Trans | OTD Chile

Trans Children of the Aventura T club participate in a camp on the beach

by Equipo OTD | Feb 19, 2019 | Community, Education, Trans visibility

Ten children and adolescents participated in the Aventura T camp on the beach, thanks to the support of the Global Equality Fund of the US Embassy, along with the Summer Colonies. The activity was organized by the community area of OTD Chile and coordinated by Luka...

OTD Chile deplores worrying prison situation of trans people

by Equipo OTD | Feb 18, 2019 | Discrimination, Public Politics

Last week we noticed from the press of the case of a migrant trans woman who claims to have been raped by a gendarme in an area of the male prison population in the one that remained deprived of freedom. In OTD Chile, we are concerned that this type of case continues...

Trans first-year student can register with their social name

by Equipo OTD | Feb 18, 2019 | Education, Public Politics

The first trans student from the University of Chile was Vitto Daniel, who enrolled this year using his social name. Thanks to the protocol that currently exists on the campus, he will be able to have his name on the course lists, as well as on the university card and...

OTEDUCA begins 2019 with a Summer School course at the Teachers’ College

by Equipo OTD | Feb 18, 2019 | Education

OTD Chile’s education and training unit, OTEDUCA, began training teachers from Santiago and other regions in the Summer School of the Metropolitan Region Teachers’ College. The course “How to Educate in Diversity: Guidelines for Addressing...

Being trans at school, the struggle for recognition and against binarism

by Equipo OTD | Feb 1, 2019 | Education, Trans visibility

The researchers Rhonny Latorre and Arnaldo Salazar published the article “Escolaridad e inclusión: subjetividades trans en el ámbito escolar” (Schooling and inclusion: trans subjectivities in the school environment), the first of a study on the mechanisms...