Lucas Platero

Lucas Platero Méndez (born; 1970) is a Spanish educator and researcher, recognized for his activism in the fight for LGBT rights.

Career Platero holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Political Science from the National University of Distance Education (UNED), a degree in Psychology from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), and is a teacher in community social intervention and a researcher. He also directs the University General Series of Bellaterra Publishing. His activism evolved into an academic-based form of activism. His research areas include non-normative sexuality, intersectionality of various forms of exclusion, and transformative pedagogy. The following year, the Provincial Council of Huelva awarded him second place in the Gender Equality Research Prize for the article Gender and sexual orientation: intersecting inequalities in national and regional policies? An analysis of problem representation in the Spanish gender equality political agenda (1995-2005).

In 2020, he received the Emma Goldman Prize from the Flax Foundation for his scientific and outreach career. He also received one of the 2020 Plumas Awards from the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Trans and Bisexuals (FELGTB) in recognition of his trans activism and his role as a reference figure in queer and intersectional politics.

Works 2007 – Herramientas para combatir el bullying homofóbico. Talasa Ediciones. . 2008 – Lesbianas. Discursos y representaciones. Melusina. . 2012 – Intersecciones. Cuerpos y sexualidades en la encrucijada. Edicions Bellaterra. . 2014 – Trans*exualidades. Acompañamientos, factores de salud y recursos educativos. En colaboración con la ilustradora Isa Vázquez. Edicions Bellaterra. . 2015 – Por un chato de vino. Historias de travestismo y masculinidad femenina. Edicions Bellaterra. 2017 – Barbarismos queer y otras esdrújulas. Edicions Bellaterra. . 2017 – Investigación sociológica sobre las personas transexuales y sus experiencias familiares. Ayto. Madrid. 2019 – Cuerpos Marcados. Vidas que cuentan y políticas públicas. Ediciones Bellaterra. 2020 – (h)amor6 trans. Ediciones Continta Me Tienes. .