Marlene Wayar

Marlene Wayar (born 14 October 1968) is an Argentine social psychologist, travesti-transgender activist, and author of the book Travesti: una teoría lo suficientemente buena (Cross-dressing [Travesti]: A Good Enough Theory).^[1]

Marlene Wayar
Wayar in 2021
Born	(1968-10-14) 14 October 1968 (age 56) Córdoba, Argentina
Alma mater	Instituto Universitario de Madres de Plaza de Mayo [es]
Occupation	Social psychologist
Notable work	Travesti: una teoría lo suficientemente buena
Awards	Lola Mora Award [es] (2011)

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^[2] – 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,^[3] developed from a workshop held at the Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center.^[4]

She studied Social Psychology at the Instituto Universitario de Madres de Plaza de Mayo [es].

She is one of the founders of the Nadia Echazú Textile Cooperative,^[5] 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.^[6][7]

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).^[8]

In September 2011, Wayar received the Lola Mora Award [es] from the Buenos Aires City Legislature for the publication El Teje.^[9][10]

Publications

• Travesti: una teoría lo suficientemente buena (2018), Editorial Muchas Nueces, ISBN 9789874670243