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Aye papi, besitos…

5 days ago

alexorue:

Colombia: Bogota Mayor Appoints First Transgender Public Official
Colombia Reports writes:

Bogota’s mayor has appointed the capital’s first transgender public official, as director of corporate management in the city’s Social Integration Department.In an interview with El Espectador, newly-appointed director Tatiana Piñero expressed her admiration for Bogota’s new Mayor Gustavo Petro, and his support for LGBT issues.Piñero described Petro as “a person who recognizes diversity, who respects and values people for their work, and not whether they are African, LGBT or indigenous.”The department in which she is taking up her position is described as responsible for the development and implementation of social policies which guarantee citizens of Bogota “the ability to exercise their rights, in conditions of equality.”The new director spoke of Petro’s interest in and support of LGBT meetings in the city, through which the two met. Piñero said the mayor was “very interested in a transgender woman who was professional, and had my experience, so we started working together.”In the interview Piñero — who has 13 years experience of managing public resources at district and national levels — also outlined her priorities as newly-appointed director. They include addressing the needs of children and the elderly in the city, and setting up control points within the department to prevent corruption.

Colombia: Bogota Mayor Appoints First Transgender Public Official

Colombia Reports writes:

Bogota’s mayor has appointed the capital’s first transgender public official, as director of corporate management in the city’s Social Integration Department.
In an interview with El Espectador, newly-appointed director Tatiana Piñero expressed her admiration for Bogota’s new Mayor Gustavo Petro, and his support for LGBT issues.
Piñero described Petro as “a person who recognizes diversity, who respects and values people for their work, and not whether they are African, LGBT or indigenous.”
The department in which she is taking up her position is described as responsible for the development and implementation of social policies which guarantee citizens of Bogota “the ability to exercise their rights, in conditions of equality.”
The new director spoke of Petro’s interest in and support of LGBT meetings in the city, through which the two met. Piñero said the mayor was “very interested in a transgender woman who was professional, and had my experience, so we started working together.”
In the interview Piñero — who has 13 years experience of managing public resources at district and national levels — also outlined her priorities as newly-appointed director. They include addressing the needs of children and the elderly in the city, and setting up control points within the department to prevent corruption.

(via radicalqueery)

5 days ago

Enviado por kararikue:

“We the People” (vídeo-columna de xQsí Magazine) se enfoca en líderes LGBTQ Latin@s a través de los Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica. Este mes, editora Bamby Salcedo habla con activista trans mexicana Paty Betancourt.

2 weeks ago

mi coyote es un doctor

osolibre:

a surgeon I pay to
take me from one body to
another. I hustle money

send pictures to his secretary
ask how bad will it hurt?
how long will it take to heal?

Now three months later
here he is el mejor coyote
del Este marker in hand making

an escape plan across my breasts.
Una frontera alrededor de mi
corazon. He draws dotted lines

triangles mathematic paths along
which his knife will travel. This is not
my first time crossing a border.

Do I remember Tijuana? Enough.
¿Y la aduana? Too much. I was five
had a home on the other side

didn’t matter much though.
La interrogación la lámpara
las preguntas que no pudo contestar.

Today my shepherd
holds a scalpel. Tomorrow
I wake up un hombre de nuevo.

1 month ago

Brazilian FTM

fuckyeahftms:

Marcelo, pre everything ‘till January, Brazil, 19.

(My very best friend asked me to send his pic ‘cause he doesn’t have a Tumblr account but is constantly visiting Fuck Yeah FTMs! He’s pretty handsome, isn’t he?)

1 month ago

Viviendo en la Claridad

Enviado por kararikue (hacer clic en el título para leer toda la historia):

“¿Alguna vez te sentiste como el patito feo, rechazado solamente por ser diferente a los demás? Eso le pasó a Luz María hasta que aceptó su verdadera identidad a pesar de los prejuicios ajenos.

Todos esperaban ansiosos su nacimiento. “La tercera es la vencida” decía el papá como si fuera a ganarse un trofeo. Tenía dos hijas y para él era tiempo que naciera el varón de la familia.

Mudaron a una niña al cuarto de la otra. El dormitorio que quedó vacío lo pintaron de celeste como era la tradición: celeste para los nenes; rosado para las nenas. Llenaron los cajones de ropita para varoncito y decoraron las paredes con posters de trencitos, carros y avioncitos. También compraron soldaditos, una pelota de fútbol y una pistola de agua. Parecía como si en lugar de nacer un bebé fueran a adoptar un niño ya caminando…”

1 month ago