For many, it was a day of struggle; for others, a day of resistance; and for still others, simply a day of celebration commemorating International LGBTI+ Pride Day. On Saturday, thousands of people took to the streets of Lima to march in a country where, despite a lack of progress in rights, the visibility of diverse identities is steadily increasing.
“With this march, by taking to the streets, we have just given a lesson in citizenship. Insults will no longer force us back into the closet. Sooner rather than later, oppression will end,” said Simón Cazal, director of Somosgay, from the stage.
“With this march, by taking to the streets, we have just given a lesson in citizenship. Insults will no longer force us back into the closet. Sooner rather than later, oppression will end,” said Simón Cazal, director of Somosgay, from the stage.
Fueled by the landmark ruling in the Diana Sacayán transvesticide case and a powerful mobilization, the 3rd National March “Stop Transvesticide and Transfemicide” brought thousands of people out of their homes. Unlike previous demonstrations, where only transvestites and trans people and some members of the LGBTI community participated, this time the “green wave” feminist movement, with its contingent from the Campaign for Legal Abortion, was joined by Nora Cortiñas, a Mother of Plaza de Mayo, and Sergio Maldonado, brother of Santiago Maldonado.
There will be no celebrity songs for this cause. Countries and their flags will not proudly parade in the name of the struggle. There will be no new celebrations, no victory, because we continue to lose.
The ordinance stipulates that 5 people will be incorporated into municipal areas and also that the Municipality will coordinate with private entities for trans job placement.
Alma Fernández, activist and role model, writes a letter to her colleagues, those who are still here and those who are no longer, with her emotions running high, days before the historic sentence for the transvesticide of Diana Sacayán.
On June 28 - International LGBTIQ+ Pride Day - transvestite and trans organizations call on everyone to participate in the third national march "Stop transvesticide and transfemicide."
We discussed the ceremony held in Limache, Chile, two years after the murder of Nicole Saavedra and her family's demand for justice. We also covered the 18th Pride March through the streets of Santiago and the progress made in the investigation into the murder of Paloma, Chile's oldest transgender woman, among other topics.
Two years after her murder, the crime of Nicole Saavedra Bahamondes, the young lesbian woman killed in June 2016, remains unsolved. Last week, the National Prosecutor's Office informed the family that the investigation will now be led by a woman. This gives them more confidence, her family told Presentes during a ceremony held at the exact spot where her body was found two years ago.
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