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Trans activist Yren Rotela reported that on Friday, October 27, four men in a white car fired an air rifle at a group of women who, excluded from the job market because of their gender identity, survive by working as sex workers in the town of San Lorenzo, in Greater Asunción. The incident occurred two weeks after the murder of Romina Vargas Florentín, a 28-year-old sex worker who was stabbed to death in the street in the same area.
The Gender Equality Yes coalition emerged in response to the Ministry of Education's measure. They warned that prohibiting this content would prevent students from accessing comprehensive sexuality education.
Trans activists, sex workers and feminists gathered today in front of the Paraguayan Prosecutor's Office to demand justice after the murder of Romina Vargas, a 28-year-old trans woman who was stabbed on Sunday in San Lorenzo (Greater Asunción).
Romina Vargas Florentín, a 28-year-old trans woman, was murdered on Sunday, October 15, in San Lorenzo (Greater Asunción). Violence has escalated in the area in recent weeks. “We hold the Paraguayan State and the fundamentalist groups calling themselves ‘Pro-Life’ responsible for this latest hate crime and for continuing to sow hatred and…”
The Paraguayan government this week banned the dissemination of content related to “gender theory and/or ideology” in public schools nationwide. Human rights and LGBTQ+ organizations say the measure is a setback for education and human rights. It is part of a regional “onslaught” by religious fundamentalists.
Sheyla Brítez, a 20-year-old trans woman, was stabbed ten times and suffered a cut to her forehead on Friday night. Trans women are denouncing an increase in violence against them, fueled by the rise of fundamentalist rhetoric.
A man stabbed a trans woman in an area near the campus of the National University of Asunción (UNA), in the town of San Lorenzo (Greater Asunción).
This year's mobilization took place in a context of growing hatred in the country against what conservative sectors call "gender ideology," and today's slogan was "against state terrorism towards LGBTI people."
A 23-year-old transgender woman was released after reporting torture by police officers from the 15th precinct in Asunción. Karina Fernández had been arrested in a red-light district of Asunción on August 29 and accused of robbery.
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