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This is how the Regional Meeting of Women, Lesbians, Transvestites and Trans people in Merlo went
More than a thousand women participated in the 20th Regional Meeting of Women, Lesbians, Transvestites and Trans in Merlo (Buenos Aires province)
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She is trans and was tortured in a police station: after filing a complaint, she was released.
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.
A nurse is accused of sexually abusing a trans woman in a hospital.
It happened at San Martín Hospital in La Plata. Shirley, a 61-year-old trans woman, went to the emergency room due to a spike in blood pressure. There, she was treated using male pronouns, and then, according to her complaint, a nurse sexually assaulted her in an elevator. A formal complaint has been filed, and yesterday social organizations held a press conference at the provincial Ministry of Health.
#Paraguay: Calls for justice in the murder of Andrea González, a trans woman.
Andrea González was murdered in December 2016 in Ciudad del Este. She was 20 years old and had a hearing impairment. This is the first transphobic murder in Paraguay where the Prosecutor's Office has filed charges, but there are reports that a witness has been threatened and the main suspect is under house arrest. A march was held to demand that the crime not go unpunished. "They kill us and no one goes to jail."
#TransWorkQuota in Tucumán: “They are letting the project die due to lobbying by the Church”
Amid calls for justice for the transphobic murder of Ayelén Gómez, killed three weeks ago, the bill establishing a quota for transgender employment was scheduled to be debated today in the Tucumán Legislature. However, a procedural motion sent the bill to committee. “It’s the same as sending it to its death,” Fabián Vera del Barco told Presentes.
A man shot a trans woman in Formosa: she is hospitalized
Franchesca lost an eye to the gunshot wound, and the man, a customer, fled. The 31-year-old woman remained in intensive care until today, and the Formosa Women's Secretariat intervened in the attack.
"Pink Boys, Blue Girls": A documentary about trans childhoods
“Pink Boys and Blue Girls” collects the testimonies of transgender children and adolescents and their families in Chile. It was produced and premiered in 2015 with the support of the Transitar Foundation and is now available to watch online.
Transvesticide in Tucumán: according to the autopsy, Ayelén died of asphyxiation
Ayelén Gómez was murdered, and her body was found under a bleacher at the Lawn Tennis Club. The autopsy confirmed that she died of asphyxiation. Gatherings are being organized in Tucumán and Buenos Aires to demand justice and #StopTransMurders.
Kary Chamorro, the Chilean trans activist who creates community
She is 35 years old and a spokesperson for Transgender Women for Change, one of the first trans and travesti organizations in the country, located in the city of Talca (central Chile). An activist, she conducts workshops on HIV/AIDS and the rights of the trans population. She is the first trans public servant hired by the government nationwide, working in the Regional Ministerial Secretariat (Seremi) of the Maule Region.
The Women's Parliament now has its first trans member
Paula Arraigada is the first trans woman to be elected to the Women's Parliament of the Buenos Aires City Legislature. An LGBT rights activist, she is also a pre-candidate in the primary elections.