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Karla Avelar | |
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Karla Avelar (born 1978) is a Salvadoran transgender rights activist. [1] She is the executive director of Comcavis Trans, [2]
Biography
She has received several death threats, and survived assassination attempts. [3] [4] The first assassination attempt to her life was in 1992, when she was just a teen, she was able to disarm her assailant who drew a .45 at Avelar. [5]
Works
In 2008, Avelar founded the support organization for transgender people called Comcavis Trans, [6] it was founded as a response to the needs felt by trans women participating in the various support groups (people with HIV) being discriminated against, not represented, and did not obtain the required information according to their own characteristics. [7]
Awards
She was a finalist of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders in the year of 2017. [8]
References
- ^ "Karla Avelar (1978 - ) activist". A Gender Variance Who's Who. 2018-01-14. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Global, Christian Aid (2016-11-14). "The transgender activist risking her life for human rights in El Salvador". Medium. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Salvadoran transgender activist takes stand against violence". UNHCR. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Dooley, Brian (2017-05-13). "Karla Avelar's Life of Constant Threats". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Salvadoran transgender activist takes stand against violence". UNHCR. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ Nunez, Alanna (2015-02-10). "How One Trans Sex Worker Is Hoping to Make Life Safer in El Salvador". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "COMCAVIS TRANS - About us". www.comcavis.org.sv. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "Karla Avelar - Martin Ennals Award Karla Avelar". Martin Ennals Award. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
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