Amid calls for justice for the transphobic murder of Ayelén Gómez, killed three weeks ago, the bill establishing a quota for transgender employment was scheduled to be debated today in the Tucumán Legislature. However, a procedural motion sent the bill to committee. “It’s the same as sending it to its death,” Fabián Vera del Barco told Presentes.
Franchesca lost an eye to the gunshot wound, and the man, a customer, fled. The 31-year-old woman remained in intensive care until today, and the Formosa Women's Secretariat intervened in the attack.
“Pink Boys and Blue Girls” collects the testimonies of transgender children and adolescents and their families in Chile. It was produced and premiered in 2015 with the support of the Transitar Foundation and is now available to watch online.
Ayelén Gómez was murdered, and her body was found under a bleacher at the Lawn Tennis Club. The autopsy confirmed that she died of asphyxiation. Gatherings are being organized in Tucumán and Buenos Aires to demand justice and #StopTransMurders.
She is 35 years old and a spokesperson for Transgender Women for Change, one of the first trans and travesti organizations in the country, located in the city of Talca (central Chile). An activist, she conducts workshops on HIV/AIDS and the rights of the trans population. She is the first trans public servant hired by the government nationwide, working in the Regional Ministerial Secretariat (Seremi) of the Maule Region.
Paula Arraigada is the first trans woman to be elected to the Women's Parliament of the Buenos Aires City Legislature. An LGBT rights activist, she is also a pre-candidate in the primary elections.
Using fictional names, real details, and settings, *Fichados: Crónicas de amores clandestinos* (On File: Chronicles of Clandestine Loves) recovers silenced stories and recounts the brutal persecution of the Buenos Aires police intelligence services against the LGBTQ+ community. Its author, Cristian Prieto, works at the Provincial Commission for Memory. Pending debates on LGBTQ+ memory and repression.
The Rosario justice system is investigating the motive behind the murder of the 35-year-old transgender woman and is awaiting the autopsy results. The prosecutor in charge, Rafael Coria, told Presentes that he has requested information regarding Pamela Tabares's presence at the Women's Police Station.
Until September, the production that brings together two works by the Argentine writer, cartoonist, and playwright Copi can be seen in Buenos Aires. “Eva Perón” and “The Homosexual or the Difficulty of Expressing Oneself” revisit – sometimes with excessive solemnity – two works where body and word resonate around power, confinement, and trans identity.
Pamela Tabares was 35 years old and lived in extremely vulnerable conditions. On Tuesday night, she went to work in the red-light district and never returned: she was murdered with at least five gunshots. The Prosecutor's Office is investigating the motive. It is known that she had unsuccessfully sought state assistance. Friends and activists remember her.
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