LGBTIQ+ community condemns the murder of Ulises Nava and warns of hate crimes in México

He National Observatory of Hate Crimes against LGBT People condemned the assassination of the activist Ulises Nava activist and defender of the rights of people of sexual diversity, who was attacked with a firearm in aguascalientes. Therefore, through a statement, the agency alerted about the hate crimes in México and called on the authorities to act accordingly.

To this homicide are added the murders of juventino in Sinaloa of Michael in Puerto Vallarta, from ruben and omar in Sonora and that of Natalie in Tlalpan, since all of them occurred in barely a month and are supposedly related to the exercise of his intimate life.

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“We demand that the State Prosecutors’ Offices, as well as the Undersecretary of Human Rights of the Ministry of the Interior, take specific actions for the investigation, prosecution, prevention, punishment and repair of the damage,” the Observatory stated.

This call coincides with the indications of Amnesty International and Letra Ese, AIDS, Culture and Daily Life, AC. civil associations that warn of an emergency in relation to these crimes in México.

According to Amnesty International, in addition to México, Colombia, Brazil, Honduras and Guatemala they concentrate many crimes against the LGBTIQ+ community. Likewise, high rates of discrimination are concentrated in these countries, despite the efforts of their governments to prevent discrimination and violence against sexual diversity.

On its own, Letra Ese pointed out that in 2022 there were 87 violent deaths against LGBTIQ+ people in México. In this regard, he pointed out that the figure is on the rise after a considerable drop, because in In 2018 there were 92 cases, in 2019 it rose to 117, in 2020 it fell to 78 and in 2021 there were 79.

“This 2022 we report a total of 22 murders of gay men, which is equivalent to 25.3 percent. For gay men we estimate a rate of 4.2 homicides per hundred thousand inhabitants. The murder of lesbian women represented 12.6% with 11 cases”, they specified.

Likewise, this AC identified Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chihuahua and the State of México as the most dangerous entities for the diversity community, since, of the 87 cases in 2022, these entities concentrated 37 violent deaths of LGBTIQ+ people (11, 10, 9 and 7, respectively).

government actions

Consequently, the Mexican government has promoted policies of visibility and inclusion of the community, so that they can access public spaces without being discriminated against or violated. Likewise, local efforts are highlighted that address particular aspects such as calls “conversion therapy”.

At the federal level, for example, the affirmative action for the inclusion and representation in the Congress of the Union of LGBTIQ+ people. This guarantees a minimum representation in the Chamber of Deputies, hoping that the representatives promote the rights agenda specialized in sexual diversity.

For such a reason that Salma Luevano trans legislator for Morena promoted a reform initiative that modifies the Law of Religious Associations and Public Worship to eliminate hate speech against LGBTIQ+ people.

Likewise, the Congress of the Union approved a reform to guarantee social security to same-sex couples. This means that, with this initiative, medical attention, widow’s pension and support in case of orphanhood are guaranteed for the beneficiaries of these marriages.

Regarding local efforts, in the Local Congress of México City (CDMX) was promoted Law for the Recognition and Care of LGBTTTI People a decree with 43 articles and 12 transitory ones to redesign other local regulations to guarantee respect for the physical, emotional and mental integrity of people of diversity.

Finally, in CDMX an initiative was promoted that criminalized “conversion therapies” and classified them as an act that violates the will of the person and the free development of personality and identity, since they treat sexual diversity as a disease.