At least 50 trans women have been victims of transfemicide in Mexico so far in 2024, a high number compared to previous years. How should we interpret this urgent data to stop the violence? What does the context reveal about the inequalities that permeate the lives of trans women?
“Katan kawin kuyentun pekuyen. The life cycle of Mapuche women” is a collective work on sexuality and ancestral practices that are being rescued today.
On February 1, 2023, trans woman Camila Maza, known by her stage name Camila Spears, was beaten by her partner, Luis Alberto Martínez.
The woman was murdered in 2014, a year after her 14-year-old daughter Micaela was found dead, while demanding justice and denouncing trafficking networks in the Buenos Aires municipality of Tigre.
For the first time, we have a court ruling that recognizes a trans homicide. And it's a political victory for activists in a context where diverse communities are resisting attacks of all kinds.
The crisis of enforced disappearance in Mexico is a complex and multidimensional problem that has seriously affected human rights in the country.
The first public trial for Tehuel De la Torre ended with a conviction for transphobia and a request for community-based reparations for transvestites and transgender people. Repercussions of a landmark ruling.
The Oral Criminal Court No. 2 of La Plata convicted Luis Alberto Ramos of the aggravated homicide of Tehuel de la Torre, a crime motivated by hatred based on gender identity. The court also ordered reparations for trans and travesti communities.
The verdict in the Tehuel de la Torre trial will be announced on Friday the 30th. Activists are calling for a demonstration at the La Plata courthouse starting at 10 a.m.
Lesbian and bisexual women make up the majority. And Italian sprinter Valentina Petrillo seeks to be a symbol of trans representation in Paralympic sport.
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