10/02/2026
LASTESIS is a Chilean interdisciplinary, intersectional, and trans-inclusive feminist collective formed in 2018.
The collective aims to engage feminist theory, or “tesis” (thesis), through art. The name LASTESIS, or “the (feminine) thesis,” derives
from the group’s drive to promote a feminist thesis and theses by feminist thinkers. LASTESIS’s central idea is resistance through experience, with the individual body becoming part of a collective body. Even though they delve into difficult and horrifying subjects (political and sexual violence, femicides, and street harassment), they believe in the importance of celebration and fun as an integral component of resistance.
Lorena Borjas was a Mexican-American transgender and immigrant rights activist, known as the mother of the transgender Latinx community in Queens, NY. Her work on behalf of immigrant and trans communities garnered recognition throughout NYC and the U.S. In 1995, she organized her first march in support of the trans community. Borjas decided to make activism her life’s work. Borjas worked to protect transgender victims of human trafficking, slavery, and violence. She walked the streets seeking women who needed her help, providing condoms and food, and connecting these women to social services.
