Overview
- Johanna San Miguel reacted with an applause emoji to a post claiming the United Kingdom does not legally recognize trans women as women and then defended the view that only men and women exist.
- In follow-up comments, she wrote that there are no “trans girls,” described trans women as men who underwent difficult processes, and said she does not support the rights they claim.
- She added that she would feel unsafe if people she described as men who perceive themselves as girls entered girls’ bathrooms.
- Féminas Perú condemned the remarks as “not an opinion, but transfobia,” warning that denying trans women’s existence and portraying them as a danger spreads disinformation, hatred, violence, and exclusion.
- The collective announced a plantón on Friday, Feb. 6 at 7:00 p.m. at the Centro de Convenciones Bianca in Barranco, and journalist-activist Gianna Camacho called the statements hate speech as online debate continued with no reported retraction.