He made transphobic remarks about an award ceremony in Carlos Paz honoring Florencia de la V, who was chosen as a prominent female figure. Caserta's comments were broadcast on FM Cien in Villa Carlos Paz (105.7), where he is the director and host. They were subsequently broadcast on radio and television stations throughout the country. The Ombudsman's Office then intervened. The National Institute Against Discrimination (INADI), the Ombudsman's Office of the City of Buenos Aires, the LGBT Ombudsman, and the Argentine LGBT Federation considered the remarks a violation of the Gender Identity Law and discrimination against the entire trans community. The Ombudsman's Office reported that it met with Caserta "following complaints about these discriminatory remarks toward actress Florencia de la V and their stigmatizing nature toward trans people in general ." Following this meeting, and as a symbolic gesture of redress, Caserta "committed to broadcasting public service announcements in its programming to promote the rights to non-discrimination and gender identity. Furthermore, it indicated its intention to adopt measures to ensure that situations like the one that gave rise to the complaints do not recur in the future ," the Ombudsman's Office reported.

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“The prejudices and negative stereotypes on radio and television, which greatly concern audiences, deepen the discrimination and violence that exist in society.”“This is a positive development,” María Capurro, Deputy Director of Rights Protection at the Ombudsman’s Office, told Presentes. Capurro highlighted “the commitments made by FM Cien in Carlos Paz following the dialogue initiated by the Ombudsman’s Office: these confirm that such dialogues are fundamental for promoting the rights enshrined in law and for deepening social and cultural progress in equality and non-discrimination. Therefore, we reiterate our invitation to listeners throughout the country to continue submitting their complaints and inquiries to the Ombudsman’s Office,” Capurro stated.

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“How can a trans person be more important than a woman?” the director and host of FM Cien (105.7) in Villa Carlos Paz had said. At that time, Presentes contacted the actress and host. “There’s a law that protects me,” Florencia de la V said. And so it was.

Training in sexual diversity

After those statements circulated in various media outlets, generating condemnation and complaints, Caserta, along with those responsible for other programs on FM Cien, participated in a training session on gender and diversity, rights and responsible approach to these issues.

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The training, provided by the Ombudsman's Office, focused on the rights to non-discrimination, enshrined in the Audiovisual Communication Services Law, 26.522, and on the obligations established by the Gender Identity Law. “In particular, the training delved into the obligation to respect self-perceived gender identity in any public or private sphere, including the media, and to provide dignified treatment based on the identity adopted by each person. It was also emphasized that the legislation's principle is to depathologize gender identities,” explained the Ombudsman's Office. The workshop addressed the recommendations of the “Guide for the responsible journalistic treatment of gender identities, sexual orientation and intersexualityThe Ombudsman's Office highlighted the importance of referring to people according to their self-perception, without stigmatizing or trivializing their identities, and also the need to incorporate specialized voices and sources that provide tools for audiences to learn about the rights recognized in our country. FM Cien in Carlos Paz "joined other stations," the Ombudsman's Office reported, "in Salta, Paraná, Buenos Aires, San Juan, Mar del Plata, and Misiones, which have adopted similar measures" to combat discrimination and media violence against LGBTIQ+ people.