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Trans and non-binary protesters end 21-day Mexico City demonstration after new meeting date set
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Trans and non-binary protesters end 21-day Mexico City demonstration after new meeting date set

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Trans and non-binary individuals ended a 21-day protest outside Mexico's Interior Ministry after a new meeting date was set.
  • The protest began after a scheduled meeting was canceled, leading to vandalism at Metro stations.
  • The group demands action on housing, health, education, and human rights, and will continue their fight despite ending the physical protest.

Protesters demanding action on housing, health, education, and human rights have ended a 21-day sit-in outside Mexico's Interior Ministry (Segob). The group, comprising trans and non-binary individuals, agreed to clear their protest site after Segob scheduled a new meeting for July 16. This comes after the ministry canceled an initial meeting planned for July 9.

The protesters had previously engaged in vandalism at Metro Hidalgo and Bellas Artes stations, damaging streetlights and surveillance cameras. They stated that ending the physical protest does not mean abandoning their demands. "We are lifting the protest, not the fight," they declared.

We are lifting the protest, not the fight.

— Trans and non-binary individualsStating their continued commitment to their demands after agreeing to end their physical protest.

The new meeting is set to take place at the Ministry of Women, with Segob Undersecretary Arturo Medina Padilla, Mexico City Government Secretary César Cravioto, and a representative from the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) in attendance. The community emphasized that immediate support for vulnerable trans women and access to housing are among their most urgent demands.

It was not because they wanted to remove the protest, it was a condition for them to be heard, for them to meet with them.

— Accused individualsExplaining that the decision to end the protest was conditional on securing a meeting with officials.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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