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#DianaSacayán: Who is Saint Jean, the prosecutor removed for defending Etchecolatz?

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Prosecutor Marcelo Saint Jean defended individuals convicted of crimes against humanity, including Miguel Etchecolatz and Norberto Cozzani. Because of this background, the Commission of Relatives and Comrades of Justice for Diana Sacayán-Stop the Murders of Transgender People had requested his removal from the case. His father, Ibérico Saint Jean—former governor of the province of Buenos Aires between 1976 and 1981—was also a defendant. The prosecutor recused himself. Here are the files that document his actions.

University of Mar del Plata, first in Latin America with trans employment quota

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A groundbreaking resolution in the national and regional academic sphere—promoted by the Lohana Berkins Chair—guarantees 1% of non-teaching positions at the National University of Mar del Plata for transgender, transsexual, and gender-diverse individuals. Thirty applicants have already registered. “Unlike what is happening in the province, where the law remains unregulated more than a year after its approval, here the process was expedited,” said a representative.

Judge and prosecutors charged with homicide following the death of another trans activist

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Angie Velasquez was searched in public, forced to strip, subjected to police harassment, and then imprisoned in Florencio Varela. During the month she was detained, her health deteriorated. She died yesterday. The organization Otrans Argentina, of which Angie was a member, filed a lawsuit today against a judge and three prosecutors for "Aggravated homicide in conjunction with torture by action and omission and in conjunction with criminal association."

LGBT Identities at the “Rights in Focus” Photographic Event

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Through screenings of the “Trans Memory Archive”, curated by María Belén Correa and Cecilia Estalles Alcón; the photographs of Marcos Adandía; and a panel discussion with representatives of sexual diversity, the international photography and human rights meeting “Rights in Focus” kicks off the week of Remembrance in Argentina, vindicating, among other things, LGBTI identities and their struggles.