this year.)
Shock in Honduras: Four LGBT people murdered
Three people who had been reported missing by their families a few days ago were found murdered Friday night in a swamp in Puerto Cortés, a coastal tourist city on the Caribbean coast in northern Honduras. Yesterday afternoon, also in the department of Cortés, the body of a transgender woman was found in the municipality of San Manuel, María Luisa.
Pride 2017 Map: This is how Argentina is progressing
From November until early December, LGBTQ+ Pride unfolds in the streets and squares of Argentina with marches, demonstrations, parties, fairs, and other activities. This open and collaborative map shows the locations and slogans of events in different places.