“June 28: Vicky Hernández versus Honduras” the documentary about the trans activist murdered in 2009
The documentary recounts the trial in which the Honduran state was found guilty of the death of the trans activist. It can be viewed on YouTube.
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras . “For us, she wasn’t just a case. She was the first trans person murdered during the coup.” That’s what Indyra Mendoza says in the trailer for the documentary June 28: Vicky Hernández versus Honduras. The Cattrachas Lesbian Network premiered this film in May, and it can now be viewed in its entirety on YouTube.
The production of Cattrachas is the result of several years of arduous filmmaking. It also documents the outcome of the dramatic trial in which the Honduran state was found guilty of the murder of trans activist Vicky Hernández , which occurred on June 28, 2009, during the curfew imposed after that year's coup.
“The 2009 coup disarmed Honduras and ended the life of Vicky Hernández, a trans woman.” This is how the Instagram post where Cattrachas presented the poster for this memorable film production to the Honduran public describes it.
The night of horror
June 28: Vicky Hernández versus Honduras is a reconstruction of the events surrounding the murder of Vicky Hernández, which occurred that night in 2009 when "the streets were only occupied by members of the public force," adds the Cattrachas publication.
Furthermore, the documentary “shows how, in the years that followed, Hernández’s death did not matter to the State . Only when the case reached international bodies, thanks to the insistence of his family and LGBTI activism, was justice achieved.”
Cattrachas' production is a detailed account of the events surrounding the trial against the State of Honduras that culminated in the guilty verdict for the crime against Hernández. It is a story brimming with intrigue and drama that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats for its one hour and ten minutes.
Cattrachas presented the documentary in select cinemas in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba and Santa Rosa de Copán, on May 17, 2022.
“Trans people were the target of everything”
“What I remember about June 28th is that she came to me and said, 'Mom, I'm going out',” recounts Vicky Hernández's mother, Rosa, in the documentary.
Rosa was one of the last people to see Vicky alive. It was a little while before, on the fateful night when a bullet fired by state security forces ended her life.
Since Hernández's murder, hate crimes against the LGBT+ population in Honduras, and especially against trans women, have only increased.
According to the Cattrachas Violent Deaths Observatory , from 2009 to May 2022 more than 400 people of sexual diversity have died violently in the country.
“Following the coup, a series of crimes and assassinations ensued,” says former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Rosales. The former president and husband of current Honduran President Xiomara Castro is one of the key witnesses featured in this documentary.
“Trans women were the target of everything,” says another notable interviewee, Thalía Rodríguez. The trans activist and human rights defender participated in the filming of the documentary a few months before two individuals shot and killed her in her home on Juana Laínez Hill on January 10, 2022.
June 28: Vicky Hernández versus Honduras is a documentary that confronts Hondurans with a reality in which it is necessary to fight harder than ever against violence and anti-LGBT+ discrimination.
You can see it in full at this link:
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