Claudia Pía Baudracco (22 October 1970 – 18 March 2012) was an Argentine activist for the rights of women, sexual minorities, and LGBT people.
Claudia Pía Baudracco | |
|---|---|
 Claudia Pía Baudracco in 1992 | |
| Born | 22 October 1970 La Carlota, Argentina |
| Died | 18 March 2012 (aged 41) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Organization | FALGBT |
Biography
editBaudracco was born on 22 October 1970 in La Carlota, Córdoba Province. She spent her adolescence with her family in Venado Tuerto, and then moved to Buenos Aires.[1]
Due to her gender identity, she suffered harassment and mistreatment and had to go into exile for several years, first in Uruguay and then in Europe.[2]
Activism
editOn 25 June 1993, Baudracco, together with María Belén Correa and other activists, founded the Association of Cross-dressers of Argentina (Asociación de Travestis de Argentina) and was its coordinator until 1995. Later the organization would be called the Argentine Cross-dresser Transsexual Transgender Association (Asociación Travestis Transexuales Transgéneros Argentinas; ATTTA). With the support of this organization, she would lead the movement for the repeal of the Códigos de Faltas in 15 provinces; these codes criminalized trans identities. The result was their repeal in several provinces.[3][4]
Baudracco actively campaigned for approval of the Gender Identity Law, which gave trans people the right to have their name of choice and access to healthcare.[2]
In September 2005, she was a founder and member of the board of directors of the Argentine Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans Federation (Federación Argentina de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y Trans ; FALGBT). In 2008, she conducted several prevention and research activities as a member of the Country Coordinating Mechanism of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria,[5] work she carried out with the Ministry of Health's Directorate of AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.[6]
Claudia Pía Baudracco died at her home in Buenos Aires on 18 March 2012. She had gone without medical checkups for much of her life, and had been unable to take advantage of the healthcare provisions of the Gender Identity Law, as it was enacted shortly after her death.[7][8]
Day of the Promotion of the Rights of Trans People
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In tribute to Claudia Pía Baudracco, the Buenos Aires City Legislature passed a law on 13 June 2013, designating 18 March as "Day of the Promotion of the Rights of Trans People".[9] This was enacted on 15 July.[10]
Documentary
editIn 2015, the documentary film Si te viera tu madre… Huellas de una leona (in English: If your mother could see you: Footprints of a lioness), directed by Andrés Rubiño and co-produced by Patricia Rasmussen of ATTA, was presented at the Buenos Aires Legislature's Salón Raúl Alfonsín.[3]
Recognitions
editWith the aim of establishing lines of discussion, intervention in public policies, and research on sexual diversity in Argentina and Latin America, FLACSO Argentina, the Undersecretariat of Sexual Diversity Policies of Santa Fe Province, and FALGBT created the Claudia Pía Baudracco scholarships for doctoral studies in social sciences.[11]
In 2012, development began on the Archivo de la Memoria Trans. This is a project conceived by Baudracco and María Belén Correa, gathering materials such as photos, videos, and newspaper clippings to reconstruct an Argentine trans remembrance. In 2014, it organized a piece titled La construcción de una Líder at the FALGBT's headquarters, with photos, letters, and objects of Baudracco.[12]
In 2013, the Claudia Pía Baudracco textile cooperative was formed in Mar del Plata, led by 14 trans women in the area, intended as an alternative to sex work.[13]
In 2017, the Claudia Pía Baudracco Inclusive Health Center, Chubut Province's first such facility, was inaugurated in Comodoro Rivadavia.[14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Claudia Pía Baudracco: 'volvería a elegir ser trans porque así soy feliz'" [Claudia Pía Baudracco: 'I Would Choose to be Trans Because I am Happy']. Diario Contexto (in Spanish). 18 March 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ a b Vásquez Haro, Claudia. "Murió Claudia Pia Baudracco, activista por los derechos del colectivo trans" [Murió Claudia Pia Baudracco, Activist for the Rights of the Trans Community, Dies] (in Spanish). National University of La Plata. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ a b Dema, Verónica (20 April 2015). "Claudia Pía Baudracco: se presentó un documental sobre la activista trans" [Claudia Pía Baudracco: A Documentary About the Trans Activist Presented]. La Nación Blogs (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Organizaciones trans reclaman la modificación del Código de Faltas" [Trans Organizations Demand the Modification of the Código de Faltas] (in Spanish). International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ Commisso, María de los Ángeles (31 March 2010). Informe nacional sobre los progresos realizados en la aplicación del UNGASS – Argentina enero de 2008 – diciembre de 2009 [National Report on the Progress Made in the Application of UNGASS – Argentina January 2008 – December 2009] (PDF) (in Spanish). Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. p. 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Condolencias por fallecimiento de militante por la identidad de género y la no discriminación sexual" [Condolences for the Death of a Militant for Gender Identity and No Sexual Discrimination] (in Spanish). Ministry of Health. 19 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ Aguirre, Eluney (18 March 2018). "Cupo laboral, un derecho pendiente para las personas trans" [Work Quota, a Pending Right for Trans People]. La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Falleció Claudia Pia Baudracco" [Claudia Pia Baudracco Passes Away] (in Spanish). SentidoG. 18 March 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Se conmemora por primera vez el Día de la Promoción de los Derechos de las Personas Trans" [The Day of the Promotion of the Rights of Trans People is Commemorated for the First Time] (in Spanish). Télam. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Ley 4578 – 'Día de la Promoción de los Derechos de las Personas Trans'" [Law 4578 – 'Day of the Promotion of the Rights of Trans People']. Boletín Oficial del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (in Spanish) (4205). Buenos Aires City Legislature. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Becas 'Claudia Pia Baudracco' de la subsecretaría de políticas dediversidad sexual de la provincia de Santa Fe en el marco del doctorado enciencias sociales de la FLACSO Argentina" ['Claudia Pia Baudracco' Scholarships of the Undersecretariat of Sexual Diversity Policies of Santa Fe Province in the Framework of the Social Sciences Doctorate of FLACSO Argentina] (PDF) (in Spanish). FLACSO Argentina. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ Comedi, Agustina. "Ésta se fue, ésta murió, ésta ya no está" [This One Left, This One Died, This One is No More]. Revista Anfibia (in Spanish). National University of General San Martín. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ Acosta, Luciana (4 July 2013). "Aguja, hilo y máquinas de coser: el camino para esquivar la prostitución" [Needle, Thread, and Sewing Machine: The Way to Avoid Prostitution] (in Spanish). 0223.com.ar. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Quedó inaugurado el primer Consultorio Inclusivo de la provincia" [The Province's First Inclusive Clinic Inaugurated] (in Spanish). Government of Comodoro Rivadavia. Retrieved 28 June 2019.