# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karla-avelar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:03:44.261Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karla-avelar"
name: "Karla Avelar"
slug: "karla-avelar"
description: "Karla Avelar is a Salvadoran transgender rights activist was born in 1978 in El Salvador. Karla Avelar is the executive director and founder of Comcavis Trans an NGO dedicated to combatting discrimination against trans women living with HIV in El Salvador. COMCAVIS Trans also advocates against discrimination of transgender individuals and anti-trans sentiment in various sectors of Salvadoran society. Speaking about violence against transgender people in Salvadoran society, Avelar states, \"Now they are after your life. Now it's more of a silent society, one that today won't humiliate you, but kills you.\" As such, Karla Avelar has dedicated themselves to multiple organizations, such as El Nombre De la Rosa including Aspidh Arcoiris Trans since the 1990s. Now, she works directly with COMCAVIS Trans."
tagline: "LGBTI Activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diversity_in_Adversity_Karla_Avelar%2C_El_Salvador_0-2_screenshot_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "trans woman"
birthDate: "1978-01-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.07
  momentum:             3.194444444444445
  historical:           17.13675333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Карла Авелар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A3%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "كارلا أفيلار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "كارلا افيلار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "কার্লা এভিলার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A6%DB%95%DA%A4%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%95%D8%B1"
    title: "کارلا ئەڤیلەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%AC%D5%A1_%D4%B1%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A1%D6%80"
    title: "Կառլա Ավելար"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Авелар, Карла"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "கார்லா அவலெர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Avelar"
    title: "Karla Avelar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87075411"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump