ATEM — Asociación de Travestis, Transexuales y Transgéneros de Argentina, Rosario

ATEM (Asociación de Travestis, Transexuales y Transgéneros de Argentina) is one of Argentina's foundational trans rights organisations — established in the 1990s during a period of severe police persecution of trans and travesti people, when the organisation's work of documentation, legal representation, and public advocacy was conducted at genuine personal risk to its members and staff. The Rosario branch extends ATEM's work to Argentina's third city and the surrounding Santa Fe province. The organisation's principal activities include legal support for trans people facing discrimination, police harassment, or difficulties navigating identity documentation processes; health education and support services, particularly for trans women in sex work who face elevated health risks; advocacy toward the Santa Fe provincial government on trans-specific legislation and enforcement; and community-building programming for Rosario's trans and travesti community. ATEM's national advocacy contributions include its role in the campaigns for the 2012 Gender Identity Law and the 2021 Trans Labor Quota Law — achievements that have directly improved the material conditions of trans people in Argentina. The Rioja Street address in Rosario's city centre provides an accessible base for the organisation's service delivery to clients from across the metropolitan area. For visitors to Rosario interested in Argentina's trans rights history, ATEM is the organisation that best represents that history in the city.