Nicolás Dujovne, Argentina's new finance minister, deleted a discriminatory tweet from his account yesterday regarding LGBTQ+ activist Diana Sacayán. Various organizations and leaders of the community are demanding that he "retract his discriminatory statements and apologize to the entire community." [News updated today at 3 PM] (#BUENOSAIRES) — The Commission of Relatives and Comrades for Justice for…
The country still lacks an official observatory for victims of hate crimes based on gender identity. Figures collected by various organizations in 2016 indicate at least 16 transphobic murders: more than the total number of hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people reported in 2015 in the report by the Argentine Homosexual Community (CHA).
The LGBT Ombudsman's Office of the City of Buenos Aires filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office today. The attacker will have to answer for discrimination, harassment, and threats. The LGBT Ombudsman's Office of the City of Buenos Aires filed a complaint with the courts against the young man who assaulted a trans woman on a street in Buenos Aires and uploaded the video to social media. "We entered at noon…
#Gritazo: a visual chronicle of an unforgettable afternoon for the trans and travesti movement. Photos by Ariel Gutraich
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The trans and travesti population suffered—and continues to suffer—systematic persecution and human rights violations by the Argentine state. LGBTI organizations are promoting “Recognizing is Repairing,” a campaign that seeks to raise awareness of this violence and pass into law a bill for a special pension for survivors. By: @Inflafoy Photos: Ariel Gutraich Norma…
Within the framework of the #RecognizeIsRepair Campaign, and with the purpose of demanding the immediate parliamentary consideration of bill 2526 “Reparation Regime for Victims of Institutional Violence Based on Gender Identity,” various sexual diversity organizations and self-organized individuals gathered in front of the Argentine National Congress to take a collective photo, to put their bodies on the line…
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