Hundreds of people demonstrated in front of the National Congress to protest, resist and embrace each other in the face of the anti-rights advance in Argentina and the world.
For the March 8th march in Buenos Aires, there are two calls to action and several groups participating, including transvestite and trans people. How are they organizing?
They are survivors and activists and created "Hogar Dignidad Trans" (Trans Dignity Home), a space of resistance and shelter built from the ground up, which earned them recognition from Pope Francis.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for the transphobic murder of Micaela Arévalo.
Jem Rodríguez Lozano is a trans activist, migrant, and survivor. At age 12, she left her home in Guayaquil. She is one of the founders of the first trans organization in Ecuador. As a young woman, she was forced into exile in Madrid, Spain. She eventually continued her activism in Buenos Aires. Now facing eviction, she urgently needs help finding a roof over her head and resolving the housing crisis, which has an even more drastic impact on trans and travesti communities.
In March, the courts recognized that crimes against transvestites and transgender people were part of state terrorism. Now, the grounds for a ruling that is "unique and unprecedented in the world" have been released. Ana Oberlin, assistant prosecutor, explains its significance.
Among the 610 total victims of the trial were 23 pregnant women, 10 grandchildren who were appropriated - 7 of whom recovered their identity - activists, students from the Night of the Pencils, a mother kidnapped along with her son and 8 trans women and transvestites.
March 18th is Transgender Rights Day, a way to pay tribute to Claudia Pía Baudracco's struggle. In this comic, we tell you who she was.
The rulings in 8 transvesticide cases demonstrate that the justice system has made little progress in applying a gender perspective when investigating.
A decade ago, the transvestite and trans community began a tireless struggle for an Economic Reparation Law that recognizes the damages suffered during the military dictatorship (1976-1983) and the first 28 years of democracy.
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