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.
By Airam Fernández, from Santiago, Chile. Photos: Josean Rivera. The gathering was political, emotional, colorful as usual, and massive. Around 80,000 people marched in Santiago, Chile, to demand three specific things from the new government: the inclusion of minors under 14 years of age in the gender identity law, equality for…
After a legal action brought by the organization TravesChile was rejected, a new criminal complaint was filed against Pablo Andrés Plaza Barra, suspected of killing Paloma on February 14. At 74 years old, Paloma was the oldest transgender person in Chile, and her colleagues allege she was murdered with a blow to the head. The plaintiff will be her son, represented by lawyer Marcela Herrera Luque of the NGO Defensoría Popular (Popular Defense).
Daniela Gutiérrez, 49, died on Monday. Her family alleges that the hospital refused to admit her. Trans and gender-diverse activists say this is not an isolated case. They also denounce media violence, citing the publication of false information by local media outlets and their failure to comply with the gender identity law.
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."
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