Police stand guard outside the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Racism, to prevent workers from entering after they were laid off in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. During his four months in office, President Javier Mile has closed the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity, banned the government’s use of gender-inclusive language and shuttered the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism.
Few in Argentina are more enraged by Milei’s anti-woke agenda than LGBTQ+ activists, who worry his government is rolling back their hard-won gains. Since drawing attention as a brash TV personality, Milei has lambasted feminist and human rights movements as a “cult of a gender ideology.” Milei has also scrapped a decree calling for gender equality in companies and civil society groups and ended gender-focused training programs. He has repeatedly railed against abortion — or, as he calls it, “murder aggravated by the familial bond.” A lawmaker from his party has presented Congress with legislation demanding the repeal of Argentina’s breakthrough legalization of abortion in 2020.
“The quota does not make much sense,” presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said. “Each position will be occupied by the best, most capable person, be it a man, a woman, a transvestite or anything else.” But transgender people who benefited from the law insist each layoff has a ripple effect on Argentina’s gender and sexual minorities who remainand face widespread discrimination in the labor market. In 2016, 70% of trans women reported making a living from sex work. In 2022, after the law was passed, that figure fell to 56%, according to a study released last year by Buenos Aires government officials.
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