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Another trans femicide in Peru: "We need real action, they are killing us"
In northern Peru, two trans women were murdered in less than fifteen days, according to information provided to Presentes by the Trans Women's Network.
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A trans woman was murdered by her partner in Montevideo
Fanny Aguiar, a 34-year-old trans woman, was murdered in her home, located at the corner of Cufré and Cagancha streets in the La Comercial neighborhood of Montevideo. Her body showed several stab wounds.
Accused of murdering the young trans woman Azul Montoro, to stand trial for femicide
As the one-year anniversary of the murder of the young trans woman Azul Montoro approaches, her killer has been declared criminally responsible.
Transfemicide in Paraguay: it's the second in a month
Nikol Ortellado, a 24-year-old trans woman, was murdered in Puerto Obligado (southern Paraguay) early this morning, just two days before the LGBTI Pride march that will be held in Asunción and other cities in the country this Saturday.
Column #26 Present at You Can't Live on Love 2018
In this weekly LGBTQ+ news segment, which airs every Monday after midnight on "No se puede vivir del amor" (You Can't Live on Love), the most exciting late-night radio show on sexual, emotional, and journalistic diversity worldwide, we discuss Dr. Abel Albino's controversial statements about HIV, the initiative by the Uruguayan LGBT Chamber to promote inclusion in companies, and the march held in Córdoba three years after the transfemicide of Laura Moyano.
Chile: Paloma, a historic trans activist, has died: reports allege she was murdered
Paloma died in a public hospital bed from a stroke caused by a blow. This "blow," according to the complaint filed by the association TravesChile (which includes Paloma's own testimony), was the result of a transphobic attack.
Transfemicide in Santa Fe: Her neighborhood mourns her and demands justice for Cuqui Bonetto
Early Thursday morning, Adriana Bonetto was murdered in her home in Rincón, Santa Fe. The main suspect is a man with whom she had been in a relationship for several months. Family and friends of the trans woman are demanding justice and organizing a march for next week.
March in Tucumán: "Without trans women there is no Ni Una Menos"
“Without trans women, there is no one less”: less than six months later and in light of the recent acts of violence against trans women and transvestites, the LOTO group (Organized Trans Freedom and Pride) is calling for a new march to demand compliance with the Gender Identity Law, to ask for a trans job quota law and to say Enough of transvesticide and transfemicide.
The wave of attacks against trans women is increasing in Greater Asunción
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.
March for the transfemicide of Romina Vargas: "We are not all here, 59 are missing"
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).