Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay

Abstract

Gender and Identity around the World explores a variety of gender and LGBTQ experiences and issues in countries from all the world´s regions. Guided by more than 50 recognized academic experts, readers will examine how gender and LGBTQ identities are developed, fought for, perceived, and policed in countries as diverse as France, Brazil, Russia, Jordan, Iraq, and China. This chapter opens with a general introduction to the three countries -Argentina, Chile and Uruguay- and flows into a discussion of gender and identity in terms of culture, education, family life, health and wellness, law, work, and activism in that region of the world. An in-depth analysis of three contemporary issues specific to the sub-region follows this discussion: "Case of Atala Riffo and Daughters vs. Chile", "Gender Identity Laws", and "Gender and Imprisonment".