Kissing is not a crime, Enough of lesbian-hate and Absolution for Marian could be read on the multicoloured placards that dozens of activists held from ten in the morning in front of Criminal Court No. 26 of Buenos Aires. On the International LGBTIQ + Pride Day , they awaited the verdict in the trial against Mariana Gómez, accused of resistance to authority and minor injuries to the police who arrested her when she kissed her wife, Rocío Girat, and smoked in the lobby of a station. The festive chants that had been heard for almost two hours were transformed into a growing murmur of disbelief: Judge Marta Yungaro sentenced Gomez to one year in prison. She will not go to jail, but she must pay the costs of the trial.
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“Besar no es delito”, “Basta de lesboodio” y “Absolución para Marian” podía leerse en las pancartas multicolor que desde las diez de la mañana sostenían decenas de activistas frente al Tribunal Oral Criminal Nº26 de Buenos Aires. En el Día Internacional del Orgullo LGBTIQ+, aguardaban el veredicto en el juicio contra Mariana Gómez, acusada de resistencia a la autoridad y lesiones leves a la policía que la arrestó cuando se besaba con su mujer, Rocío Girat, y fumaba en el vestíbulo de una estación. Los cánticos festivos que se habían escuchado durante casi dos horas se transformaron en un murmullo creciente de incredulidad: la jueza Marta Yungaro condenó a Gómez a un año de prisión en suspenso. No irá a la cárcel, pero debe pagar las costas del juicio.
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