Danne Aro Belmont, Executive Director of the GAAT Foundation (Grupo de Ayuda y Apoyo a Personas Trans), provides us with the cover image for this issue. She is an activist with experience of Trans* feminine life. Project leader in youth groups from the LGBTI social sectors, sexual and reproductive health, deaf and hard of hearing people and people working in prostitution.

The image is a tribute to Laura Frida Weinstein and Trans studies in Colombia through a collage image that evokes the importance and legacy of their productions and contributions to the country. The circles comprise two emblematic phrases by Laura about the TRANS-shaping power of Trans life experiences and about the importance of family recognition spaces in the lives of Trans people. It also contains color references in figures inspired by the Trans Flag (pink, white, and blue), LGBT social sectors and the “Non-binary” flag as a symbol of their contributions to advancement of human rights. As part of the legacy of Laura Weistein we find the image of the trans people identification campaign in 2015 in the climate of the issuance of decree 1227 and accompanying the fist as a symbol of struggle and resistance are the orchids characteristic of the GAAT Foundation, which she directed for 10 years, and the Heliconius cydno cydnides and Morpho menelaus butterflies — both native to Colombia and bearing symbolic colors of the Trans flag. Finally, the main letters have the color of the Trans memory flag that changes the central color white for a black one as a symbol of mourning in homage and recognition of the struggles of people with Trans life experiences who have passed away because of prejudices, violence and negative social representations towards their bodies and identities.