Nación Trans: A Photographic Project by Antonio López Díaz on Indigenous Trans Women and Colonial Legacies

Nación Trans is a photographic project by Antonio López Díaz exploring the historical and current roots of discrimination faced by indigenous trans women in America. The exhibition delves into how colonial legacies continue to shape their lives, while also highlighting their resilience and resistance.

Nación Trans, a photographic project by Antonio López Díaz, investigates the historical and contemporary sources of discrimination experienced by indigenous trans women across the Americas. The exhibition traces the roots of this discrimination back to the colonial process initiated by European arrival, which imposed systems of domination that profoundly altered indigenous social, cultural, and spiritual structures. This process not only led to territorial dispossession and racial marginalization but also enforced a moral order based on gender binarism and normative sexuality, effectively erasing diverse gender identities previously recognized in many indigenous societies. The project powerfully portrays how these colonial legacies persist, contributing to the familial expulsion, precarity, and vulnerability faced by indigenous trans women today. Simultaneously, Nación Trans aims to make visible the resilience and resistance strategies employed by these women. The concept of 'Nación Trans' proposes the formation of a community grounded in solidarity, the pursuit of bodily autonomy, and the creation of new forms of belonging from the margins of society.

This exhibition is included with the general admission to the permanent exhibition. Visitors can see the show from April 9th to September 20th, 2026, in the Sala La Tapada on the first floor.