Femicide in Puerto Rico: A History of Violence and Resistance

por Raquel Reichard para HipLatina

“Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Aliana Bigio Alcoba, a university student who founded and co-runs the gender equality project Con(Sentimiento), was often booked to lead lectures on machismo and the differences between healthy and toxic relationships at schools. “The talks are optional for students, but we always have a full house,” the 22-year-old tells me. Following her presentations, she fields comments from young people thanking her for taking the time to speak with them about issues they would otherwise not learn about. Like Bigio, Marielle De León, a trans rights activist and organizer with La Sombrilla Cuir, also regularly presents workshops at schools and universities on inclusive language and the diversity of gender identity and sexual orientations.“