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November 4, 2021

Protests in Mexico Call for Justice for Murders of Women and Transgender Community
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Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Mexico City
Wednesday carrying crosses bearing the names of murdered women, and
demanding strong government action to end femicides. Mexico's government
reported at least 762 women were murdered between January and September
of this year. But a recent report by Amnesty International found the
true toll is likely much higher - with more than 10 women and girls
killed daily across Mexico. Meanwhile, trans women held a ceremony in
Mexico City Tuesday marking Mexico's national holiday, the Day of the
Dead. This is trans activist Kenya Cuevas.

Kenya Cuevas: "Historically, transgender women have been invisiblized.
Our families exclude us. In the Mexican altars of our families, there
will never be a picture of us. That is why it is crucial to place this
altar, to vindicate the trans women who have died."

Mexico has the second highest rate of reported murders of trans people,
after Brazil, and just ahead of the U.S.