#Paraguay: Calls for justice in the murder of Andrea González, a trans woman.

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Andrea González was murdered in December 2016 in Ciudad del Este. She was 20 years old and had a hearing impairment. This is the first transphobic murder in Paraguay where the Prosecutor's Office has filed charges, but there are reports that a witness has been threatened and the main suspect is under house arrest. A march was held to demand that the crime not go unpunished. "They kill us and no one goes to jail."

#TransWorkQuota in Tucumán: “They are letting the project die due to lobbying by the Church”

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Amid calls for justice for the transphobic murder of Ayelén Gómez, killed three weeks ago, the bill establishing a quota for transgender employment was scheduled to be debated today in the Tucumán Legislature. However, a procedural motion sent the bill to committee. “It’s the same as sending it to its death,” Fabián Vera del Barco told Presentes.