‘It was a hunt’: Outrage over an attack on trans women in Palermo

Images of a group of men chasing and insulting trans women in the Bosques of Palermo went viral on Argentine social media on Tuesday, causing an uproar and wide rejection from different sectors of society. The footage, which was filmed early Monday, shows a group of men moving on foot and bikes through the streets, hurling insults and striking the women with sticks, bottles, and orange traffic cones. The assault was uploaded to social media platforms by the attackers themselves, who circulated the footage along with taunts to the victims. According to testimony reported in local media…