2024 in Mexico was the most violent year for the LGBT community. In that year, 146 people, whether with a different sexual orientation or transgender, were victims of a crime, according to data from the National Observatory of Hate Crimes against LGBT People.
So much so that in that year, 59 transgender people were murdered, a figure that made Mexico the second country in the world with the most murders of transgender people.
One of the transfeminicides documented at the beginning of last year was that of activist Samantha Gómez Fonseca, who was killed by a gunshot to the head in the Xochimilco municipality in Mexico City. Her attacker Juan “N” and an accomplice were arrested and brought to trial.
The acronym of the LGBT+ movement represents the fight of lesbians for the rights of some members of the community
The states where the most cases of violence against the LGBT community were recorded in 2024 are: Mexico City with 23 crimes, followed by Nuevo León, Oaxaca with 10, Coahuila with nine cases and Baja California with eight crimes against the LGBT community.
Another case, also in the Mexican capital, was that of Fabián “N”, a member of the LGBT community who was beaten to death in a house in the Álvaro Obregón mayor’s office.
The first lines of investigation by the capital’s Prosecutor’s Office indicate that he or the criminals were known to the deceased, because the forced locks, doors or windows were not found.
With these types of stories, 2024 became the most violent year for the LGBT community. In 2014, only 24 crimes ranging from assaults to murders had been recorded, in 2018 it increased to 46 cases, by 2022 the number grew to close with 76 crimes against the community, while last year it closed with 146 crimes.
“I am afraid that my person and my life will be affected by people who do not know science and the laws. The Government must guarantee the rights of the community and avoid these crimes,” Charlotte Lascuráin, a transgender influencer, told El Sol de México, who explains that since she began her transition process, she has received different types of attacks, mainly through social networks.
For the influencer, the Mexican State has made progress in defending the rights of the LGBT community, however, she believes that the rules that protect people with another sexual orientation must be disseminated to prevent violence against that sector of the population from continuing to grow.
Mexico ranks second in the world in transfeminicides, from 2008 to 2023, 701 transgender people have been murdered in Mexico, the list is led by Brazil with 841 crimes of this type, according to the Transgender Europe Organization in its 2024 report.
In July of last year, the Congress of Mexico City approved the Paola Buenrostro Law, which classifies transfeminicide as a crime and punishes it with 35 to 70 years in prison. Nayarit was the first entity to approve this law.
Other states where their Congresses discuss this issue are Sonora, State of Mexico and Michoacán, where local legislators seek to classify the crime of transfeminicide in the same way.
“Violence against the community is unacceptable and requires immediate attention from the authorities and society in general. “Authorities must take measures to protect the LGBT community and guarantee their safety,” Neidan Macías, a transgender activist and fighter for trans male visibility in Mexico, told El Sol de México.
The activist explains that work must also be done on laws and policies that prohibit discrimination and violence against the LGBT community, in addition to increasing support and protection services for victims of violence.
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