The Otrans organization reported to the Provincial Commission for Memory that four of its members suffered police violence in the early hours of Saturday, November 4th in the city of La Plata.
The resignation of Alejandra Gils Carbó as head of the National Public Prosecutor's Office and the reforms to Law 27148 may seem like unrelated issues. However, they profoundly affect our daily lives as LGBTI people.
Quimey Ramos, the trans teacher who made headlines last month for transitioning mid-year, is leading a national network of trans teachers. Now, she has just won another battle: she finally obtained the medical leave that had been denied her for gender reassignment surgery. “What happened to me serves as a lesson for any teacher to have the tools to assert their rights. I’m happy to be in this position here, to empower others and continue empowering ourselves together,” she told Presentes.
Letsmar Bravo was attacked by two men who stabbed her in the chest with a piece of glass. “I was standing here peacefully, working, and two guys came and stuck a piece of glass in my chest, and the security guards didn't do anything,” she says in a video shared on social media. In 2016, there were seven homicides of transgender women and 191 reported cases of human rights violations against members of that community.
Casa Trans Zuleymi in Lima (Peru) is a transit center where trans people who are homeless, migrants or victims of violence can find guidance, information and a shoulder to lean on.
A 23-year-old man is in custody for the murder of Azul Montoro, a trans woman who was stabbed 18 times in downtown Córdoba. The latest evidence links him to the crime "conclusively." This was confirmed to this agency by the Córdoba Prosecutor's Office No. 12, which is handling the investigation, headed by Guillermo González.
Although she's not the first and doesn't appear on the cover, the media reported as news that French trans model Inés Rau graces the centerfold of the new issue of Playboy magazine. Inclusion, objectification, or sensationalism?
When we talk about the emotional agenda, we always emphasize the lack of accountability for our deaths, of course, but also for the lack of access to work, healthcare, and housing. To this list of deprivations, we add another, more invisible or overlooked one: who wants us trans women? Who wants to be our partner?
Lesbian, trans, transvestite, and bisexual feminists brought their demands and debates to the National Women's Meeting, which concludes this Monday in Chaco. For the first time in 32 years, the lesbian march and festival were included in the official program. Today in Resistencia, it was decided that the next National Women's Meeting in 2018 will be held in Chubut.
For the first time in 32 years, the lesbian march and festival were on the official program of the event.
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