We discussed everything that happened at the seventh hearing of the trial for the transphobic murder of Diana Sacayán. We also covered the hearing that convicted Joe Lamonge, a trans man accused of attempted murder, and the ongoing demands for justice in the province of Entre Ríos, among other topics.
Transvestite and trans activists and militants, feminist groups and sexual dissidents demonstrated this Monday afternoon at the door of the Courts, in Paraná, to demand the acquittal of Joe Lemonge, the young trans man sentenced to five years and six months in prison after being considered "material author of attempted homicide".
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.
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.
Pía Ceballos, a trans activist from Salta, wrote an open letter from one trans generation to another.
Various studies conducted in Argentina – by both civil society and the national government – confirm that 98% of transvestite and transgender people do not have formal employment and that at least 90% are or have been involved in prostitution, an imposed destiny that perpetuates inequality, repression, and…
Joe Lemonge is a trans man from the city of Santa Elena, Entre Ríos. In October 2016, he was attacked for the fourth time by a group of men who were harassing him. He defended himself and is now on trial for attempted murder.
After last Monday's suspension due to the impossibility of transferring the accused from prison, today was the fifth hearing of the trial for the transvesticide of Diana Sacayán, the Argentine human rights defender savagely murdered in October 2015.
Montevideo's Trans Art Week took place between April 9th and 15th. This initiative aims to give visibility to trans people and foster connections for their artistic and cultural development.
DJA, 65, was murdered, beaten and stabbed twice. On April 4, he was found lying in bed in his home in Béccar, in the San Isidro district of Buenos Aires province. Two days later, a 29-year-old man was arrested for the crime. A perfume was the key piece of evidence leading to the alleged perpetrator. Authorities are calling for the murder to be investigated as a hate crime.
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