Photos: Ariel Gutraich and social media coverage. Presentes: “Justice was served for Diana, and for other trans and travesti sisters for whom the justice system failed to speak,” said Say Sacayán at the press conference held at the Bauen Hotel, after the landmark ruling in the transphobic murder of her sister, trans activist Diana Sacayán. To honor Diana and to remember those trans and travesti women who have been victims of violence, after the press conference, activists led by the Justice for Diana Commission went to the same place where they had begun a long, militant, and crucial day earlier that morning: the Buenos Aires City Courts. They hung images of Diana and other comrades who are no longer with us on the gates, lit candles, and remained there, remembering them in a collective embrace of that sanctuary.

[NOW] Vigil in front of the courthouse to remember Diana Sacayán and the victims of transphobic murders. Say Sacayán tells her story here. pic.twitter.com/E7v2VDPCeS

— Presentes Agency (@PresentesLGBT) June 18, 2018

“It’s necessary for them and for us, for the memory of all the women who were denied justice,” Say Sacayán told Presentes during the vigil. There, the activism that did so much to ensure Diana’s case received a landmark sentence renewed the possibility of hope: that the verdict, which condemned the perpetrator to life imprisonment for a hate crime based on gender identity, will also signify a way to break, from now on, with the impunity and silence surrounding these deaths. And also, these lives.    

[NOW] “Today is a historic day that marks a before and after in our country and in the world, and especially for transvestite and trans people: Justice has been served. And it is also a difficult day because we celebrate the ruling but we miss Diana,” says @paradisosottile pic.twitter.com/QjSyqT4aeT

— Presentes Agency (@PresentesLGBT) June 18, 2018

   

[NOW] Today we become aware of the second wave of trans feminism that is gaining ground and establishing slogans from the streets, as Lohana and Diana taught us. We are no longer alone. It wasn't true that we couldn't,” says @almaFernandezok . pic.twitter.com/qyRs4lGc36

— Presentes Agency (@PresentesLGBT) June 18, 2018

[NOW] “I feel a mix of emotions. On the one hand, this historic ruling makes amends, but nothing makes up for the absence of Diana, who showed us a path of struggle and dignity,” says @MontenegroViki pic.twitter.com/Ygm5dt2ar6

— Presentes Agency (@PresentesLGBT) June 19, 2018

[NOW] “Together for Diana we will fight, transvesticide in the Penal Code” 🌈🎼 pic.twitter.com/3oEzFIOfyW

— Agencia Presentes (@PresentesLGBT) June 18, 2018

[NOW] “The costs we have to pay are very high, but this ruling gives us hope,” says @VioletaHumma pic.twitter.com/t4IJrviUmL

— Presentes Agency (@PresentesLGBT) June 19, 2018

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