Argentina's Trans Labor Quota Law (Ley 27.636 "Diana Sacayán - Lohana Berkins")

Law 27,636, known as 'Diana Sacayán - Lohana Berkins' after two murdered trans activists, was passed by Argentina's Congress on 24 June 2021 in recognition of severe historical discrimination against travesti, transsexual and transgender people, who at the time of the law's passage had an average life expectancy of around 41 years and of whom roughly 90% had never held formal employment.

To require the national state — all three branches of government, decentralised agencies and state companies — to ensure that at least 1% of their total personnel are travesti, transsexual or transgender people, with relaxed education and criminal-record requirements in recognition of historical discrimination.

The law created tax incentives and soft loans for private employers who hire trans people and mandated quarterly monitoring reports on implementation.

Official government monitoring shows employment of trans people in the National State rose from 101 people in mid-2020 (before the law) to more than 700 by mid-2023 and to 955 by November 2023, an increase of over 700-900% depending on the measurement window. Independent monitoring by the public-sector union ATE corroborates the upward trend.

The law's own implementation reports acknowledge a major shortfall: two-and-a-half years after enactment, filled positions represented well under one-fifth of the legally mandated 1% quota, and at the recorded pace of hiring it would take roughly 14 years to reach full compliance.