Itziar Ziga

Itziar Ziga
Born	1974
Occupation	Writer, journalist

Itziar Ziga (born 1974 in Errenteria, in the Spanish Basque Country) is a Spanish activist, feminist and journalist.

Biography

Itziar Ziga grew up in Errenteria. She holds a degree in Communication studies ^[1] .

After obtaining a degree in journalism, she moved to Barcelona, where she worked a succession of highly precarious jobs. For three years, she also worked as a journalist for the feminist periodical Andra. She wrote for the gender theory magazine Parole de Queer and participated actively in various transfeminist movements. She contributed to the blog Hasta la limusina siempre and collaborated with the post-porn production group PostOp ^[2] .

Itziar Ziga is involved in various political associations, such as the Gay Liberation Front of Catalonia ^[2] , and the feminist group, now defunct, ex_dones ^[3] .

In 2009, she published Devenir Perra with Melusina. The book was translated into French in 2020 under the title Devenir chienne. It was published by Cambourakis Editions with a preface by Virginie Despentes and Paul B. Preciado ^[4] .

She is regularly cited alongside Paul B. Preciado as a transfeminist ^[5] .

Publications

In Spanish

• Dels drets a les llibertats: una història política de l'alliberament GLT a Catalunya (FAGC 1986-2006) (in Catalan). Virus Editorial. 2008. ISBN   978-84-96044-96-8.
• Ziga, Itziar (2020-06-24). Devenir perra (in Spanish). Melusina. ISBN   978-84-15373-94-0.
• Ziga, Itziar. (2009). Un zulo propio. Editorial Melusina. ISBN   978-84-96614-70-3. OCLC   625427450.
• Glamur i resistència, Le Tangram, Barcelona, 2011.
• El género desordenado, Egalés, Barcelona–Madrid, 2010 ^[6] .
• Ziga, Itziar (2011). Sexual Herria (in Spanish). Txalaparta. ISBN   978-84-15313-08-3 . Retrieved 15 November 2020.
• Ziga, Itziar (2014). Malditas: una estirpe transfeminista (in Spanish). Txalaparta. ISBN   978-84-15313-93-9.
• Ziga, Itziar (2020). La feliz y violenta vida de Maribel Ziga (in Spanish). Melusina..

In French

• Itziar Ziga (2020). Devenir chienne (in French). Paris: Cambourakis. p. 176. ISBN   978-2-36624-486-1.
• Itziar Ziga (2025). L’Heureuse et Violente Vie de Maribel Ziga (in French). Paris: Cambourakis. p. 128. ISBN   978-2-36624-983-5.

References

• Journalism portal
• Women portal
• Spain portal

1. MALDITAS | UNA ESTIRPE TRANSFEMINISTA (in Spanish). 2025-12-01.
2. "Devenir chienne". Éditions Cambourakis (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-02.
3. "PAROLE DE QUEER: Itziar Ziga". PAROLE DE QUEER. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
4. "Devenir Chienne". Cambourakis Editions (in French). Retrieved 15 November 2020.
5. Thomas, Maud-Yeuse; Grüsig, Noomi B.; Espineira, Karine (2015). Transféminismes (in French). l'Harmattan. ISBN   978-2-343-07014-8 . Retrieved 15 November 2020.
6. Coll-Planas, Gerard. El género desordenado. 1st ed. OCLC   1026206822.