Porpora Marcasciano

Porpora Marcasciano
Porpora Marcasciano in 2016
Born (1957-09-15) 15 September 1957 (age 67)
San Bartolomeo in Galdo, Italy
NationalityItalian
EducationSapienza University of Rome (Degree in Sociology)
Occupations
  • Activist
  • Writer
Known forpeace activist and LGBT rights activism in Italy
Notable work
  • AntoloGaia
  • Favolose narranti
  • Aurora delle trans cattive
AwardsHuman Rights Defender award (2016) of Amnesty International[1]

Porpora Marcasciano (San Bartolomeo in Galdo, 15 September 1957) is an Italian activist, sociologist, and writer, known for her militantism for LGBT+ and transgender rights and internationally recognized books, including AntoloGaia. Sesso, genere e cultura degli anni '70, L'aurora delle trans cattive and the autobiographic Tra le rose e le viole. La storia e le storie di transessuali e travestiti. Through her activist efforts and books, she addresses several issues, including the right to identification, the right to education and employment, health rights for the LGBT+ community (including training for medical professionals), and the social and law enforcement abuses faced by transgender individuals, as well as detention conditions in prisons.[2]

She is currently president of Movimento Identità Trans, oldest trans movement in Italy) and elected member of the city council of Bologna. During the elections in Bologna, she was victim of deadnaming and obliged to run for elections under her birth name: Egisto.[3]

  1. ^ "Diritti umani, una palermitana premiata da Amnesty International". la Repubblica. 10 December 2015.
  2. ^ http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/camerablu/article/download/1998/1968/
  3. ^ BONI, FEDERICO (6 September 2021). "Elezioni Bologna 2021, Porpora Marcasciano candidata: "Costretta a correre da uomo"". www.gay.it.