“It is a historic ruling. For the first time, these Nazi practices are condemned, actions based on ideology are proven, and the danger this group poses to society as a whole, beyond these victims who were seriously injured, is assessed.”
Today, the sentence was handed down in the trial of Joe Lemonge, a trans man. He was tried in La Paz (Entre Ríos) for attempted homicide while defending himself against his attackers, who had been harassing him.
By Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez (script) and Jon Amarillo (illustrations). The question always sounds like “Why didn’t you tell me?” but it never resonates with “Why aren’t you comfortable sharing your HIV status with me?” The demand is extortionate with “You have to take care of me,” and very rarely is it shared with “It’s the responsibility of…”
Under the slogan “Self-defense is not a crime,” activists marched to the Entre Ríos provincial government building and denounced the transphobia of the justice system in the case of the young man who defended himself against his attackers. Joe Lemonge was tried for attempted homicide. The verdict will be announced on May 4 in the city of La Paz.
The sixth hearing scheduled for today, Wednesday, May 2nd, in the trial for the transphobic murder of Diana was very brief, incorporating expert reports through readings. It was very brief because the witness did not appear. The activism that has accompanied each stage of the proceedings before the courts to raise awareness and demand justice in "the trial of all trans women" was present despite the rain.
Photos: Ariel Gutraich. On International Workers' Day, in front of Congress in Buenos Aires, a group of more than ten social organizations and LGBTQ+ activists presented a coalition to promote a national trans employment quota law. According to official figures available at the national level (dating from…
Casandra Sandoval is a feminist journalist, trans activist, and national secretary of the CFTTA (Argentine Trans and Travesti Federal Assembly). Since 2002, she has worked on the team of the Undersecretary of Family Farming at the Ministry of Agroindustry. A week ago, she received her dismissal notice after working for almost 16 years on a precarious contract. She (the only trans person in that Ministry), along with 16 colleagues from Salta, is fighting for immediate reinstatement and permanent positions.
This initiative, a collaboration between the LGBTIQ+ collective Devenir Diverse and the student group Estudiantes al Frente, has created eleven jobs for transgender university students at the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities of the National University of Córdoba. The cafeteria has historically been excluded from higher education.
Putting an end to the violence against our identities and what constitutes them is the challenge we want to establish within the feminist movement, but no longer as a form of accompaniment but by adopting our struggle as our own, pronouncing the issue on the social agenda.
Thirty-one months after the quota was approved, the Buenos Aires provincial government still hasn't signed the implementing decree to put it into effect. "Every day that passes without the law being enforced is another night that our female colleagues take to the streets, exposed to violence," said Sasha Sacayán, brother of Diana Sacayán and an activist.
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