She serving a prison sentence in the Dosquebradas “La Badea” Detention Center, in Pereira, when she sued the State because the prison authorities refused to authorize the exercise of her right to intimate visits due to her sexual orientation. In Colombia, the case of Marta Lucía Álvarez Giraldoalso reached the IACHR and had an important precedent. For this reason, the case of Jenny and Darling would mark a great precedent in the legal recognition of diverse families. Lesbian mothers are often criminalized by their male ex-partners and by the Peruvian justice system, who try to take their children away from them during custody proceedings. In Peru, LGBTI+families continue to be taboo and do not enjoy the rights that correspond to them by law. Currently, the case has been brought before the IACHR and thre is also a request for a precautionary measures. The National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC) of the country refuses to register both women as mothers of their son in his national identity document, despite the fact that, in the first instance, the Judicial Power ordered it to do so. In the history of Peru, for example, this year for the first time a couple of lesbian mothers and wives, Jenny Trujillo and Darling Delfín, sued the Peruvian State before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) “after waiting almost 5 years for the Peruvian justice system to guarantee the rights of their son and of them as lesbians and mothers”, as indicated by the Demus, the organization litigating the case. This is also an opportunity to remember the courageous struggles of the lesbian movement and the pending tasks Latin American and the Caribbean States have with lesbians. Throughout time, this contribution has been and is very important for the fight for human rights and a dignified life. The Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights (Race and Equality), in addition to reaffirming its commitment to the promotion and defense of the human rights of the LGBTI+ population, gives special recognition to lesbian lives that rebel and confront the mandate of heteronormativity, a system that normalizes and institutionalizes violence against diverse sexual and gender identities.
It is also an opportunity to continue fighting for their human rights and to make visible the multiple challenges lesbian women face in society and the State. As the date was created as a political act that vindicates the presence and role of lesbian people in public spaces. Washington D.C., April 26, 2022.- Every April 26, several countries around the world commemorate Lesbian Visibility Day.
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