Two weeks after being sentenced to five and a half years in prison for “attempted homicide” for defending himself against his attackers, Joe Lemonge, a 25-year-old trans man from Entre Ríos, who had long been harassed by three neighbors, arrived in Buenos Aires. With the support of LGBTQ+ activists, he was able to leave Santa Elena, a town of 17,000 inhabitants where he had lived and suffered his entire life.
Natalia endured the harassment until one day she went to work and was refused entry. She then contacted a lawyer and filed a lawsuit for wrongful termination, which she won at the beginning of the month: the company has to compensate her.
Mariana Gómez, 25, who was assaulted by police while kissing her wife Rocío Girat at the Constitución subway station, will continue to face legal proceedings. This decision was made by the Criminal and Correctional Court of Appeals of the City of Buenos Aires.
This morning, Mariana Gómez had her hearing at the Criminal and Correctional Court of Appeals in the City of Buenos Aires. Early on, activists and family members gathered at Viamonte 1147 to support the 25-year-old and her wife, Rocío Girat, both victims of police violence in an incident last October that resulted in Mariana's indictment and asset seizure for "resisting authority and assault."
The contrast between the cold, public building room and the emotion of those paying tribute marked the atmosphere of the homage to Diana Sacayán in the Chamber of Deputies. Today marked two years since the murder of the Argentine trans activist, and her family, friends, and fellow activists gathered to remember her and demand justice for her transphobic murder.
The trans and travesti population suffered—and continues to suffer—systematic persecution and human rights violations by the Argentine state. LGBTI organizations are promoting “Recognizing is Repairing,” a campaign that seeks to raise awareness of this violence and pass into law a bill for a special pension for survivors. By: @Inflafoy Photos: Ariel Gutraich Norma…
Muxes are people from the indigenous community of Juchitán, Mexico, who are born with male biology but identify as female. Integrated into their culture since pre-Hispanic times, they only began dressing as women in the 1960s. Presentes spoke with Amaranta Gómez Regalado, a muxe activist and social anthropologist, who explains how the tensions between the global and the local also affect the struggles for sexual diversity in Latin America.
Based in the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires, its name is a tribute to Paco Jamandreu, Evita's friend and personal dressmaker. The business prints
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