FILM SCREENING: travesti and transsexual women’s realities in Latin America
Vek Lewis let me know about this film screening at Sydney University on Tuesday September 13th at 5:30pm. There’s a poster here.
Presented by Prof Raewyn Connell, sociologist and gender studies scholar in
conjunction with SURCLA and Colectivo Mujer
Translatina
Luis Felipe Degregori, 2010,90 mins, [Spanish, English Subtitles]
Synopsis
Translatina paints an alarming and enlightening portrait of the realities
faced by transgender persons in Latin America, a group very affected by the
HIV epidemic. This 90-minute documentary is the result of three years of
production, more than 100 hours of filming, and interviews with people from
15 nationalities and provides a realistic look at the challenges faced by
transgender persons in accessing education, work, justice, health care, and
other basic services.
When: Tuesday 13 September, 5.30pm
Where: Carslaw Lecture Theatre 273, University of Sydney
SURCLA http://sydney.edu.au/arts/spanish_latin_american/surcla/index.shtml
Colectivo Mujer
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Colectivo-Mujer/100002167126617
Just a reminder that misgendering means comments won’t be published.
This includes referring to trans women as men, male, or using “he/him/his” as pronouns or referring to trans men as women, female, or using “she/her/hers” as pronouns, or misprouning anyone who has a non-binary gender, whatever their preference.
Also, at least put some effort into posting a comment on a post that the comment will be topical for.
Lisa Harney
19 Sep 11 at 7:41 pm
any idea where one can get ahold of a copy of this/view it, not speaking much spanish?
carvynelci
26 Sep 11 at 6:08 pm