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The case became the first transvesticide in which there was a life sentence for "hatred of gender identity".
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An international award for the verdict in the Diana Sacayán transvesticide case
The landmark court ruling in the transphobic murder of Argentine trans human rights activist Amancay Diana Sacayán was recognized with the Gender and Justice Uncovered Award.
Why a national transvestite and transgender employment quota law is urgently needed
On Friday, the labor committee of the Chamber of Deputies postponed the discussion of the Diana Sacayán national transvestite employment quota bill, "a fundamental right that attacks the heart of social transvesticide."
#TransQuota National Bill Introduced by Diana Sacayán
Photos: Ariel Gutraich. The National Front for the Diana Sacayán Law will present a bill in the National Congress on Thursday, August 16, seeking to establish a 1 percent job quota in the national public administration for transvestite, transsexual, transgender, and trans masculine people. “We seek that…”
Transvestite-transgender employment quota: the Diana Sacayán bill has entered Congress
The National Front for the Diana Sacayán Law presented a bill in the Chamber of Deputies seeking to establish a 1% job quota for transgender, transsexual, and gender-diverse individuals in the national public administration. The bill was introduced in Congress with the support of more than 40 representatives from six legislative blocs, according to a statement released today by the Front.
Column #21 Present at You Can't Live on Love 2018
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 [Listen to the audio] [audio mp3="https://agenciapresentes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Columna-21-Presentes-en-No-se-puede-vivir-del-amor-2018.mp3"][/audio] You can also listen to us live every Monday (almost Tuesday) at 12:30 am on La Once Diez, the public radio station of the City of Buenos Aires. The 2017 columns can be heard at this Radio Cut link.
[IN PHOTOS] Vigil for Diana Sacayán and transvestite and trans victims
Following the landmark ruling that for the first time condemned hate crimes based on gender identity—transvesticide—a vigil was held at the Buenos Aires City Courts. The vigil honored Diana and other trans women and trans victims of violence who were denied justice.
Diana Sacayán: A Day of Justice and Transgender Fury in Court
The verdict in the transphobic murder of human rights activist Diana Sacayán was historic: for the first time in Latin America, the crime against a trans woman was convicted as a hate crime based on gender identity. The president of the Oral Criminal Court No. 4, Adolfo Calvete, read the verdict shortly after noon in the same courtroom where the trial took place.
Column #20 Present at You Can't Live on Love 2018
In this column, we discuss the defense attorney's closing argument in the trial for the transphobic murder of Diana Sacayán. We also cover the festival organized on Saturday, June 9th, to demand the acquittal of Higui de Jesús, one year after her release.
Festival and struggle: "One year after her release, we continue to demand acquittal for Higui"
Report by Gabriela Zampedri: Unlike in 2017, when Eva Analía "Higui" de Jesús spent her birthday, June 7, in the Magdalena prison—she was released days later, on June 13—this time she celebrated her 44th birthday with an open-air festival, accompanied by her mother, family, friends, and activists.