#7M Anti-patriarchal football and Nora Cortiñas in the #AbsolutionForHigui campaign

On Lesbian Visibility Day and with an anti-patriarchal football match - in which Nora Cortiñas, from Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Founding Line, participated - the Campaign for #AbsolutionForHigui was launched in front of the National Congress.

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[Buenos Aires] By Paula Bistagnino On Lesbian Visibility Day, and with an anti-patriarchal soccer match—in which Nora Cortiñas, of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Founding Line, participated—the #AbsolutionForHigui campaign was launched in front of the National Congress . The demand for justice for the transphobic murder of Diana Sacayán was also loudly proclaimed, ahead of the trial that begins on March 12. The story of Eva Higui de Jesús traveled the world: she was imprisoned for defending herself against a rape by a gang of men who wanted to "correct" her lesbianism.

[READ MORE: #7M “The fight for justice for Higui is not over”]
Higui got his nickname because of his admiration for the former Colombian footballer René Higuita. futsal In front of Congress was one of the main activities of Lesbian Visibility Day, established to commemorate the hate crime of Natalia Pepa Gaitán, murdered for being a lesbian on March 7, 2010.
[READ MORE: She was attacked for being a lesbian and was imprisoned for homicide ]
There was an open radio broadcast and an "anti-patriarchy soccer game" in which Higui participated and which was kicked off by Nora Cortiñas, president of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Founding Line.
[READ MORE: Higui de Jesús, closer to trial]]
Also present was Sasha Sacayán, Diana's brother and coordinator of MAL (Anti-Discrimination Liberation Movement). And A tribute was paid to the murdered human rights defender, ahead of the trial for her transphobic murder, which will begin next Monday, March 12. A loud shout was heard: #JusticeForDianaSacayan #Stop the murders of trans women
[READ MORE: #HiguiLibre: an achievement of feminisms where we all participate”]
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