Karla Valentina Camarena

Karla Valentina Camarena del Castillo (1986 or 1987 – 29 March 2020), also known as Valentina Ferrety, was a Mexican trans rights activist. She was shot dead in the street by unknown attackers in what is reported to be a transphobic feminicide.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

RedLacTrans (Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Personas Trans) gave a statement about her death and noted that the media had failed to respect her female identity ( no respetaron su identidad de género femenina).[7]

Camarena had organised the first Gay March in Salamanca, and was a leader in the struggle for the recognition of trans identity in Guanajuato state, where she was the state coordinator of the Mexican Network of Trans Women.[1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Karla Valentina Camarena del Castillo". HRD Memorial. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  2. ^ Pradilla, Alberto (2 April 2020). "Semana trágica para el activismo en México: tres asesinados en Guanajuato, Morelos y Zacatecas" [A tragic week for activism in Mexico: three murdered in Guanajuato, Morelos, and Zacatecas]. Animal Politico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Synergía and OAS LGBTTTI Coalition condemn the killing of Karla Valentina Camarena, trans human rights defender in Mexico and member of our Coalition". synergiaihr.org. Synergía – IHR. 2 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  4. ^ Gomes, Simone da Silva Ribeiro (February 2025). "When Resisting Is Not Enough: The killing of Latin American Feminist Activists (2015–23)". Latin American Politics and Society. 67 (1): 96–113. doi:10.1017/lap.2024.36. ISSN 1531-426X. Archived from the original on 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025. In Mexico, Karla Valentina Camarena del Castillo headed the fight for the recognition of the gender identity of transgender women in Guanajuato
  5. ^ a b "Karla Camarena del Castillo ("Valentina Ferrety") (23 Mar 2020)". Remembering Our Dead. TDoR: Transgender Day of Remembrance. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Karla Valentina Camarena, víctima de transfeminicidio Mujer transgénero y activista por los derechos humanos de la comunidad trans" [Karla Valentina Camarena, victim of transfemicide, transgender woman and human rights activist for the trans community] (in Spanish). CNDH. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  7. ^ OAS LGBTTTI Coalition; RedLacTrans (2 April 2020). "Repudiamos el Asesinato de Karla Valentina Camarena del Castillo: Instamos al Estado Mexicano a investigarlo con la debida diligencia" [We condemn the murder of Karla Valentina Camarena del Castillo: We urge the Mexican State to investigate with due diligence.] (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
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