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The story of Farah, mother of Cuban transvestites: #GaboAward for best text
For this work entitled History of an Outcast, Jorge Carrasco received the Gabriel García Márquez Journalism Award in the text category.
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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.
Sudor Marika: the band that brings cumbia to the LGBTI struggles
The cumbia of 'Sudor Marika' screams with activism and empowerment. With nine members, the Argentinian band was born as a response to the question they were asked with disgust: "Do you like cumbia?", the same tone they used when asked about their sexual and existential tastes.
Frida Center: "They are left exposed when they make decisions about their lives and their bodies"
The Frida Integration Center provides shelter to transgender, transvestite, and cisgender women experiencing homelessness in Buenos Aires. One of its coordinators, Florencia Montes Paez, spoke with Presentes about the relationship between gender, sexuality, class, and the right to housing. Today, this center has twice as many people on its waiting list as last year.
Mar del Plata approved the trans employment quota
The ordinance was unanimously approved, and 1% of the more than 8,000 positions in the Municipality of Mar del Plata will be reserved for transgender people over 18 years of age who have completed primary school. It was also established that the rainbow flag will be flown at public buildings four times a year.
Two transgender workers were selected for the University of Mar del Plata
Ximena Lorens and Alma Dos Santos are the two young trans women selected to work at the National University of Mar del Plata (UNMP). They are 24 years old and passed the competitive examination for maintenance and security positions with scores of 8 and 9.25, respectively. They are currently undergoing pre-employment and psychophysical examinations.
[IN PHOTOS] #Pride 2017: They marched to demand "Stop the murders of trans women"
Buenos Aires – A large crowd gathered in Plaza de Mayo to say #StopTheMurdersOfTransPeople. From there, they marched to Congress – under heavy police guard. There, activists read a document outlining their demands: #TransJobQuota #ReparationsLaw #StopThePersecutionOfMigrantsAndTransPeople
Laura Moyano Trans Center: "A cry for equality in the face of silence"
The Laura Moyano Trans Sociocultural Center in Córdoba was founded to combat social transphobia. It offers a space to complete primary and secondary education. It also operates outside the center, in the so-called "red-light district." Presentes listened to the stories of the trans women who come to the center seeking to overcome the exclusion they face in another area: the…
#JusticeForDianaSacayán: "This fight is to talk about the violence against trans women"
The campaign to demand justice was launched. Higui de Jesús was present. On Wednesday the 28th, there will be a march to say #StopTransMurders.