This week of struggle, Bicho and I are joining the streets. "We are many causes, flags, colors, and shouts. Howls. The patriarchy is going to fall, it is falling, and we are going to tear it down every single time it takes."
After months of discussion, the Joint Committee of Congress approved the inclusion of children under 14 years of age. Article 7 was also approved, allowing those over 18 to complete the process at the Civil Registry. It still needs to be debated in both houses of Congress.
The World Health Organization (WHO) published on Monday, June 18, the new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), which will be debated at the General Assembly in May 2019 for adoption by member states. It will come into effect on January 1, 2022. Transsexualism (code HA4Z) is no longer listed under the heading "mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders."
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 [Listen to the audio] [audio mp3="https://agenciapresentes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Columna-21-Presentes-en-No-se-puede-vivir-del-amor-2018.mp3"][/audio] You can also listen to us live every Monday (almost Tuesday) at 12:30 am on La Once Diez, the public radio station of the City of Buenos Aires. The 2017 columns can be heard at this Radio Cut link.
Following the landmark ruling that for the first time condemned hate crimes based on gender identity—transvesticide—a vigil was held at the Buenos Aires City Courts. The vigil honored Diana and other trans women and trans victims of violence who were denied justice.
The verdict in the transphobic murder of human rights activist Diana Sacayán was historic: for the first time in Latin America, the crime against a trans woman was convicted as a hate crime based on gender identity. The president of the Oral Criminal Court No. 4, Adolfo Calvete, read the verdict shortly after noon in the same courtroom where the trial took place.
The Oral Criminal and Correctional Court No. 4 of the City of Buenos Aires unanimously sentenced Gabriel David Marino to life imprisonment for the murder of transgender human rights activist Amancay Diana Sacayán. In its verdict, the court determined that it was a hate crime motivated by gender-based violence (aggravating circumstances 4 and 11 of the Penal Code). This is an unprecedented and historic ruling. This trial marked the first time the term "transvesticide" was used in court records.
On Monday, June 18, the Criminal Court No. 4 of the City of Buenos Aires will announce the verdict in the transphobic murder of Diana Sacayán, who was killed in October 2015. A vigil will be held starting at 7 p.m. in Plaza Lavalle to remember Diana and other victims of transphobic and transfemicide.
Dusan Fung is an actor, playwright, theater director, and professor. At the age of 26, along with four friends, he founded the independent, multidisciplinary arts company Imaginario Colectivo. From its inception, this company has focused on uncomfortable and urgent issues: social inequality and diversity.
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