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Mexico’s transgender and transexual community is demanding spaces free of violence in the face of hate crimes and discrimination
Mexico’s transgender and transexual community is demanding spaces free of violence in the face of hate crimes and discrimination
Transgender rights groups are demanding justice for the murder of several women from their community
The privately-run facility is under construction in Alvarado, Texas.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling in the case of a transgender Mexican woman who sought shelter in the U.S. on the grounds that she would likely be tortured if returned to Mexico.
Edin Carey Avendaño Hernández suffered years of sexual and physical abuse in Mexico and cannot be deported despite a felony conviction because she is protected under international anti-torture conventions.