Karina Urbina | |
|---|---|
| Born | General Rodríguez Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Occupation | Transgender rights activist |
Karina Dora Urbina is an Argentine transgender rights activist. Urbina, who was one of the first activists to speak out publicly in Argentina in support of transgender rights, is also considered the first openly transgender activist in Argentine history, and was a central figure of the trans rights movement during the 1990s.[1][2] She was a leader of the organisation TRANSDEVI (Spanish: Transexuales por el Derecho a la Identitad y la Vida, lit. 'Transsexuals for the Right to Identity and Life'), alongside Yanina Moreno and Patricia Gauna, and she co-organised and participated in the first pride march to take place in Buenos Aires.[3][4][5]
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- ^ Butiérrez, Marce (5 November 2021). "Marcha del Orgullo 2021: No venimos de un repollo". Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2023.