What is Karla Avelar?
{{Orphan|date=May 2020}} '''Karla Avelar''' (born 1978), she is a [[Salvadorans|Salvadoran]] activist for [[transgender rights|the rights of transgender people]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zagria.blogspot.com/2018/01/karla-avelar-1978-activist.html|title=Karla Avelar (1978 - ) activist|date=2018-01-14|website=A Gender Variance Who's Who|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> She is also the executive director of Comcavis Trans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@caglobal/international-women-s-day-the-transgender-activist-risking-her-life-for-human-rights-in-el-2f29cd18a9b3|title=The transgender activist risking her life for human rights in El Salvador|last=Global|first=Christian Aid|date=2016-11-14|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> ==Works== She also the founded an organisation of transgender people called [[COMCAVIS TRANS]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a36316/karla-avelar-el-salvador/|title=How One Trans Sex Worker Is Hoping to Make Life Safer in El Salvador|last=Nunez|first=Alanna|date=2015-02-10|website=Cosmopolitan|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> in 2008. It was made as a support group of TRANS women.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comcavis.org.sv/acerca-de-comcavis-trans-2-ingles.php?id=5|title=COMCAVIS TRANS - About us|website=www.comcavis.org.sv|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> ==Awards== In 2017, she was a listed as one of the finalist of the [[Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.martinennalsaward.org/hrd/karla-avelar/|title=Karla Avelar - Martin Ennals Award Karla Avelar|website=Martin Ennals Award|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Avelar, Karla}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:LGBT rights activists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Salvadoran people]]