This panel articulates a trans and queer political economy grounded in Latin America, understood not only as an object of analysis but as a field of knowledge production anchored in trajectories of struggle, survival, and collective organization. To this end, we bring together activists and researchers from the Global South who work on these issues across disciplines and forms of political intervention.

• Stacy Velasquez, OTRANS-RN
• Marce Butierrez, Independent Reasercher, Chair of the Sexualities Studies Section – Latin American Studies Association
• María Luisa Peralta, Co-Executive Director of Akahata – Working group on Sexualities and Genders
• Pato Laterra, Phd Candidate in Social Science (FSOC-UBA), Lecturer in Gender and Economics (FCE-UBA/UNSAM)