Mexico’s first publicly non-binary magistrate found dead

Ociel Baena was given the nation’s first non-binary passport back in May (Image: Twitter/@m_ebrard)

Mexico’s first publicly non-binary magistrate and prominent LGBTQ+ activist has been found dead at home in Aguascalientes

Jesús Ociel Baena, who uses they/them pronouns has worked tirelessly in recent years to advocate for the rights of all LGBTQ+ people. 

Mexico’s security minister, Rosa Icela Rodriguez, said the cause of death – which is now under investigation – was currently unknown.

“We don’t know yet … if it was a homicide or if it was some kind of accident,” she said during the president’s morning press conference.

“They were breaking through the invisible barriers that closed in the non-binary community”

Alejandro Brito, director of the LGBTQ+ rights group Letra S, explained how Baena often was the target

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