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Belen

Belén, María Belén is a photographic book that, through archival photographs, documents and autobiographical texts, tells the story of María Belén Correa, a prominent transgender rights activist in Argentina and Latin America. Her personal story reflects the history of the LGBTQIA+ community in Latin America and the struggles it faced in the 1980s and 1990s.

Her journey is one of collective struggle for the recognition of trans identities and expressions. Throughout her life, she has founded organisations and community groups, secured legislation, improved quality of life and created support networks against the transphobic contexts that still persist today.

In 2012, María Belén founded the Trans Memory Archive to collect and preserve the life stories of the Argentine trans community, becoming a fundamental reference point and collective memory of trans identities.

Belén, María Belén is the winner of the Andy Rocchelli Grant 2025, an international award promoted by CESURA in memory of its co-founder Andy Rocchelli, who was killed in a mortar attack in Andreevka, Ukraine, in 2014.

This book is a co-publication between Cesura and the Archivo de la Memoria Trans Argentina, which recognises its political and historical value, so that Belén’s story can also be accessible in Argentina. All copies are hand-bound; therefore, inserts may vary.

 

Weight: 637 g.

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