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A trans woman was stabbed in Greater Asunción: she remains hospitalized
A man stabbed a trans woman in an area near the campus of the National University of Asunción (UNA), in the town of San Lorenzo (Greater Asunción).
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A family's struggle to ensure their transgender son receives comprehensive medical care
“‘We’re not going to treat him here’: the phrase hit us like a hammer blow of reality.” This is how the letter released Wednesday by the family of Gonzalo, the 13-year-old trans boy whom the Children’s Hospital of La Plata refused to treat with hormone therapy, begins. Although there has been no official statement yet, the institution maintains that its intention all along was to request time to better train the medical team.
Susy Shock: “All failures are due to clinging to the binary.”
A trans South American artist and hummingbird, poet, folk singer, performer, teacher, activist. Her phrase “I claim my right to be a monster! Let others be normal!” has become a banner, a t-shirt, and even a quote from the American queer theorist Judith Butler.
Shelter, health and dignity for Noemí: the court ruled in favor of a trans woman
Noemí Echaniz lived on the streets for several years. She was on the verge of becoming homeless again when the Buenos Aires City government cut off her housing subsidy. At 41 years old and with a health problem, this trans woman filed a lawsuit. The judge ordered the city government to provide her with “housing that guarantees her constitutional rights to housing, health, and dignity.”
A trans activist was acquitted: "It was another case fabricated by the police."
Dalma Emilce Lobo is a 39-year-old trans activist: a survivor in Latin America, where trans people have a life expectancy of 35. This week she was tried for attempted robbery. "It was a fabricated case," she has repeated since October 23, 2014.
A pre-university school that teaches from a feminist and diversity perspective
The space is popularly known among the Chilean LGBTI community as the “Preu Trans,” but it owes its name to Mara Rita, a trans teacher on the volunteer team who passed away last year. Here, trans people, transvestites, lesbians, gays, and queer people come together to receive academic, social, and personal training.
This is how the Regional Meeting of Women, Lesbians, Transvestites and Trans people in Merlo went
More than a thousand women participated in the 20th Regional Meeting of Women, Lesbians, Transvestites and Trans in Merlo (Buenos Aires province)
She is trans and was tortured in a police station: after filing a complaint, she was released.
A 23-year-old transgender woman was released after reporting torture by police officers from the 15th precinct in Asunción. Karina Fernández had been arrested in a red-light district of Asunción on August 29 and accused of robbery.
A nurse is accused of sexually abusing a trans woman in a hospital.
It happened at San Martín Hospital in La Plata. Shirley, a 61-year-old trans woman, went to the emergency room due to a spike in blood pressure. There, she was treated using male pronouns, and then, according to her complaint, a nurse sexually assaulted her in an elevator. A formal complaint has been filed, and yesterday social organizations held a press conference at the provincial Ministry of Health.
#Paraguay: Calls for justice in the murder of Andrea González, a trans woman.
Andrea González was murdered in December 2016 in Ciudad del Este. She was 20 years old and had a hearing impairment. This is the first transphobic murder in Paraguay where the Prosecutor's Office has filed charges, but there are reports that a witness has been threatened and the main suspect is under house arrest. A march was held to demand that the crime not go unpunished. "They kill us and no one goes to jail."