Argentina has emerged as a leader among trans rights movements around the globe. Their recent focus on work as an aspect of trans rights is a unique strategy in the context of a global movement centered around health and identity. This paper seeks to explore the motivations behind the movement’s campaign for the Trans Labor Quota Law. Using qualitative methods, the article explores the historical construction of the movement and the marginalization of the trans and travesti population in Argentina, upon which the movement has built its rights claims. It draws upon interviews with key stakeholders in the trans rights movement in Buenos Aires, and three months of fieldwork to delve into the motivations and complexities behind the organizing strategies and conflicts that have propelled the campaign for introducing a trans labor quota. 

The article is on page 31 of the journal.