The mobilization will take place on Tuesday, July 25, the second anniversary of the transphobic murder of Laura Moyano. Her sister and LGBTQ+ organizations denounce the stalled case and the increase in violence against transvestites and trans people in Córdoba. Photos: Courtesy of the Justice for Laura Moyano Coordinating Committee. Various LGBTQ+ organizations in Córdoba and the Justice for Laura Moyano Coordinating Committee are calling for a mobilization next Tuesday, July 25, to say #StopTheTransphobicMurdersAndTransfemicides and denounce the stalled case of Moyano, two years after her murder. The march will depart from the city center, at the corner of Colón and Cañada streets, at 5:00 PM and will end at Patio Olmos shopping center. “In Córdoba, the same thing is happening as in many other parts of the country, where there has been an increase in violence against the LGBTI community. But our province has been characterized, in recent years, by a repressive policy that affects us all. Furthermore, the neoliberal policies of this government are making our lives increasingly precarious. That's why we're going to march,” Fabri Tron, from the Justice for Laura Moyano Coordinating Committee, Presentes The slogans agreed upon by the organizing groups are: #StopTransvesticide and Transfemicide; #Justice for Laura Moyano and all the murdered trans women; #Immediate implementation of the Gender Identity Law that guarantees access to health, education, and decent housing for trans people; #Trans Employment Quota; #StopImpunity, the States (municipal, provincial, and national) are responsible; #StopSexist and Patriarchal Justice; #Secular State Now. No to the Religious Freedom Law; #TransChildren without discrimination and violence; #CompulsoryCisHeterosexuality kills us

No justice for Laura Moyano

Laura Moyano was a 35-year-old trans woman who lived in the 9 de Julio neighborhood of Córdoba. Well-loved by her neighbors, she was actively involved in social causes in her community. She volunteered for community projects, was part of the Women's Group at Health Center No. 34, and attended adult primary school at the community center. During the day, she did odd jobs, mostly domestic work. The difficulties she faced in accessing the job market and the lack of a public policy for the inclusion of trans people in the workforce led her to work as a sex worker at night.

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On July 25, 2015, she was found dead in a vacant lot in Villa Allende Parque. Her body had been brutally beaten, with head wounds and strangulation marks. After a year without any developments, at the end of August 2016, Liliana Copello, the prosecutor of District 4, Shift 4, in the city of Córdoba, ordered the arrest of three brothers, ages 24, 34, and 41. A 15-year-old girl was also a suspect. In less than a month, after DNA tests came back negative, they were released due to a lack of conclusive evidence. The case was back to square one. «Prosecutor Copello already has a history of closing or dismissing other cases with similar characteristics. Some people were arrested, but they were released due to lack of evidence, and they say all lines of investigation have been exhausted,” she told [the press]. Presents María Soledad Moyano, her sister. From the Secretariat of Human Rights, the plaintiff's lawyer Claudio Oroz told the Coordinator that he would file an appeal to propose other lines of investigation after the July court recess ends.

More organization and more struggle

“I continue fighting for Laura. She was humble, she wanted to study, she wanted to finish elementary school, she helped everyone—family, neighbors. Luckily, there are many of us demanding justice, not only for Laura but for all the trans women who continue to be killed. The State is responsible for what is happening,” added María Soledad.

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From the Coordinating Committee, Fabi Tron says that this march seeks to bring these acts of violence to light and to remember murdered comrades like Estrella Belén Sánchez (murdered last year) and Vanesa Ledesma. “Vanesa is the first transvestite murder recorded in Córdoba, in 2000. Amnesty International even denounced that in that case there was torture by the State. In all cases, the justice system stalled the investigations. This can only be stopped with more organization, more struggle, more demands. That is the idea of ​​the march: to make this visible.”

Organizing entities:

Coordinating Committee for Justice for Laura Moyano, Families of Victims of Police Brutality, Workers' Party, Trans Argentinos, Lohana Berkins Collective (CABA), Pañuelos en Rebeldía, National Human Rights Secretariat, FOL Red 9 de Julio, La Urdimbre, Las Hilando, Juntas ya la Izquierda -MST, MUMALA, FPDS, Centro de Salud 9 de Julio, ATTTA, Devenir Diverse, Mujeres Habitadas, La Bisagra, PTS Youth-Pan y Rosas, Libre Diversidad-MST, Las Rojas-Nuevo MAS, CAF, Mala Junta, Corriente La Colectiva, Putos Peronistas, Laura Moyano Trans Cultural Center, Multiplica la Juana and independents. ]]>