Argentina: Hate crimes against LGBT+ people increased in 2019
“Of all the hate crimes recorded, 44% of the cases (78) correspond to violations of the right to life, that is, murders and deaths due to absence and/or abandonment by the state.”
“Of all the hate crimes recorded, 44% of the cases (78) correspond to violations of the right to life, that is, murders and deaths due to absence and/or abandonment by the state.”
"The transvestite-trans population suffers from particular social conditions that put us in specific situations, aggravating our vulnerability and making us unable to take the proposed health measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic."
Tita Andrade Umaña was 32 years old and is the second trans woman murdered in El Salvador so far in 2020.
In the last week of February, Samantha, 26, and Karla H, 35, were shot to death in Uruapan and Zamora.
A court has ordered three police officers to stand trial for the murder of Camila Díaz Córdova. However, they will not be tried for hate crimes.
The first trans house in northern Argentina operates in Palpalá, 15 minutes from San Salvador de Jujuy, and is managed by activists.
The trial of Luz Aimé Díaz (23), scheduled to begin on February 20, was postponed until April.
Luisa Sandoval Lemus was a 24-year-old trans girl who had disappeared on February 27.
When they received the receipt, it read: 'FRUIT SALAD TO GO FOR THE FUCKING GUYS'. Leo posted this on his social media and it went viral.
Thousands of women, lesbians, bisexuals, transvestites, trans and non-binary identities marched in Buenos Aires against sexist violence.