IPSNews.net – By Marcela Valente
Buenos Aires (IPS) – With the support of one of Argentina’s leading public universities, a group of transvestites have launched a magazine aimed at reaffirming their identity and giving them a voice, as they tend to be ignored or given stereotypical coverage by the mainstream press.
The publication is the first of its kind in Latin America.
“The aim is to recuperate our voice, to keep them from imposing their news agenda on us,” Marlene Wayar told IPS. Wayar is the director of El Teje, the name of the magazine, whose first edition was produced entirely by transvestites and published by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) Ricardo Rojas Cultural Centre.