2023-11-14 00:59:57
The first person in Mexico to receive a non-binary passport – not specifying the gender of the holder – was found dead on Monday in the north of the country, authorities said.
The body of “Jesús Ociel N, “magistrate” and activist of the LGBTIQ+ community” and that of another person were found in a home in Aguascalientes, said the Aguascalientes state prosecutor’s office.
This death “might be linked to a question of a personal nature”, adds the prosecution, which rules out the presence of a third person on the scene.
An investigation is underway to determine the causes of the two deaths.
Jesús Ociel Baena, 38, declared himself non-binary, neither man nor woman.
In October 2022, Baena became the first non-binary magistrate member of an electoral tribunal in Mexico, in the state of Aguascalientes.
In May, Baena received the first passport not to indicate the gender of the holder.
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard then hailed a “historic day” during this presentation on May 17, the date declared the international day of the fight once morest homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.
At the end of July, Baena revealed that the authorities had granted him protection measures in the face of “the multiple attacks” and “death threats” received on his social networks.
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