Marlene Wayar | |
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![]() Wayar in 2021 | |
Born |
Córdoba, Argentina | 14 October 1968
Alma mater | Instituto Universitario de Madres de Plaza de Mayo |
Occupation | Social psychologist |
Notable work | Travesti: una teoría lo suficientemente buena |
Awards | Lola Mora Award (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]
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 Instituto Universitario de Madres de Plaza de Mayo .
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]
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 Lola Mora Award from the Buenos Aires City Legislature for the publication El Teje. [9] [10]
Marlene Wayar | |
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![]() Wayar in 2021 | |
Born |
Córdoba, Argentina | 14 October 1968
Alma mater | Instituto Universitario de Madres de Plaza de Mayo |
Occupation | Social psychologist |
Notable work | Travesti: una teoría lo suficientemente buena |
Awards | Lola Mora Award (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]
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 Instituto Universitario de Madres de Plaza de Mayo .
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]
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 Lola Mora Award from the Buenos Aires City Legislature for the publication El Teje. [9] [10]