Lohana Berkins – Travesti Rage Always!
Originally published on AWID. Available at: http://www.awid.org/news-and-analysis/lohana-berkins-travesti-rage-always#sthash.NHwWZ69A.dpuf Argentinean trans* activist, Lohana Berkins, died in Buenos Aires on February 5, 2016. AWID joins the voices and hearts remembering Lohana,
Remembering Lohana Berkins: Activist, Leader and Proud Transvesti
The LGBTQ community in Argentina, and the region at large continues to mourn the loss of one of its most vocal and compassionate leaders. Lohana Berkins, founding president of The Association for the Fight for Travesti and Transexual Identity (ALITT) passed away last week after a long period of hospitalization.
Mourning Lohana Berkins
On February 5th, the Argentinean trans leadership Lohana Berkins has departed. Lohana was recognized worldwide as a champion of trans rights as well as a
Lohana Berkins: after her death, she left us a legacy of trans and feminist struggle
It dawns. She leaves behind a dominant world angered by her smile, an enemy world that is not ours, a passage from silence to speech; lives crossed, names and identities that no longer pay with their bodies, under a sky that heals as it challenges us. It is dawning in tears and, accompanied, Lohana Berkins dies in Buenos Aires.
Remembering Fatema Mernissi
This tribute is to Fatema Mernissi: mentor, insightful teacher, organic intellectual, incisive feminist, powerful voice, charismatic presence, craftswoman, generous host, and friend.
The First British Surgeon to Perform a Successful C-Section Was a Woman Disguised as a Man
Originally published on Today I Found Out in November, 2013. Available at http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/11/first-british-surgeon-perform-successful-c-section-woman-disguised-man/ Today I found out that James Barry, the first British surgeon to
SPW mourns the death of Diana Sacayán
On October 14, the internationally known Argentinean trans activist Amancay Diana Sacayán was found dead in her apartment. She was the third Argentinean trans woman
Global feminisms and social justice movements have lost Gigi
With great sadness as SPW we mark the departure of Gigi Francisco – activist, scholar, teacher and for a long time a working partner and wonderful friend of many of us. Gigi’s departure is a major loss for global feminisms and social justice movements.
Sabeen Mahmud — a profile
Originally Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2015. Available at: http://www.dawn.com/news/1178106/sabeen-mahmud-a-profile Maleeha Hamid Siddiqui — Published Apr 25, 2015 06:41am KARACHI: Peace activist and founder of
Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA) expresses condolences for the lives lost in the tragedy of flight MH17
The Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA) expresses our deep sentiment of grief with the lives lost in the tragedy of flight MH17 of Malaysian Airlines