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The Case of Octavio Romero, a Hate Crime that Has Gone Unpunished for 15 Years in Argentina

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The murder of Argentine Naval Prefecture Petty Officer Octavio Romero on June 11, 2011, prevented the first gay marriage of a member of the security forces in the country, a hate crime recognized by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) but which remains unpunished 15 years later. Romero was 33 years old and lived in Buenos Aires with his partner, Gabriel Gersbach, whom he planned to marry in December of that year after a twelve-…
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The murder of Argentine Naval Prefecture Petty Officer Octavio Romero on June 11, 2011, prevented the first gay marriage of a member of the security forces in the country, a hate crime recognized by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) but which remains unpunished 15 years later. Romero was 33 years old and lived in Buenos Aires with his partner, Gabriel Gersbach, whom he planned to marry in December of that year after a twelve-…

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EFEMINISTA broke the news on Friday, July 10, 2026.
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