Gianna Camacho
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Gianna Camacho | |
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| Born | July 20, 1987 Lima, Peru |
| Alma mater | University of Jaime Bausate y Meza |
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Gianna Gracielly Camacho García[1] (born July 20, 1987) is a Peruvian journalist and activist for trans rights.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]Camacho studied journalism at the Escuela Jaime Bausate y Meza. After her gender transition, she learned professional makeup.[4] She is the director of Empatía Perú, an association that produces audiovisual and journalistic content to give visibility to the transgender community in Peru.[2] As a trans rights activist, she is part of the Únicxs project at the Research Center of the Universidad Cayetano Heredia,[4] and has served as coordinator of the LGBT Human Rights Observatory of the same university.[5]
In July 2011, she worked as a reporter for the ATV Group until March 2013.
In 2019, she co-directed the short film Frida with Julio Lossio Quichiz. The film was one of the 10 winners of the contest “Sexual and Gender Diversity: Rights and Citizenship” organized by the IberCultura Viva program in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Development of Uruguay (MIDES).[6]
In 2021, she held meetings with congress members from various political parties to educate them about the realities of trans people in Peru and to seek their empathy.[7]
In 2022, after several years of bureaucratic struggle, she completed the process for the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC) to change her name on her national identity document.[8]
In 2023, she spoke out about the murder of Ruby Ferrer, a trans sex worker who worked in the streets Zepita, Cañete, Inclán, and Chancay, in the Lima District, where criminals known as "Los Gallegos del Tren de Aragua", a Venezuelan-origin gang extorting other sex workers in the area, murdered Ruby.[9][10] In response, Camacho joined other trans women in protesting for justice.[5] The protest, called March Against Hate Crimes: For diverse sex worker women, gathered over 3000 people who demonstrated against the wave of transfemicides.[11]
Filmography
[edit]- Frida (short film, 2019)
References
[edit]- ^ https://e-consultaruc.sunat.gob.pe/cl-ti-itmrconsruc/jcrS00Alias e-consultaruc.sunat.gob.pe: RUC 10445884974 CAMACHO GARCÍA GIANNA GRACIELLY
- ^ a b "Gianna Camacho García". Mapa IberCultura Viva (in European Spanish). 2019-11-14. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "Gianna Camacho talks about how trans people face quarantine". ::: RDN (in Spanish). 2020-06-21. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ a b Fry García-Pacheco, Eliana (2020-06-27). "Discrimination against the trans community during quarantine". COSAS.PE (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ a b Rebosio, Cristian (2023-03-05). "Between hate and exclusion: The present of trans people in Peru". Sudaca - In-depth journalism (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "'Chronicles of Diversity' wins award for short film "Frida"". Mano Alzada. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ Quinteros, Nikole Guadalupe (2023-03-17). "Gianna Camacho: The voice of a trans journalist who defends the human rights of the TLGBIQ+ community – Dialogos Humanos". dialogoshumanos.pe. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "Trans activist Gianna Camacho celebrates getting DNI with her name: "Nothing can tarnish this beautiful feeling"". Infobae. 2020-03-20. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ Martínez, Jimmy Leonardo (2023-03-25). "Violation and invisibility: the martyrdom of sex workers in Peru". Sudaca - In-depth journalism (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "Identified: Daiverson Rodríguez is the killer who shot 32 bullets at trans woman". Perú 21. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "Peru: For the first time, thousands marched in Lima against transfemicides". Agencia Presentes (in Spanish). 2023-02-23. Retrieved 15 June 2025.