Mariana Casas (

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, August 27, 1959) is a lawyer of

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, she graduated from

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, she is a specialist in sexual identity rights and she represents before justice trans people who are looking for a gender adjustment surgery and a change of legal name. She is a well known activist for women's rights, for sexual minorities rights and categories named LGBT.«¿Una travesti puede ser una buena maestra?»
, article written 3 October 2007 in Clarin newspaper's website

Career

She assist Florencia de la V. in her

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(writ of amparo) that accept her legal name.

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