Marlene Wayar (born 14 October 1968) is an Argentine

social psychologist Social psychology is the scientific study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people or by social norms. Social psychologists typically explain human behavior as a result of the rela ...

, travesti-

transgender activist The transgender rights movement is a movement to promote the legal status of transgender people and to eliminate discrimination and violence against transgender people regarding housing, employment, public accommodations, education, and health ...

, and author of the book ''Travesti: una teoría lo suficientemente buena'' (''Cross-dressing ravesti A Good Enough Theory'').

Biography

Marlene Wayar is the general coordinator of Futuro Transgenerico - an organization with which she was part of the National Front for the

Gender Identity Law The Gender Identity Law ( es, Ley de identidad de género, links=no), Argentina's law number 26.743, allows transgender people to be treated according to their gender identity and have their personal documents registered with the corresponding n ...

– and co-founder of the Silvia Rivera Trans Network of Latin America and the Caribbean. She is the director of ''El Teje'', the first ''travesti'' newspaper in Latin America, developed from a workshop held at the Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center. She studied Social Psychology at the . She is one of the founders of the Nadia Echazú Textile Cooperative, a workshop-school named in honor of the trans rights activist. The project was inaugurated in mid 2008, in a location donated by the National Institute of Associations and Social Economy (INAES). Wayar was host of the series ''Género identidad. La diversidad en el cine'' (''Gender Identity: Diversity in the Cinema''), broadcast by Encuentro in 2011.

Awards and distinctions

A few weeks into the Trans Literacy Center's second year, the Popular Library of Gender, Sexual Affective Diversity, and Human Rights of the Argentine province of Tucumán (CRISÁLIDA) reported that, as a result of a poll, alumni and participants proposed adding "Marlene Wayar" to the center's name. This was accepted unanimously by the organization's Directive Commission and announced to the Network of Women of Tucumán (co-participants of the project). In September 2011, Wayar received the from the

Buenos Aires City Legislature The Buenos Aires City Legislature ( es, Legislatura de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, links=no, commonly known as the ) is a central part of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is housed in the Legislature Palace ( es ...

for the publication ''El Teje''.

Publications

* ''Travesti: una teoría lo suficientemente buena'' (2018), Editorial Muchas Nueces,

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wayar, Marlene 1968 births 21st-century Argentine women writers 21st-century Argentine writers Argentine psychologists Argentine LGBT rights activists Argentine LGBT writers Living people People from Córdoba, Argentina Social psychologists Transgender rights activists Argentine women psychologists Travestis