LGBT+ community in mourning: Subject kills three women for being lesbians in Argentina

shocks in Argentina he hate crime of a subject against four women for being lesbians.

Pamela, Mercedes, Andrea and Sofia were attacked by Juan Fernando Barrientosa man who lived in a hotel in Buenos Airesand opened the women’s room and launched a homemade explosive.

In the events that occurred on May 5, the women tried to leave but the subject He pushed into the room again. to prevent them from leaving.

Pamela died just hours after the hate crimeRoxana, for her part, died on Wednesday, May 8, while Andrea was the third fatal victim of the events yesterday.

Sofía is the only survivor, who is still hospitalized in a hospital with burns and in shock.

The subject continues detained by authoritiesbut Argentine society remains dismayed at the hatred experienced by the community LGBT+where even content creators have linked the event to the hate speeches of Javier Mileicurrent president of Argentina.

“It doesn’t seem like a coincidence to me that at a time when there is so much hate speech more cases begin to appear,” said activist Sofia Gonet through social networks.

This Monday afternoon there will be a march to repudiate hate crime, as well as demand justice, while there are already posters in front of Congress with the slogan “Hate speech kills”.

I have a degree in Journalism from the University of Guadalajara. In 2022, I became part of the DEBATE team as a reporter from Jalisco, where I report on the daily events of the state as well as its capital: Guadalajara. I carry out web reporting in Nayarit and other entities in the Bajío de México, in addition to communicating the weather forecast for the entire Mexican Republic, and mainly Jalisco. Culture has been in my life since I was little, because I like to write about cinema, art and getting to know the world through its traditions.

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