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Mexico City, June 19 (EFE).- Mexican gays and trans women Saturday sought an end to discrimination against the sexual minorities and violence against the LGBT community in the first Marcha Lencha, a widely used synonym for lesbian in the country.Hundreds of people marched in downtown Mexico City from the Glorieta de Insurgentes to La Cañita, an iconic LGBTQ bar, to demand an end to hate crimes and full recognition of diverse families, sex education, healthcare without discrimination."We are lesbian women, what is not named does not exist, and we are here, we exist because we resist," Miztli Leal, one of the organizers, told EFE. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF LGBTQ COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST "MARCHA LENCHA," IN DOWNTOWN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
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