"This book proposes a living, communitarian theory. Because when Marlene Wayar says that she has a cemetery in her head, she speaks from the strength that the experience of her entire collective gives her. And that force is oral. With dialogues, she weaves bridges between the oral and the written, and she does so with a power that the written could never capture.
Between conversations, the book invites us to feel without anesthesia from the trans-South American perspective and to think critically about the failure of the world as we know it. It is a cry that envelops the life of the body while inviting us to consider the death of the marks on our bodies promoted by hetero-winca-patriarchy. Actually, Marlene proposes that we kill those pains with daily oblivion and go and build other movable languages that fill us with energy, an energy that ethics imposes that we use in children and adolescents."
She studied Social Psychology at the Instituto Universitario de Madres de Plaza de Mayo. Additionally, she played a key role in establishing the Nadia Echazú Textile Cooperative, named in honor of a trans rights activist. Wayar hosted the series “Género identidad. La diversidad en el cine” (Gender Identity: Diversity in Cinema), which aired on Encuentro in 2011. The Trans Literacy Center in Argentina decided to add “Marlene Wayar” to its name based on a poll conducted among alumni and participants. In September 2011, Wayar received the Lola Mora Award from the Buenos Aires City Legislature for her work on the publication “El Teje”. Marlene Wayar’s advocacy and scholarship have significantly contributed to advancing understanding, visibility, and rights for the trans community in Argentina and beyond.
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