Mauro started his involvement with intersex advocacy in the late 1990s. Following a decade of national and regional organizing, Mauro co-founded GATE in 2009, and served as its Co-Director until 2017, and as its Executive Director until the beginning of 2022. After that, he served as Senior Officer for Gender Justice and Equity at GPP (Global Philanthropy Project) until September 2023; he remains with GPP as a research consultant. Mauro also serves as an Editorial Team member at Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, and as International Advisory Board member at the LGBT Program at Human Rights Watch. He also chairs the Advisory Board at the INIA (Intersex – New Interdisciplinary Approaches) Project.
Over the past 20 years, Mauro has contributed decisively to the introduction of intersex and transgender issues at the United Nations. He participated in the elaboration of the Yogyakarta Principles in 2006 and, with Morgan Carpenter, in the drafting of the Yogyakarta Principles Plus 10 in 2017; he is a signatory of both. Mauro has also participated in the elaboration and revision of several international reports, including WHO’s report on Sexual health, human rights, and the law. On behalf of GATE, and in collaboration with Morgan Carpenter, he participated in initiatives on the revision and reform of International Classification of Diseases codes relating to innate variations of sex characteristics (see, for example, our 2015 submission, 2019 joint statement and related media statement).
At the national level, Mauro contributed to the drafting and passing of the Argentinian Gender Identity Law and co-authored the Argentinian Bill on the Comprehensive Protection on Sex Characteristics.
Mauro studied history at the National University of Córdoba (Argentina) and has continued postgraduate studies in philosophy and gender studies. He has written, translated, and edited extensively on trans, intersex topics and other bodily diversity issues; every year, he teaches open seminars on intersex issues. At this moment, his research is focused on the impact of anti-gender movements on intersex people and their access to justice, truth, and reparations.