Pedagogies of Travesti Liberation
With contributions by Maria Clara Araújo dos Passos (author), Jurema Mombaça (Foreword), Natália Affonso (Conversation), Luce deLire (Afterword)

In Pedagogies of Travesti Liberation, Maria Clara Araújo dos Passos examines the interplay of education, identity, and liberation in Brazil’s travesti community. She critiques traditional pedagogical frameworks that marginalize gender nonconforming narratives and highlights the effects of systemic discrimination on travestis’ psychosocial well-being. Pedagogies of Travesti Liberation advocates for inclusive educational practices and emphasizes the need for affirmative curricula. Newly translated from Portuguese, this work contributes towards connecting political struggles globally and navigating the complexities of translation— particularly of the term ‘travesti’—across various geographical and political contexts, featuring a conversation between Araújo dos Passos and translator Natália Affonso.
Table of Contents
7
Foreword: The Travesti Possibility
Jurema Mombaça
17
My Manifesto for Equality:
On Being a Travesti Who Got into University
23
Are Travestis Untranslatable?
Maria Clara Araújo dos Passos in
conversation with Natália Affonso
37
Introduction
Continued Concerns
59
Chapter 1
Social Movements in Brazil:
Building Insurgent Knowledge
89
Chapter 2
United in Building a New Social Reality:
The Travesti and Transsexual Women’s
Movement in Brazil
143
Chapter 3
Other She-Subjects, Other Pedagogies
176
Conclusion
A Call for Transnational Solidarity:
Trans Rights at a Turning Point
177
Afterword: Eureka!
Luce deLire
189
Acknowledgements
193
Biography
Information
Published by: Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) and Archive Books, Berlin, 2025
Languages: English edition
208 pages, softcover, 15 images
ISBN: 978-3-912226-06-5
Price: 15€
Available: At bookstores, the HKW shop and the webshop. Also available in German.