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October 15, 2015

Argentina: Prominent Trans Woman Activist Found Dead 
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In Argentina, a prominent LGBT activist has been found dead in her
Buenos Aires apartment on Tuesday. Diana Sacayan is the third
transgender woman to have been murdered in Argentina over the last
month. In 2012, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner personally
gave Sacayan a national identification card recognizing her as a woman.
President Kirchner called for an investigation into her death Wednesday.

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: "In honor of a woman, Diana
Sacayan, who was the first trans woman to whom I bestowed identification
documents, who was murdered in Buenos Aires, I ask for cooperation
between the national security forces and the metropolitan police to
quickly get to the bottom of this terrible crime."

 

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