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(Latin America) The killing of a travesti because of her gender, especially when motivated by transmisogyny..
In 2018 the figure of "travesticide" (term developed by Radi and Sardá-Chandiramani 2016) was applied for the first time in Argentina during the trial for the murder of travesti activist Diana Sacayán.
Speaking of violence starting from femicides and travesticides positions them as its culminating point, but it also poses a challenge: to not limit ourselves to its necropolitical accounting, the tallying of femicides and victims.
In criminal law, the case of the murder of the travestite and human rights activist Dana Sacayán, has been framed by the prosecution as one of a “travesticide”, that is, a hate crime against a travestite.
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Travesticide means (Latin America) The killing of a travesti because of her gender, especially when motivated by transmisogyny..
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In 2018 the figure of "travesticide" (term developed by Radi and Sardá-Chandiramani 2016) was applied for the first time in Argentina during the trial for the murder of travesti activist Diana Sacayán.
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