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Zoe Quispe: life imprisonment for the accused without acknowledging transfemicide
The Criminal Court No. 2 of Jujuy sentenced the murderer of Zoe Quispe to life imprisonment but ignored the request to classify it as transfemicide.
Marcela Chocobar trial: life sentence for transfemicide
The judges of the Criminal Court of Río Gallegos unanimously sentenced Oscar Biott to life imprisonment for aggravated homicide motivated by hatred of gender identity (transfemicide). Biott, along with Angel Azzolini, was accused of murdering the young trans woman Marcela Chocobar. Azzolini was sentenced to six years in prison as the perpetrator of the crime…
Marcela Chocobar trial: anticipation for the transfemicide verdict
On Thursday, June 13th, at noon, the Criminal Court of Río Gallegos will announce its verdict in the transfemicide case of Marcela Chocobar. The 26-year-old trans woman was last seen in September 2015, and to this day her body has not been found; only her skull has been recovered. Starting today…
Honduras: Three hate crimes against LGBT people in one week
In Honduras, where 68% of the 9 million people live in poverty and exclusion, deviating from heteronormativity can cost you your life. In the last week, two trans women and a lesbian were brutally murdered, and LGBTQ+ organizations are denouncing these as hate crimes.
Trial of Mariana Gómez: in the 2nd hearing they showed videos of the attack
This Tuesday morning, the 11th, at the Oral Criminal Court No. 26, City of Buenos Aires, the second hearing took place in the oral trial that has the young lesbian Mariana Gómez as the accused.
Jujuy: Calls for Zoe Quispe's murder to be tried as a transfemicide
The family of Zoe Quispe, a 35-year-old trans activist, is asking that it be condemned as a transfemicide.
Young lesbian attacked with a blow to the head with an iron bar
Yesica Freytes was hit on the head with an iron bar while people shouted "lesbian whore." It happened on Tuesday, May 5, at her mother's house in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires province.
Paraguay: They tried to murder a trans woman with metal rods
Lorena Ortega, 40, survived an attempted murder last night in the city of San Lorenzo. Three men and a cisgender woman threw her to the ground and began beating her with stones and metal rods.
Lesbophobia: Teenagers arrested for attack on young Uruguayan woman and her partner in London
British police announced on Friday that four men between the ages of 15 and 18 were arrested on suspicion of being responsible for the lesbophobic attacks and robbery suffered by a lesbian couple on a London bus on May 30.
Trial of Mariana Gómez: "I never went to trial for my sexual abuse, but I did for contempt of court."
This morning at Criminal Court No. 26 in Buenos Aires, the trial began against Mariana Gómez, the 25-year-old lesbian woman who was charged with "resisting authority and assault" after defending herself against a police officer who attacked her. Two more hearings are scheduled: the…