Marlene Wayar Explained

Marlene Wayar
Birth Date:14 October 1968
Birth Place:Córdoba, Argentina
Occupation:Social psychologist
Notable Works:Travesti: una teoría lo suficientemente buena
Awards: (2011)

Marlene Wayar (born 14 October 1968) is an Argentine social psychologist, travesti-transgender activist, and author of the book Travesti: una teoría lo suficientemente buena (Cross-dressing [Travesti]: A Good Enough Theory).[1]

Biography

Marlene Wayar is the general coordinator of Futuro Transgenerico - an organization with which she was part of the National Front for the Gender Identity Law[2] – and co-founder of the Silvia Rivera Trans Network of Latin America and the Caribbean.

She is the director of El Teje, the first travesti newspaper in Latin America,[3] developed from a workshop held at the Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center.[4]

She studied Social Psychology at the .

She is one of the founders of the Nadia Echazú Textile Cooperative,[5] a workshop-school named in honor of the trans rights activist. The project was inaugurated in mid 2008, in a location donated by the National Institute of Associations and Social Economy (INAES).

Wayar was host of the series Género identidad. La diversidad en el cine (Gender Identity: Diversity in the Cinema), broadcast by Encuentro in 2011.[6] [7]

Awards and distinctions

A few weeks into the Trans Literacy Center's second year, the Popular Library of Gender, Sexual Affective Diversity, and Human Rights of the Argentine province of Tucumán (CRISÁLIDA) reported that, as a result of a poll, alumni and participants proposed adding "Marlene Wayar" to the center's name. This was accepted unanimously by the organization's Directive Commission and announced to the Network of Women of Tucumán (co-participants of the project).[8]

In September 2011, Wayar received the from the Buenos Aires City Legislature for the publication El Teje.[9] [10]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Marlene Wayar: 'Soy un gerundio: no sé qué soy, sí que estoy siendo travesti' . Marlene Wayar: 'I Am a Gerund: I Do Not Know What I Am, I'm Being a Cross-dresser . Nicolás . Zuberman . Revista T . Spanish . 20 September 2018 . 28 May 2019 . 17 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200817173330/https://www.tiempoar.com.ar/revista-t/marlene-wayar-soy-un-gerundio-no-se-que-soy-si-que-estoy-siendo-travesti . dead .
  2. Web site: Acto Lanzamiento del Frente Nacional por la Ley de Identidad de Género . Act Launching the National Front for the Law of Gender Identity . Comunidad Homosexual Argentina . Spanish . 2 May 2011 . 28 May 2019.
  3. El Teje, primer periódico travesti latinoamericano . El Teje, First Latin American Travesti Newspaper . Guido . Piotrkowski . Terra Magazine . Buenos Aires . Spanish . 3 January 2008 . https://archive.today/20120722132459/http://www.ar.terra.com/terramagazine/interna/0,,EI8866-OI2193903,00.html . 22 July 2012 . dead . 28 May 2019.
  4. Web site: El Teje, revista travesti . El Teje, Travesti Magazine . Lavaca . Spanish . 10 December 2007 . 28 May 2019.
  5. News: Tejiendo un futuro diferente . Weaving a Different Future . Emilio . Ruchansky . . Spanish . 27 June 2008 . 28 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Género identidad. La diversidad en el cine / Todo sobre mi madre . Gender Identity. Diversity in Film / Everything About My Mother . . Spanish . 28 May 2019.
  7. Web site: Marlene Wayar conduce ciclo en Canal Encuentro . Marlene Wayar Hosts Series on Channel Encuentro . Tiempo Argentino . Spanish . 20 December 2011 . 28 May 2019.
  8. News: Qué hace la gente . What People Do . . Spanish . 4 February 2012 . 28 May 2019.
  9. News: Marlene Wayar, activista trans argentina: 'Militamos para desarmar prejuicios' . Marlene Wayar, Argentine Trans Activist: 'We Protest to Disarm Prejudices' . Marcelo . Gallo . El Ancasti . Spanish . 17 June 2013 . 28 May 2019.
  10. Web site: La mirada premiada . The Winning Look . Daniela . Pardo . Artemisa Noticias . Spanish . 29 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305032027/http://www.artemisanoticias.com.ar/site/notas.asp?id=45&idnota=7733 . 5 March 2016 . dead . 28 May 2019.

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