A trans-identified male led a gang of activists to ransack the concession of a culturally significant cinematheque in Mexico last week in protest of his removal from the women’s washroom.
On September 12, a man calling himself “Laura Glover” took to social media to complain that he had been physically removed from the women’s washroom at the National Cinematheque in Mexico City, the nation’s most culturally significant film archive and theatre.
Following his removal, Glover went to lodge a complaint against the guards at one of the cinema’s offices, where an employee asked him to calm down and referred to him as “sir,” which, in his own words, “invalidated his gender identity.”
Glover was then recorded by his friend confronting security outside of the cinema, screaming at a male guard for the behavior of the female officer who had initially asked him to leave the women’s facilities.
“This is an act of discrimination by the National Cinematheque of Mexico,” Glover exclaimed in the video. “We women are tired. This bitch beat at my door and she hit it very hard and this happened at the National Cinematheque of Mexico.”
Towards the end of the short clip, initially uploaded to Instagram, Glover was seen verbally attacking the female guard, calling her sexist slurs and attempting to stalk her across the entrance path as she tried to keep her distance from him.
Within hours of the clip going viral on social media, the Cinematheque issued a statement apologizing to Glover and reaffirming its commitment to “non-discrimination.”
In the apology, uploaded to the Cinematheque’s official X account, the cultural site goes on to state it was committing to the re-education of its employees, and would be sending staff to “training, awareness and professionalization courses on human rights, the right to non-discrimination and the right to equality.”
But despite receiving an official apology and the termination of the security guards involved in the incident, Glover called for a protest at the Cinematheque on September 16, demanding the resignation of the cultural heritage site’s managing director, Alejandro Pelayo.
According to Excélsior, the protest was attended by approximately “500 members of the trans and non-binary community, as well as LGBT+ dissidents.” Glover used a loudspeaker to call the Cinematheque transphobic, and was later seen encouraging members of his gang to ransack and steal from the cinema’s concession stand.
During the protest, Glover presented a petition calling for both the resignation of Cinematheque manager Pelayo and a 30% employment quota for people who claim to be trans.
Outside the Cinematheque, trans activists vandalized screens and walls, spray painting slogans such as “Let us shit, Cineteca NaZional.”
One of the protesters involved in the vandalism had previously threatened to murder women critical of gender ideology in response to a virtual forum on women’s rights held at the National Autonomous University.
Aquí tenemos, un año y medio más madura, a la que gritaba "¿A quién te mato para que estés tranquilo?" en el amago de linchamiento al representante del rector de la UNAM, de lo que ningún medio dijo ni pío https://t.co/qrC8q0XUb8 https://t.co/b1TrRvzKWx
— Laura Lecuona (@laura_lecuona) September 17, 2023
Glover has threatened another protest at the Cinematheque this coming Saturday, complaining that his demands have not yet been met by Cinematheque administrators.
Trans activists in Mexico are known for being particularly violent and staging aggressive or hostile demonstrations against those they disagree with.
Earlier this year, trans activists violently attempted to siege Mexico City’s Congress after an initiative was introduced to ban minors from accessing “gender affirming” surgery. In disturbing footage circulated on X from both inside and outside of the House of Congress, a hoard of screaming trans activists were seen smashing their way into the historic building by beating and breaking the glass window panels open.
In July of 2022, a transgender politician violently disrupted a government conference aimed at tackling human trafficking after becoming offended at the implications abolitionist policies would have on trans “sex workers.”
Maria Clemente, a trans-identified male politician elected to Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies last year, called the suggestion that the sex trade be abolished for the protection of women and children “hate speech.” To a critic, Clemente said: “I am a woman, and I am a whore! It’s my job and and how my family eats! I love it!”
Clemente was later exposed for having allegedly lied about being in the sex trade after his ex-husband issued a scathing rebuttal of his public persona in a public letter he posted in an effort to demand Clemente finalize their divorce.
Months later, trans activists at the National Autonomous University of Mexico staged a “coup” of one of the women’s washrooms on the campus in apparent retaliation for a lesbian pride mural having been painted nearby.
The activists claimed the mural made them feel “unsafe” and demanded another gender neutral washroom be established near the Samuel Ramos Library. Less than 24 hours later, the activists took over the largest women’s restroom in the building, littering the walls with threatening vandalism directed at women who are critical of gender ideology.
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