Miguel Ángel Pichetto made statements about the sexual orientation of the Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity, Ayelén Mazzina (Luciano González)

“He Women’s ministry is in the hands of a lesbian girlthey could have put a woman”, this sentence of Miguel Angel Pichetto This generated more repercussions than he could have imagined. Auditor General of the Nation and referent of Ensemble for Change. In view of this, the head of the Institute against Discrimination, xenophobia and racism (Inadi), Greta Penasummoned the chief to report to the body after his declarations on the sexual orientation of the minister of Women, Gender and Diversity, Ayelén Mazzinaand warned that “there are lines we cannot cross”.

“I will summon @MiguelPitchetto acgo to Inadi to hold a meeting on the highly harmful implications to use stereotypes to regulate, 40 years after democracy, public debates”, declared this afternoon the leader of Inadi via her Twitter account,

After warning that “There are limits that cannot be crossed”Pena said he had instructed Inadi’s legal team to “analyze the public statements of the auditor general of La Nación” against the minister “for linking a person’s sexual orientation and identity to his or her aptitude or political position”.

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The official announced the call after the demonstrations made by Pichetto on a television channel, where he criticized the ministry headed by Mazzina for its position on the murder of Lucio Dupuy and says it’s not commissioned by a woman since its owner is a lesbian.

For its part, Mazzinaechoed the words of the leader of Together for Change, and expressed himself through his social networks: “I am a woman, lesbian, feminist and Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity of the Nation and I invite you to pitcherto talk about CSE when you feel ready”.

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Produced strong criticism for his remarks, pitcherto He retracted on his social networks. “Before misrepresentation of my statements in a TV showI want to clarify that my intention was to denounce that the Ministry of Women did not repudiate the murder of Lucio Dupuy because the sexual orientation of the minister coincided with those of the perpetrators of the crime, “he wrote.

And to add: “I am in favor of everyone exercising their freedom in their decisions. Needless to say that throughout my political career and mainly in the SenateI voted for all the equalizations of rights attached to this personal freedom”.

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President Alberto Fernandez expressed its solidarity with the Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity, Ayelen Mazzina, and stressed that he is “proud” of the “work he does”.

“Closed minds do not accept the positive transformation that our society has experienced”, The Head of State underlined this in his account on the social network Twitter in response to a tweet from Mazzina where he defended himself against the statements of the reference of Ensemble for change in his regard.

“We want more democracy, more rights and more respect for diversity,” supported Fernández, who also remarked that “the dinosaurs will disappear, as Charly García would say”.

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In the publication reproduced by the president, Mazzina describes himself as “woman, lesbian, feminist” and invited Pichetto “to talk about ESI when he feels ready”.

In this way, the official was referring to the Comprehensive National Sex Education Curriculum, created by Law 26,150 (2006), which provides for the dictation of ESI in all educational institutions in the country, public and private management, and at all levels, but also surely to compulsory training in perspective of gender that determines the Michaela Law 27499 for all members of the three powers of the state.

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