Eugenio Talbot Wright
Eugenio Talbot Wright | |
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.jpg) Talbot Wright in 2022 | |
| Born | Eugenio Ernesto Talbot Wright 1973 |
| Died | April 7, 2022 (aged 48–49) |
| Alma mater | National University of Cordoba |
| Occupations | Human rights activist LGBTQ rights activist |
Eugenio Ernesto Talbot Wright (1973 – 7 April 2022) was a social communicator and human rights activist from Argentina. He was one of the first trans rights activists and one of the first openly trans men in Córdoba.
Early life
Eugenio Ernesto Talbot Wright was born in 1973. He manifested a gender identity different from the one assigned to him at birth when he was very young.[1] His father was Héctor Talbot Wright, a member of the militant organization Montoneros, who was kidnapped and killed at the Navy School of Mechanics on 16 October 1976.[2]
Talbot Wright enroled at the National University of Córdoba in the late 1980s, from where he was expelled in the 1990s due to his gender identity.[3] He returned to the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the university in 2019 to pursue a bachelor's degree in social communication.[2]
LGBT activism
Talbot Wright was part of the first LGBT rights organizations formed in Córdoba, which succeeded in 1995 in repealing Article 19 of the Code of Misdemeanours, which allowed the police to perpetuate criminalization and repressive violence against trans people and transvestites.[4] In 2021, he collaborated with Archivo de la Memoria Trans, working to recover the photographic memory of trans people from Córdoba.[5] In the same year, he assumed the leadership of human rights at the Córdoba branch of the State Workers Association (Asociación Trabajadores del Estado or ATE),[6] and served as a sectoral delegate of the ATE in the Under-secretariat of Diversity of the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity.[7][8]
Talbot Wright was part of various human rights groups and organizations such as Familiares de Desaparecidos y Detenidos por Razones Políticas (Relatives of the Disappeared and Detained for Political Reasons) and Hijas e Hijos por la Identidad y la Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio (Daughters and Sons for Identity and Justice Against Forgetfulness and Silence).[2]
Death and legacy
Talbot Wright died on 7 April 2022, at the age of 49.[8][9]
In December 2022, during the Militancy Day and Human Rights Day, the ATE unveiled a plaque commemorating Talbot Wright at its headquarters located at Entre Ríos 450 in Córdoba.[6]
In November 2024, during the fifth edition of the Travapalooza, cartoonist Gonzalo Amieva created a mural in honour of Talbot Wright, located in the Casa Verde Pavilion of the University City of Córdoba.[10] In February 2025, the mural was vandalised along with other murals dedicated to the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and Mariano Ferreyra.[11] The mural was later repainted.[12][13]
In May 2026, the Eugenio Talbot Wright Genre and Diversity Library at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the National University of Córdoba was inaugurated.[3][14]
References
- ↑ "Eugenio Talbot Wright: varón trans, militante de DDHH y sobreviviente del terrorismo de Estado" [Eugenio Talbot Wright: trans man, human rights activist and survivor of state terrorism]. Portal Tortuga (in Spanish). 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Otra Vuelta de Tuerca- Hoy hablamos con Eugenio Talbot Wright" [Another Twist: Today we talk with Eugenio Talbot Wright]. RadioCut (in Spanish). 6 November 2019. Archived from the original on 15 November 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- 1 2 Sosa Tillard, Nicolás (24 May 2026). "Eugenio Talbot Wright: luchó contra la discriminación trans y hoy es nombre de una biblioteca de género" [Eugenio Talbot Wright: he fought trans discrimination and is now the name of a gender library]. La Voz (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Dolor por la muerte del compañero Eugenio Talbot Wright" [Grief over the death of comrade Eugenio Talbot Wright]. ATE Córdoba (in Spanish). 8 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- ↑ "Recuperar la memoria trans en La Docta" [Recovering trans memory in La Docta]. La tinta (in Spanish). 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- 1 2 Quintanilla, Ramiro (6 December 2022). "Homenajean a Eugenio Talbot Wright en la sede de ATE" [Tribute to Eugenio Talbot Wright at ATE headquarters]. El Resaltador (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "ATE Córdoba suma un nuevo sector de nacionales, con Eugenio Talbot como delegado sectorial" [ATE Córdoba adds a new national sector, with Eugenio Talbot as sector delegate]. CTA Córdoba (in Spanish). 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Murió el sobreviviente del genocidio, militante y varón trans Eugenio Talbot Wright" [The survivor of genocide, activist and trans man Eugenio Talbot Wright has died]. La Nueva Mañana (in Spanish). 8 April 2022. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- ↑ "Falleció Eugenio Talbot Wright, histórico militante cordobés del colectivo LGBT y por los derechos humanos" [Eugenio Talbot Wright has died, historic Córdoba LGBT and human rights activist]. La Voz (in Spanish). 8 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "La memoria no se borra: repararán los murales vandalizados en Ciudad Universitaria" [Memory is not erased: vandalized murals in Ciudad Universitaria will be restored]. Hoy Día (in Spanish). 7 February 2025. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ Domínguez Cuaglia, Inés (18 February 2025). "Convocan a jornada para reparar murales vandalizados en la UNC: "La memoria no se borra"" [Call for restoration of vandalized murals at UNC: "Memory is not erased"]. La tinta (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Se restaurarán los murales y habrá un festival en Ciudad Universitaria" [Murals will be restored and a festival will take place in Ciudad Universitaria]. El Resaltador (in Spanish). 13 February 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ Rodríguez, Pablo (22 February 2025). "Por la memoria, la diversidad y los DDHH: repintaron los murales de Sonia Torres y Eugenio Talbot Wright en la UNC" ["For memory, diversity and human rights": murals of Sonia Torres and Eugenio Talbot Wright were repainted at UNC]. Portal Tortuga (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Se inaugura la Biblioteca de Género y Diversidades, Eugenio Talbot Wright" [Gender and Diversity Library Eugenio Talbot Wright is inaugurated]. Faculty of Communication Sciences, National University of Córdoba (in Spanish). 13 May 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026.