The persecution, kidnapping, torture, and murder of gays, lesbians, transvestites, and trans people was systematic in both military and civilian governments. Forty years after the return of democracy, the time has come to think about whether the emblematic figure of 30,000 is complete without the disappeared individuals of the LGBT+ community. Why don't words like "transvestite," "homosexual," "puto," "gay," "lesbian," "tortillera," "inverted" appear in the CONADEP report? How could a transvestite approach the disappearance of her partner, if because of her identity she could also be detained? How could a Marica militant complain about a kidnapping if the revolutionary organizations themselves discriminated against her?
Matías Máximo, a specialist in cultural journalism committed to the LGTB+ cause, constructs through testimonies, documents and declassified archives what happened during the military dictatorship – where moral judgment reigned – and demonstrates that repression against this group continued during democracy. In a daily evolution of repression and horror, the protagonists of this book appeal to desire and sexual liberation as a method of resistance.
La Chicho is the center of festivities and carnivals in the Delta del Tigre, the promised land. Valeria del Mar Ramírez suffers persecution and kidnapping in the Banfield Well and then testifies in the first trial against humanity for the repeated violations by her kidnappers. La Trachyn denounces the mistreatment and gang rape of soldiers, for the mere fact of being trans, even in a democracy. Fernando Noy goes into exile in Brazil so as not to be imprisoned in the amoral pavilion of Devoto. The first gay organizations, such as the Homosexual Liberation Front (FLH), which had among its main members Néstor Perlongher, fight for the revolution to include sexual minorities.
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