[2] First proposed in December 2017,[3] the school was opened in April 2018 by Ximena Matura, the school coordinator, and Evelyn Silva, its head, who is the president of the Selenna Foundation, a trans rights organization.
[2] As of May 2019[update] teachers were working without pay,[4] and Maturano and Silva paid all other costs for the first year,[1] but monthly fees were proposed to begin in March.
[3][5] A summer program started in 2019 had 20 participants,[3] 8 not previously enrolled, and the school hopes to win a competition grant of $20,000 from an international trans fund in order to expand.
[1][3] Students must take tests provided by the Ministry of Education to certify that they have passed a grade level.
[7] The school is named for Amaranta Gómez Regalado, a Zapotec Mexican trans activist and politician who identifies as a muxe.