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Karla Avelar

1978 - Today

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Karla Avelar is a Salvadoran transgender rights activist was born in 1978 in El Salvador. Karla Avelar is the executive director and founder of Comcavis Trans an NGO dedicated to combatting discrimination against trans women living with HIV in El Salvador. COMCAVIS Trans also advocates against discrimination of transgender individuals and anti-trans sentiment in various sectors of Salvadoran society. Speaking about violence against transgender people in Salvadoran society, Avelar states, "Now they are after your life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Karla Avelar is the 730th most popular social activist (down from 607th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from El Salvador (down from 28th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Salvadoran Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Karla Avelar ranks 730 out of 840. Before her are John Paulson, Inez Milholland, Roman Protasevich, Cenk Uygur, Amanda Knox, and Kumi Naidoo. After her are Lina Ben Mhenni, Barbara Gittings, Gauri Lankesh, Alexandra Shevchenko, Veronika Tsepkalo, and Hector Pieterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Karla Avelar ranks 605. Before her are Nikki Cox, Saša Stanišić, Masato Uchishiba, Meilen Tu, Satoshi Yamaguchi, and Chris Brown. After her are Adalto, Tamina Snuka, Bernd Thijs, Henrik Klingenberg, Malalai Joya, and Will Estes.

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In El Salvador

Among people born in El Salvador, Karla Avelar ranks 33 out of 39. Before her are Hugo Pérez (1963), Luis Ramírez Zapata (1954), Joel Aguilar (1975), Claudia Rodríguez de Guevara (1980), Ever Hernández (1958), and José María Rivas (1958). After her are Raúl Díaz Arce (1970), Alfredo Pacheco (1982), Marcelo Arévalo (1990), Iván Barton (1991), Rodolfo Zelaya (1988), and Jaime Alas (1989).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In El Salvador

Among social activists born in El Salvador, Karla Avelar ranks 2. Before her are Prudencia Ayala (1885).

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