Karina Pankievich
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Karina Pankievich is a Uruguayan trans rights activist.[1][2][3][4][5] She is the president of Trans Association of Uruguay (Spanish: Asociación Trans del Uruguay, ATRU).[6][7]
Karina moved to Montevideo at the age of 13. Since the age of 15 years, she worked as a sex worker during the dictatorship in Uruguay. The violence and oppression she faced led her to leave Uruguay. Karina moved to Brazil and Argentina, then returned to Uruguay in 1985 and found that many people in the LGBTI community wanted to fight for their human rights, but were afraid. Therefore, Karina and other activists, such as Gloria Álvez Mariño, founded the ATRU in the same year. ATRU focuses on training, supporting and mobilizing activists to promote and defend their rights.[8]