Karla Avelar (an haife ta 1978) yar gwagwarmayar kare hakkin dan Adam ce na Salvadoran. Ita ce babbar darekta a kamfanin Comcavis Trans. Ta fuskanci barazanar kisa da dama, kuma ta tsira daga ƙoƙarin kisan kai akanta. Farkon kokarin kisan da aka yi wa rayuwarta shine a shekarar 1992, lokacin tana yarinya, sai ta sami damar kwance damarar wanda ya kashe .45 a Avelar. A shekara ta 2008, Avelar ta kafa kungiyar tallafi don wadanda suka canza fasalin su d ake kira COMCAVIS TRANS, an kafa shine dan zaman mayar da martani ne ga bukatun da matan TRANS suka shigar cikin kungiyoyin tallafi daban daban (mutanen da ke dauke da kwayar cutar kanjamau) don jin suna nuna wariya, basu wakilta kuma suka yi kar a sami bayanan da ake buƙata gwargwadon halayen nasu.. Ta kasance na biyu a karewa ta karshe ta Martin Ennals Award don Masu kare hakkin Dan Adam a cikin shekarar 2017. "Karla Avelar (1978 - ) activist". A Gender Variance Who's Who. 2018-01-14. Retrieved 2020-03-08. Global, Christian Aid (2016-11-14). "The transgender activist risking her life for human rights in El Salvador".