This book is a collection of ideas and reflections on the history of trans people in Argentina and South America. It is also a collection of stories about my close friends who inspired my research and who have experienced violence at the hands of the Argentine government, police, and military forces over the last 100 years. The title of this book reflects the legacy of Lohana Berkins, who wrote in her final letter before her death: We have achieved many victories over the years. Now is the time to resist and fight for their continuity. The time for revolution is now because we will never return to prison. I am convinced that love is the engine of change.
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Read more: History of Travesti Trans Activism in Argentina: Political Itineraries in TensionThis text was originally published in Spanish in the book “Con Nombre Propio. A diez años de la Ley de Identidad de Genero” and translated into English in my book The Time of Revolution is Now!: A Social History of Trans and Travesti Argentina. Writing about the history of political processes is always challenging. It is a subject as alive as flesh and blood, involving partisan disputes, legacies, and futures. I will nevertheless take the risk to review in this text the political activities of Argentine travestis, trans, and transsexual people from the second half of the 20th century to…
“Every year on March 24, when Argentina commemorates the National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice, human rights organizations protest in front of Congress and the Pink House, the two central government buildings in Argentina. During these demonstrations young LGBT people hold signs demanding the recognition of the 30,400 disappeared people, an unexpected and marvelous legacy of the liberal, controversial, democratic, and empathetic work of an American rabbi who prayed with his legs.”
Red Rabbi Turns Pink: Marshall Meyer’s Influence on the Debate over Four Hundred Disappeared LGBT People in Argentina – AJS Perspectives / Winter 2024
About Marce Butierrez
Marce Joan Butierrez is a scholar whose research encompasses anthropology, journalism and history. In 2024, she was employed as a Research Fellow at the Frankel Institute of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. She is currently the Chair of the Sexualities Studies Section at the Latin American Studies Association. As a journalist she was a regular contributor to the digital publications Moléculas Malucas and LatFem. She was also a columnist for the newspaper Página/12.
