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Three transgender women were murdered in one month in Mexico City
Trans and human rights activists in Mexico are on alert due to the string of transfemicides in the last month: there were three in less than 30 days.
Gay couple kicked out of campsite: “You have to leave because there are children present”
“We were hugging in front of the river, we kissed a few times, and a man who didn't want to identify himself approached us and told us that what we were doing wasn't right.”
Column #10 of Presents in You Can't Live on Love 2019
Ana Fornaro, co-director of Agencia Presentes, spoke on "No se puede vivir del amor" (You Can't Live on Love) on La Once Diez radio and reviewed the main LGBT+ news stories of the week in the region:
Colombia: First collective reparation for LGBT+ victims of the conflict
The LGBT Roundtable of Commune 8 in Medellín is the first sexual diversity organization recognized as a Subject of Collective Reparation in the Colombian armed conflict.
Salta: Police attacked a trans woman in the middle of the street
A police officer assaulted a 23-year-old trans woman in Salta. A march is being organized to demand an end to institutional violence.
Two trans women in Pilar report medical mistreatment
By LC Two trans women from Pilar, Buenos Aires province, reported being discriminated against by the municipal health system. Mónica Aguirre (43 years old) arrived at the Derqui Primary Care Center with peritonitis. Priscila Maite Vechara (27 years old) arrived at the Juan C. Sanguinetti Hospital after a client…
State violence against trans people: the health system leads the complaints
According to a report based on complaints, 46% were assaulted in hospitals, and the second largest group, with 36%, was the police.
New discrimination against trans people at a bowling alley in Jujuy
They were denied entry. The dissemination of this act of discrimination prompted the National Institute Against Xenophobia and Racism (INADI) to intervene.
Column #9 of Presents in You Can't Live on Love 2019
Presentes co-director María Eugenia Ludueña spoke with Franco Torchia on No se puede vivir del amor about the week's news.
One year later, pretrial detention for alleged murderers of young trans woman
A 23-year-old man was arrested in Sarandí (Bs As) and charged with the transvesticide of Sol Gómez in Recreo (Santa Fe).