2020 in El Salvador: fewer crimes against LGBT people, more state neglect
Attacks and hate crimes decreased due to quarantines, but the State left LGBT+ people unprotected during the pandemic.
Attacks and hate crimes decreased due to quarantines, but the State left LGBT+ people unprotected during the pandemic.
There have been no fatalities from the coronavirus pandemic in this country yet, but at least three hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people have already been documented in 2020. Two of them were murdered in the last week.
Tita Andrade Umaña was 32 years old and is the second trans woman murdered in El Salvador so far in 2020.