Monday August 20, 2007
Time: 6:00 to 9:00 PM
Where: 300 N. Los Angeles st
Victoria Arrellano\'s vigil at 6pm today
In mid July, trans woman Victoria Arrellano died in immigrant
detention. Arrellano had AIDS, and was living due to the medication she was
receiving, however, once detained, she was not given the right medication,
although she repeatedly asked to see the doctor. Arrellano knew exactly was her
prescription was, in fact, it is well known in the medical field what the
treatment for her disease is. She pleaded to her captors for mercy, and was
denied. She spent the last weeks of her life begging to live, as her body was
ravaged by the virus. Instead of a nurse, her fellow detainees cared for her the
best way they could, and they even protested for her right to be treated by
chanting \"hospital...hospital\" over and over again. Her being trans was
overlooked by the inmates, and the movement that stirred all the detainees to
action was that of humanity, which should bind all of us, regardless of our
supposed differences. Sadly, even the entire group\'s voices were ignored, and
Victoria passed away in a hospital due to lack of medical treatment.
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