Micaela Catán was 27 years old and lived in Santiago del Estero. She died after eight days in the hospital with burns covering half her body. Her family and organizations denounce her death as a transfemicide. They demand justice with a gender perspective.
Through the collective brand Thañí, which in Wichí can be translated as "Comes from the mountain", indigenous women from the communities of Santa Victoria Este (Salta) sell their handcrafted textiles on the internet and within the framework of fair trade.
Maricela Rodríguez, her 12-year-old daughter, and her partner Alejandra arrived in Mexico a month ago fleeing the lesbian-hating attacks they suffered in Honduras, their native country. Along the way, they were scammed and assaulted, and now they hope to obtain asylum.
The courts have reopened an investigation into the online harassment of a gay couple who were physically assaulted in September 2020 in Buenos Aires. The police response will also be investigated.
It's been a month since Tehuel De la Torre was last seen. How is the judicial investigation progressing, and how is the search for the young trans man continuing? Why do we need a trans-feminist justice system and diverse media?
Activist Ese Montenegro analyzes the context of the disappearance and search for Tehuel de La Torre in Argentina and focuses on the structural violence suffered by trans men.
La Voz Indígena broadcasts from northern Salta, Argentina. It began as a project in a workshop for women focused on ethnic memory. It has been on the air for 12 years, and its role was crucial during the pandemic.
The National Court of Cassation acquitted Mariana Gómez of the charges of minor injuries and contempt of authority, for which she was convicted in 2019. The ruling acknowledges the lesbophobic discrimination of the Police and the Judiciary.
The Chilean activists were prosecuted in 2019 for demanding justice for Nicole. After the trial, the Prosecutor's Office was supposed to compensate them by allowing them to paint a mural in homage to the victim of lesbicide. Now, it has broken that agreement.
If the healthcare system is organized in the language inherited from the conquerors, how can Covid-19 be prevented in Indigenous territories? What is the role of Indigenous translators in this pandemic?
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