Various human rights and LGBTQ+ organizations in Argentina condemned the raid on Tuesday, April 23, at the headquarters of MAL (Anti-Discrimination Liberation Movement), founded by the murdered trans activist Diana Sacayán and currently coordinated by her brother Sasha Sacayán. According to Sacayán's account to Presentes, they were meeting with more than 15 women…
The aggressor is Claudio Herrera Luna, second in command at the Women, Minors, and Family Police Station in the city of Chamical. He forcibly removed her from a local festival and assaulted her.
Emily Marín, a 22-year-old trans woman, was arrested on Wednesday, February 28, in a plaza in downtown Asunción. Five officers from the police's tactical operations group, known as Grupo Lince, insulted her because of her gender identity, beat her, and locked her up in a nearby police station.
This morning, Mariana Gómez had her hearing at the Criminal and Correctional Court of Appeals in the City of Buenos Aires. Early on, activists and family members gathered at Viamonte 1147 to support the 25-year-old and her wife, Rocío Girat, both victims of police violence in an incident last October that resulted in Mariana's indictment and asset seizure for "resisting authority and assault."
The organizations Colectivo para la Diversidad (COPADI), 100% Diversidad y Derechos, the Asociación Pensamiento Penal, and the Public Defender's Office filed amicus curiae brief with the Sixth Chamber of the Court of Appeals. The Court must decide whether to grant the defense's request to dismiss the case against Mariana Gómez, who was prosecuted and had her assets seized for resisting authority and causing injuries, a decision made by Judge María Fontbona de Pombo.
Transgender women in Asunción and surrounding areas reported at least five attacks against them in a single night over the past weekend. They denounce a new wave of violence against them, and also the impunity surrounding these crimes.
This afternoon at Lavalle and Libertad, in Tribunales, dozens of diversity activists and friends accompanied Mariana Gómez, the woman mistreated and arrested by the police last October for kissing his wife Rocío Girat, who today appealed her prosecution.
Alarmed by the protocol for detaining LGBTI people launched by the Argentine Ministry of Security a few weeks ago, and by police actions in general, organizations and activists filed a preventative action this morning with Court 16 of the City of Buenos Aires. The action seeks to guarantee freedom of expression during today's 26th LGBTIQ Pride celebration.
What is the impact of a protocol that once again identifies the LGBTQ+ community as dangerous and criminal? These kinds of tools are undoubtedly part of the culture war. OPINION: LULI SÁNCHEZ
Argentina's Ministry of Security approved the "General Protocol for Personal Searches and Detentions of LGBT Individuals," which will be used by federal police and security forces. Sexual diversity organizations and LGBT activists expressed their condemnation.
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