Vigil for the Molotov attack that killed two lesbians in Argentina

One hundred people held an impromptu vigil this Wednesday in good air after a man threw a Molotov cocktail into the room where two couples lived lesbianscausing the death of two of them in an attack considered a hate crime by activists.

In the early hours of this Monday, a man set fire to the room of a boarding house where four lesbians lived, throwing an explosive, in “which constitutes a crime of lesbian hate“wrote in a statement the Ministry of Women of the Province of Buenos Aires.

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The attacker was arrested and is hospitalized after self-harmreported the text.

One of the women died on Tuesday and another died this Wednesday as a result of burns, he confirmed to AFP. Maria Rachidreference of Argentine Federation LGBT. The other two were injured, one of them in critical condition.

As night fell on Wednesday, a hundreds of people They gathered silently in front of the boarding house where the women lived and lit candles in an impromptu vigil.

“Since the new government took office, the only thing we have heard are messages of hatred towards the homosexual community; Discrimination is permitted.”said Valeria Bettini, 50, there.

A burned bed lay in the street next to a trash container full of charred belongings and a young woman wrote signs that read: “No more hate crimes.”

“I’m here because I’m even afraid of going out with the bracelet, I’ve never felt this before.”he said next to you Roxana Rega48-year-old artisan who wore a bracelet woven in the colors of the rainbow.

Opponents, human rights organizations and activists LGBT community They accuse the government of Javier Milei of promoting hate speech that moves from social media to the streets.

“This hate crime is not an isolated event and is part of the speeches that have been irresponsibly repeated since the national government”wrote the ministry of Women of the province, governed by the opposition party.

Since taking office in December, Milei closed the Ministry of Women, the National Institute against Discrimination and banned inclusive language in all public administration communications.

In his speech in Davos On January 17, he described feminism as a “ridiculous and unnatural fight between man and woman” and said that the movement only serves to “give work to bureaucrats”.

Your chancellor, Diana Mondinocompared marriage equality to having lice in November and March 8, Woman’s Daythe government dismantled Casa Rosada Women’s Salon, in an action considered “provocation” by feminist organizations.

Argentina She is a pioneer in the region in defending women. This is where the feminist movement originated Not one less in 2015 and the use of the green scarf was born to symbolize the fight for abortion, which was legalized in 2020.

Source: Elcomercio

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