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Franco Fuica
Trans Steering Committee representative - LAC
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Franco Fuica
Representative of the Trans Steering Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean
Franco Fuica (he/they) is a trans activist with a degree in Education. He began his activism in 2005 when he became the first trans leader of his university’s Student Federation and created CUDSO (Coordinadora Universitaria de la Diversidad Sexual de Osorno). He is part of the Coalition of LGBTTI organizations of the OAS, the ERC (Equality Right Coalition), the Board of ILGALAC, the ITF (international Trans Fund) grant panel, and he is the co-founder of ULTrans (Unión Latinoamericana de Trans Masculinidades). He is currently the legal representative of OTD Chile – Organizing Trans Diversidades Chile, his grassroots community.
organisation: Organizing Trans Diversidades (Chile)
(photo by Alejandra Fuenzalida)