The trial for the transfemicide of Evelyn Rojas in Misiones has concluded.
The lawsuit, the prosecution, and activists are calling for the case to be considered a hate crime. Evelyn Rojas was murdered by her partner in October 2016.
The lawsuit, the prosecution, and activists are calling for the case to be considered a hate crime. Evelyn Rojas was murdered by her partner in October 2016.
Loren Guzmán was reported missing on December 3rd. Two months later her body was found with signs of torture.
For the first time in Uruguay, the Prosecutor's Office seeks to convict the murderer of a trans person, Fanny Aguiar, for femicide and hate crime based on sexual identity (or transvesticide).
The 22-year-old woman had been missing since December. This is the first murder of the year against the LGBT community.
A trans woman was found murdered in the town of Beccar. This is the second transfemicide in the country.
In recent weeks, several attacks against the LGBT community have been reported. There is growing concern about homophobic rhetoric.
Dayana asked neighbors for help but no one responded to her cry for help "due to the lack of light in the area."
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.
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.
In one year, 68 transgender people died; 10 were murdered. Discrimination and institutional violence are the main causes.