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First School for ->-bleeped-<-s Opens in Buenos Aires

Started by Shana A, April 28, 2012, 06:03:31 AM

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April 28, 2012, 06:03:31 AM

First School for ->-bleeped-<-s Opens in Buenos Aires
By Marcela Valente

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107602

BUENOS AIRES, Apr 27, 2012 (IPS) - With 35 students, the first secondary school specifically for ->-bleeped-<-s and other members of sexual minorities who face discrimination in mainstream schools opened in March in the Argentine capital.

The "Mocha Celis" Popular Baccalaureate is the name of the tuition-free school supported by nonprofit organisations, which caters especially – but not exclusively - to ->-bleeped-<-s, transsexuals and transgender persons over the age of 16.

The school is named after an illiterate ->-bleeped-<- who worked as a prostitute and was an activist with the Association of Argentine ->-bleeped-<-s. A week after Celis went missing, her body was found, showing signs that she had been beaten and shot to death.
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