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Mexican civil society leader and former congressman Rodrigo Iván Cortés has appealed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights following his conviction for "gender-based political violence" over social media posts referring to a trans-identifying lawmaker as a "man who self-ascribes as a woman."
Every morning I check to see if Rodrigo Iván Cortés has published the ‘apology’ that the court in Mexico has written for him and which it has ordered him to post on his social media accounts for 30 days in a row. I still have a flicker of faith left in civilisation and the rule
Why has this socially conservative country convicted a politician for ‘misgendering’ a transwoman?
A Mexican civil society leader and former congressman faces a fine of more than $1,000 for referring to a trans-identified lawmaker as “a man who describes himself as a woman” as a court of last resort upholds his conviction for committing “gender-based political violence.”
Former congressman Rodrigo Iván Cortés will be forced to publish a daily court-authored apology online for 30 days in punishment.