The public trial for the transphobic murder of Amancay Diana Sacayán will take place in the second half of February 2018. This was reported by the Oral Criminal and Correctional Court No. 4 of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires to the plaintiffs, led by Diana's brother, Sasha Sacayán, and the family.
The five assailants who perpetrated the homophobic attack against Jonathan Castellari on December 1st were released from custody. “Judge Baños did not consider that they could obstruct the investigation or flee, which is why preventive detention was not ordered,” Gastón Llopart, the victim's lawyer, told Presentes. However, the assailants were charged with aggravated assault, with the aggravating circumstance of the victim's sexual orientation.
This past year was a particularly violent one for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and transvestite people in Paraguay. While there are no official records of cases of discrimination, assault, and murder—and the country lacks anti-discrimination legislation or laws aggravating circumstances for gender-based violence—LGBT civil society organizations keep their own tallies, which exceeded 400 reports in 2017.
In this new installment, during this time of year-end closings and reflections, "Yo" becomes reflective. The comic by Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez and Jon Amarillo tells, in the first person, what it's like to live with HIV.
Three young men were arrested for the homophobic attack on Jonathan Castellari, which took place on December 1st in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant in Buenos Aires. The National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office No. 49, headed by Paula Asaro, ordered the arrests based on a series of identifications using security camera footage.
The murder of Natalia Sandoval, a 35-year-old trans woman, was convicted in connection with another crime. After the verdict was read, her family and friends erupted in applause, and the judge called for silence. Natalia, who worked as a secretary, was found murdered on June 5, 2016. Her body was discovered by a couple who accidentally stopped…
Present were Marina Quinteros, a prominent trans figure in the city, who, along with trans activist Noelia Quinteros, will be in charge of managing the space during the afternoon. [READ ALSO: The trans employment quota incorporated the first trans worker in the country in Venado Tuerto] Esteban Paulón, Undersecretary of Sexual Diversity Policies, said that with the opening…
By Violeta Alegre Illustration: Nelson Evergreen I see how most people, yes, most, even fellow feminists, rush to await the white-bearded LORD, engaging in concrete acts of unnecessary consumption, of selfish fireworks that disregard the rest of the species. These explosions, outside of these dates, are repressive attacks, or wars. But assimilationism…
By Esteban Marchand, from Johannesburg. In November, I attended the Global Conference on Investigative Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, representing Presentes, and I had the opportunity to meet colleagues from over 200 countries around the world. Learning about their diverse backgrounds and asking about the situation of LGBT people was enriching and confronted me with…
Human rights organizations expressed concern over the decision by prosecutor Ana Medina, head of UFI 1 in La Plata, to grant Leonardo Mendoza early release. Mendoza, 25, was arrested and charged with attempting to murder Claudia Vásquez Haro, a trans activist and president of Otrans Argentina.
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