Karla Avelar Explained
Karla Avelar (born 1978) is a Salvadoran transgender rights activist.[1] She is the executive director of Comcavis Trans.[2]
Biography
She has received several death threats, and survived assassination attempts.[3] [4] The first assassination attempt to her life was in 1992, when she was just a teen, she was able to disarm her assailant who drew a .45 at Avelar.[5]
Works
In 2008, Avelar founded the support organization for transgender people called Comcavis Trans,[6] it was founded as a response to the needs felt by trans women participating in the various support groups (people with HIV) being discriminated against, not represented, and did not obtain the required information according to their own characteristics.[7]
Awards
She was a finalist of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders in the year of 2017.[8]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Karla Avelar (1978 -) activist. 2018-01-14. A Gender Variance Who's Who. 2020-03-08.
- Web site: The transgender activist risking her life for human rights in El Salvador. Global. Christian Aid. 2016-11-14. Medium. en. 2020-03-08.
- Web site: Salvadoran transgender activist takes stand against violence. Refugees. United Nations High Commissioner for. UNHCR. en. 2020-03-08.
- Web site: Dooley . Brian . 2017-05-13 . Karla Avelar's Life of Constant Threats . 2020-03-08 . HuffPost . en.
- Web site: Salvadoran transgender activist takes stand against violence. Refugees. United Nations High Commissioner for. UNHCR. en. 2020-03-12.
- Web site: How One Trans Sex Worker Is Hoping to Make Life Safer in El Salvador. Nunez. Alanna. 2015-02-10. Cosmopolitan. en-US. 2020-03-12.
- Web site: COMCAVIS TRANS - About us. www.comcavis.org.sv. 2020-03-12.
- Web site: Karla Avelar - Martin Ennals Award Karla Avelar. Martin Ennals Award. en-US. 2020-03-12.
