previously reported, local trans leaders rallied in United Nations Plaza in February to show public support for releasing Gonzalez Aguilar.
At that event Miché Pulido, policy director for the TransLatin@ Coalition, told protesters about Gonzalez Aguilar's journey.
She had experienced beatings and psychological abuse during her childhood in Honduras because she acted effeminate, Pulido said."She was clearly trans from an early age," Pulido said. "When she was 12, she ended up in Mexico, where she was a victim of sex trafficking and labor trafficking."By the time she was 17, Gonzalez Aguilar had made it to the United States, where she was placed into custody — but then released, pending a hearing on her asylum claim."She found an attorney but.