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Trans murder in Honduras

The 2009 murder of Vicky Hernandez forced the Honduran government to start recognising transgender rights.

In June 2009, transgender sex worker and activist Vicky Hernandez was murdered in the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula.

The killers were never identified or punished, but in 2021 the Inter-American Human Rights Court found the Honduran state responsible for the crime. It ordered the government to enact new laws to prevent discrimination and violence against LGBT people.

Mike Lanchin hears from Claudia Spelman, a trans activist and friend of Vicky, and the American human rights lawyer Angelita Baeyens.

A CTVC production for the 大象传媒 World Service.

(Photo: A protestor holds a sign saying 鈥淟ate Justice is not Justice鈥. Credit: Wendell Escoto/AFP/Getty Images)

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