WorldcrunchMariana Escobar Bernoske is a journalist who covers gender and diversity. She has participated in human rights research from a feminist lens, and studied at the Latin American Center for Human Rights and the University of Strathclyde. She has written for Directo Bogotá, Radiando Web, Banco de la República and Marika.col.
For the Colombian trans activist Álex Rodríguez Pineda, there is no single way to be a person with trans life experience; our gender identities and our bodies are in constant construction. He speaks with Colombian daily El Espectador about masculinity and trans activism.
As Colombia debates banning the abusive practice of “conversion therapy,” a Colombian teacher recalls the four years of therapy he undertook as teenager and his path to self-acceptance.