Paper short abstract:

This presentation aims to share a series of emerging questions in deconstructing the starting points of comparative research on labor inclusion policies for trans people in Madrid and Buenos Aires.

Paper long abstract:

This presentation aims to share a series of emerging questions in the process of deconstructing the starting points of comparative research on labor inclusion policies for trans people in Madrid and Buenos Aires. From an anthropological perspective, the paper analyzes the processes of demand and access to employment, as well as the advocacy and institutionalization of specific public policies for the trans population in both cities.

What temporalities, contexts, and actors make these policies possible? What meanings and practices are under tension in the (attempt to) achieve labor inclusion? What bridges intersect both cities? What remains (yet) to be (re/de) colonized?

The presentation concludes by suggesting a methodological reflection on the potentials and limitations of the comparative exercise in the production of ethnographic knowledge, aiming to strengthen tools for the defense of conquered and increasingly threatened rights.