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Aggression and discrimination against sexual diversity are on the rise in Argentina.
In recent weeks, several attacks against the LGBT community have been reported. There is growing concern about homophobic rhetoric.
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Dayana Karrington's transphobic murder in Tabasco: no one came to her help and she was found in a vacant lot
Dayana asked neighbors for help but no one responded to her cry for help "due to the lack of light in the area."
The transfeminicide of Thalía Rodríguez shocks the LGBTI+ population in Honduras
Thalía's murder is the first violent LGBTIQ+ death of 2022. It is also the 402nd since the transfeminicide of Vicky Hernández in June 2009.
First transfemicide of the year in Argentina: the Justice system began investigating 10 days later
Aldana Lorenz, a 35-year-old trans woman, died 10 days after being attacked. Neither the police nor the prosecutor's office investigated the motive for the beating while she was hospitalized.
Argentina 2021 Review: With a trans job quota law and non-binary ID cards, without Tehuel
In one year, 68 transgender people died; 10 were murdered. Discrimination and institutional violence are the main causes.
Paraguay 2021 Balance: Denial and authoritarianism, government policies for LGBT+
Although the challenges for LGBT groups are growing, this year they renewed their struggle and resistance.
Activists and human rights organizations demand an investigation and justice for the death of Gabi Cabrera
Gabriela Cabrera, a 23-year-old trans woman, died under circumstances that have yet to be clarified by the Paraguayan justice system. The initial hypothesis put forward by the forensic doctor was that it was a suicide, but her colleagues at Casa Diversa are demanding a thorough investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office and that justice be served.
Just days after the Honduran president's hate speech, a trans activist from his party was murdered.
Erika Tatiana Martínez García owned a small business where she sold drinks and food and was also a member of the National Party to which the current Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández belongs.
Transfeminicide in Colima: Valeria was murdered in her home and showed signs of torture
This is the third transfemicide reported this year in Colima, western Mexico. But the Attorney General's Office is not investigating it as a hate crime.
Transfeminicide in Mexico City: Ivonne was murdered in her beauty salon
Ivonne, a 32-year-old trans woman, was tortured and murdered in her beauty salon in Iztapalapa. One person has been arrested.