Two Mexican leaders accused of “gender-based political violence” after referring to a trans-identifying lawmaker as a man warned about the suppression of speech and religious rights in their country.
A plurality of millennials think that "misgendering" someone should be a crime, a new survey suggests, as those who address people by pronouns that do not match their stated gender identity increasingly face repercussions.
Member of Mexico Congress Salma Luévano. / Credit: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the UnionACI Prensa Staff, Feb 6, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).The Specialized Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary in Mexico has ruled against the National Front for the Family (FNF) and its president, Rodrigo Iván Cortés, for calling Salma Luévano, a "trans" woman congressional representative, a "man."In a Feb. 2 statement, the court said that Cortés and the FNF "committed political violence against women based on gender due to various posts on social media and the internet against the federal congresswoman, Salma Luévano, and trans women."To the Specialized Chamber, "the reported expressions were offensive and discriminatory by rejecting the gender identity and devaluing the performance of the federal congresswoman, which constituted digital, symbolic, psychological, and sexual violence against her.""Consequently, a fine was impo
ADF International, a legal nonprofit specializing in religious freedom cases, is seeking justice for a Mexican politician who has been censored because he purportedly “misgendered” a trans-identified member of the national legislature.