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Over the last two decades, there has been an increasing coverage of transgender people in Latin American and
Spanish media. However, there are very few research studies that thoroughly examine the increasing use of terms such as
transgender "transgénero" and trans in Spanish-speaking press. This contribution studies the
linguistic representation of transgender people in Spanish-speaking quality press produced in Colombia and Spain. Within the
framework of Queer Linguistics and Corpus-based Discourse Analysis, this article explores the linguistic choices employed by the
Spanish-speaking press to name transgender people and examines the main differences in the linguistic choices made by newspapers
in the two countries. Unlike in English, the findings suggest that trans and transexual are the
most commonly used labels in Spanish. Although the semantic categories of representation are seen to differ between the two
countries, the linguistic choices observed seem to be closely linked to sociopolitical and ideological preferences.

AbstractThis article examines the discursive construction of male disability inLos informantes, a national Colombian TV show. By combining critical discourse analysis, multimodal discourse analysis, and queer linguistics with (critical) disability studies and crip theory, it examines three TV reports that narrate the lives of a physically disabled Venezuelan migrant, a young Colombian with Down syndrome, and a physically disabled Colombian living in Great Britain. The analysis shows thatLos informantesrelies on inspirational and individualistic imagery that conceals the role of the neoliberal state in debilitating the lives of these men. By using a set of linguistic, visual, and discursive strategies (the supercrip figure, narrative prosthesis, and inclusionist profitability, among others), the reports mask the social and political aspects of disability. This study contributes to understanding the intersection between language, dis/ability, sexuality, and media in Latin America and questions dominant discursive constructions on disability.

Este artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación que analiza la sentencia T-622/14 de la Corte Constitucional Colombiana en torno a la reasignación de sexo de niños intersexuales. El análisis se centra en el estudio de las voces involucradas y en el examen de las estrategias discursivas utilizadas para construir el concepto de intersexualidad. El estudio —cuyo enfoque metodológico es el análisis crítico del discurso y la teoría queer— permite evidenciar cómo el discurso judicial se apropia de otras instancias discursivas para definir, moldear y construir los cuerpos y las vidas que son dignas de existir en una sociedad heterocentrada. Se concluye que para la Corte Constitucional la autonomía y la capacidad de decisión personal son aspectos fundamentales en los casos en los que los sujetos intersexuales desean modificar quirúrgicamente sus cuerpos; sin embargo, en la sentencia se omiten las relaciones de poder que la matriz heterosexual produce sobre estos sujetos.

En este trabajo se plantea el problema de la educación en la sociedad posmoderna. Para esto, se describen las características principales de dicha sociedad, mostrando que el paso de la modernidad a la posmodernidad ha llevado a una despolitización del individuo y al auge de múltiples identidades. Además, se refl exiona en torno a los efectos que este tipo de sociedad tiene en la educación. Se defi ende la idea de que es necesaria una educación política que permita la consolidación de sujetos refl exivos y activos. Además, se propone que lo político en lo educativo debe ser un elemento central para formar individuos en la pluralidad. Se espera que este artículo contribuya a entender que la educación implica un compromiso político por la diversidad en sociedades marcadas por cambios culturales. ; This article deals with the problem of education in the post-modern society. Characteristics of this society are described. With the passage from modernism to post-modernism, human beings have diminished politicization and have gained multiple identities. Then, refl ection on how this kind of society affects education is shown by defending the idea that political education should be oriented towards the consolidation of refl ective and active people. Also, political education is proposed to be a central factor for acquiring plurality. Finally, this paper aims at understanding that education also implies political commitment towards diversity in those societies where cultural changes are constant. ; 27-32 ; jaegarciale@unal.edu.co ; dalgarciale@unal.edu.co ; Cuatrimestral