Prominent transgender activist murdered in Argentina
The murder of a prominent transgender activist in Argentina has sparked outrage across the country. Clarín, an Argentine newspaper, reports Alejandra Ironici was found dead in her home in Santa Fe, a city in Santa Fe province that is roughly 285 miles northwest of Buenos Aires, the country’s capital, on Sunday.
Ironici’s 22-year-old nephew found her body at around 11 p.m. local time (10 p.m. ET). Reports indicate Ironici’s body showed signs that she had been beaten and burned.
A 32-year-old man with whom Ironici had been in a relationship has been charged aggravated feminicide and transfemicide. Ironici, 45, in 2012 became the first person in Argentina to legally change their gender on their national ID document without a court order.
She was also the first trans woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery at a public hospital in the country. Ironici was the first openly trans person elected to Santa Fe’s city government.
