Photos: Presentes Agency/Buenos Aires. Two years after the death of trans activist Lohana Berkins , more than 500 people commemorated her in front of the National Congress with music, poetry, and words of love from her companions in life and struggle. The tribute to Lohana Berkins served as a platform to demand justice for trans leader Diana Sacayán, just days before the trial for her murder begins .

[NOW] Tribute on the 2nd anniversary of #LohanaBerkins . “We are here to remember our comrade and friend. Today I would tell her that her trans community will fight hard for #JusticeForDianaSacayán ,” says activist @florenciaguima1 🦋🦋 #TransRageAlways pic.twitter.com/h7z3f4xY4d

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[NOW] #TravestiFuryAlways “The butterfly colony 🦋🦋 is hopeful and eager to work,” says Marlene Wayar before the tribute to Lohana Berkins begins. pic.twitter.com/plerXcBj56

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[NOW] “Lohana shaped my feminist activism. She showed a generation of activists the face of what it means to be trans and shaped them within that diversity, understood from the perspective of social justice. We miss her a lot these days,” says @lalulimoreno , activist with @c_lacolectiva pic.twitter.com/F5cRjkhomz

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  Feminist Diana Maffía, who worked alongside Lohana for over 20 years, said that she had many facets. “She was imaginative, disruptive, and irreverent. The intensity with which she lived is the legacy she left us. We must celebrate her constantly,” she said. “Lohana was from Salta, like most of the girls who are at the Hotel Gondolin. I remember when she presented her book “Cumbia, Tears and Drinking,” where she tells everything we trans women go through and experience. We miss her,” said one of the young women from the Gondolin, one of the many who came to remember Lohana.

[NOW] The drums of Tummbanda are beating in front of Congress to remember #LohanaBerkins #TravestiFuryAlways 🦋🦋🦋 pic.twitter.com/lUDFZ6nCr1

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[NOW] @obertiiibelen came to Plaza Congreso to remember “our comrade #LohanaBerkins and to continue her fight, especially at this moment. She was an abolitionist and defended feminism in all its aspects,” she says. #TravestiFuryAlways #LegalAbortionNow pic.twitter.com/xWgflXCubS

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Marlene Wayar read a letter that said: “We will shatter this system, simply by moving forward. (…) Every path you led me down during your absence shows me that there are changes. Lesbians, gay men, and trans women triumph. This turns my fears into motivators, allowing me to walk cautiously but never stop taking a step. I go with your voice in my ears, moving forward steadily.”

[VIDEO] Marlene's letter to Lohana: 

[NOW] Letter from Marlene Wayar to Lohana Berkins #FuriaTravestiSiempre pic.twitter.com/rINUxtUL8D

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