Felipe Olguín Gómez, 19, was murdered last Tuesday by a man at a bus stop near his home in the Puente Alto district, after receiving threats and insults because of his sexual orientation, according to a report filed with the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation of Chile (Movilh). The young man, who lived…
Laura Moyano was a 35-year-old trans woman. She lived in the 9 de Julio neighborhood and was actively involved in the community, which made her very beloved by her neighbors. She volunteered for community projects, was part of the Women's Group at Health Center No. 34, and was finishing primary school at the Saúl Taborda School. On July 25, 2015, Laura was found murdered in an abandoned lot in Villa Allende Parque. Her body had been brutally beaten. Her family alleges that the police released images of her body, which then went viral, before they were formally notified of the murder.
Fueled by the landmark ruling in the Diana Sacayán transvesticide case and a powerful mobilization, the 3rd National March “Stop Transvesticide and Transfemicide” brought thousands of people out of their homes. Unlike previous demonstrations, where only transvestites and trans people and some members of the LGBTI community participated, this time the “green wave” feminist movement, with its contingent from the Campaign for Legal Abortion, was joined by Nora Cortiñas, a Mother of Plaza de Mayo, and Sergio Maldonado, brother of Santiago Maldonado.
We discussed the ceremony held in Limache, Chile, two years after the murder of Nicole Saavedra and her family's demand for justice. We also covered the 18th Pride March through the streets of Santiago and the progress made in the investigation into the murder of Paloma, Chile's oldest transgender woman, among other topics.
Chilean courts have found the killers of Marcelo Lepe, a young man shot dead in 2016 on the streets of the San Bernardo district, guilty. Juan Carlos Altamirano and Constanza Opazo Rondanelli were convicted of "simple homicide" with the aggravating circumstance of discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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.
In this radio segment on "You Can't Live on Love" with Franco Torchia, we discuss what happened at the last hearing in the trial for the transphobic murder of Diana Sacayán; the latest developments in the case of Mariana Gómez, imprisoned for kissing: the judge authorized a search of her home. We also talk about the transphobic murder of Cinthia Moreira in Tucumán and the request from organizations to investigate the murder of a 65-year-old man in San Isidro (Buenos Aires) as a hate crime.
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.
Today was the second hearing of the public trial for the transvesticide of Diana Sacayán, murdered in October 2015. As on Monday, there were two parallel events: one outside the Palace of Justice in the City of Buenos Aires, where diversity activists, artists and members of the public accompanied the family and showed their support for the trial from 9 a.m., and another inside, where the hearing took place, starting after 11 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m.
In this radio column that we do on No se puede vivir del amor with Franco Torchia, we talk about the first hearing of the trial for the transvesticide of Diana Sacayán and the transvesticide of Sol, a 24-year-old woman murdered in Recreo (Santa Fe).
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