Aylén Nataly Loto
Age 2122 Dec 2017
La Banda, Santiago del Estero (Argentina)
Suicide
Aylén's body was found at her home.
A young transsexual woman was found dead inside her home by a relative.
The tragic event occurred around one in the morning yesterday, in a house located on block 43, lot 2, in the El Paraíso neighborhood of the city of La Banda.
The victim was identified by the Police as Aylén Loto, 21 years old.
According to what was reported by the sources consulted, her sister had arrived at the property and began searching the property for the young woman. She didn't find her, so she tried to contact her. While she was calling Aylén's cell phone, she heard the device ringing in the building, so she continued searching.
She went out to the backyard and found her hanging. She immediately alerted the police about the situation. The [woman] was hanging from a tree, attached to a piece of cloth. She was dead.
By order of the prosecutor on duty, Dr. Jacqueline Maccio, the victim's body was transferred to the judicial morgue, where an autopsy was performed. It is suspected that the victim was suffering from a depressive crisis that she could not overcome.
Pamela Ordóñez, the representative of the Diversity Office of La Banda, was the person who provided advice and support to Aylén because of the discrimination she suffered.
“Aylén’s decision was due to everything she was suffering. It was to put an end to her suffering. Her own family discriminated against her,” Ordóñez emphasized, adding: “It was very painful, because it was 21 years of suffering for Aylén. It was 21 years of struggle and pain.”
On the other hand, she emphasized: “She’s left a message for trans girls, that society itself needs to realize, there are families who would rather have a dead child than a trans child.” Finally, she was emphatic in her message to the families of trans girls: “Please, if you ever have a child of our gender identity, don’t kill them. You have to accept them.”
