murder of Sonia Rescalvo Zafra

Name: murder of Sonia Rescalvo Zafra
Start: 1991

1991 CE.

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Sonia Rescalvo Zafra (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsonja resˈkalβo ˈθafɾa]; 1946 – 6 October 1991) was a Spanish trans woman who was murdered by a group of neo-Nazis in the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona on 6 October 1991. Her murder is notable for being the first known case in Spain of a person being murdered for being transgender.

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