Associação Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais

National Association of Travestis and Transsexuals
Associação Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais
FounderJovanna Baby, Keila Simpson
Official language
Portuguese
Websitehttps://antrabrasil.org/

The National Association of Travestis and Transsexuals (Associação Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais or Antra) is a Brazilian institution dedicated to meeting the needs of the travesti and transsexual population, as well as combating transphobia.[1][2] It was formerly called the National Network of Travestis (Brazilian Portuguese: Rede Nacional de Travestis; Renata),[3] before that called Association of Travestis and Liberated People (Brazilian Portuguese: Associação de Travestis e Liberados; ASTRAL).[4][5]

The institution's board of directors is renewed every four years.[1] The hierarchical organizational structure consists of a president and vice-president and, immediately below them, a first secretary, second secretary, treasurer, second treasurer, secretary for transgender women, secretary for transgender men, secretary for human rights, secretary for political articulation, secretary for communication, and fiscal advisors.[1][2]

The organization positions itself as left-wing, trans-feminist, and intersectional.[6]

History

Antra was conceived and articulated in 1992 by Jovanna Baby,[7] and later founded in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul,[8] by Keila Simpson.[9] In December 2000, it was registered in a notary's office in the city of Curitiba, Paraná. The acronym "Antra" came into effect in 2002, with the expansion of its responsibilities and greater national scope.[3]

In 2008, it was decided to streamline the administration by eliminating the regional representations of the organization, and instead creating the Secretariat of Communication, Political Coordination, Human Rights, and Transgender Men and Women. In 2018, Antra launched the first edition of the Dossier on Murders and Violence Against Transgender People in Brazil (Portuguese: Dossiê dos Assassinatos e Violência de Pessoas Trans no Brasil).[10]

In 2013, the organization had one hundred and five affiliates covering the entire Brazil.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Travestis e transexuais elegem nova diretoria de ONG nacional" [Travestis and transsexuals elect new board of directors for national NGO]. Grupo Gay da Bahia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 CMADS-LGBT. "ANTRA PEDE A PUNIÇÃO DOS CRIMES TRANSFOBICOS EM SP!" [ANTRA DEMANDS PUNISHMENT FOR TRANSPHOBIC CRIMES IN SÃO PAULO!]. conselhos.piracicaba.sp.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 Kerrigan, Deanna; World Bank, eds. (2013). The global HIV epidemics among sex workers. Directions in development. Washington, DC: World Bank. ISBN 978-0-8213-9774-9.
  4. ↑ Filho, Hélio (16 May 2022). "ASTRAL". Ezatamentchy (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  5. ↑ Carvalho, Mario; Carrara, Sérgio (2013). "Em direito a um futuro trans?: contribuição para a história do movimento de travestis e transexuais no Brasil" [In the right to a trans future?: a contribution to the history of the travesti and transsexual movement in Brazil]. Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad (Rio de Janeiro) (in Portuguese) (14): 319–351. doi:10.1590/S1984-64872013000200015. ISSN 1984-6487. A Associação das Travestis e Liberados11 do Rio de Janeiro (ASTRAL) nasceu da necessidade de organização das travestis em resposta à violência policial, principalmente nos locais tradicionais de prostituição na cidade, como a Lapa, a Central do Brasil, Copacabana e a própria Praça Mauá.
  6. ↑ "Eleições 2024" [2024 Elections]. Associação Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 September 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Celebrando 20 anos de #VisibilidadeTrans no Brasil" [Celebrating 20 years of #TransVisibility in Brazil]. Nações Unidas Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Travestis e transexuais comemoram Dia do Orgulho Trans no Rio" [Travestis and transsexuals celebrate Trans Pride Day in Rio]. Agência Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 May 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  9. ↑ FODA (25 January 2024). "Jovanna Baby: a história do Movimento Trans e Travesti no Brasil" [Jovanna Baby: The Story of the Trans and Travesti Movement in Brazil]. Mídia Ninja (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Associação aponta que 175 pessoas transexuais foram mortas no Brasil em 2020 e denuncia subnotificação" [Association points out that 175 transgender people were killed in Brazil in 2020 and denounces underreporting]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
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