Later, Hector Salvador Hernandez Gallegospresident of TEEA confirmed that the magistrate Baena He was found dead with his partner.
His career in the electoral field for the community LGBT+ It was so important that there are now passports and voter credentials for non-binary people.
Who was Ociel Baena?
Jesus Ociel Baena Saucedo was a lawyer with a doctorate born in Saltillo in 1984.
He was the first non-binary person to hold a judicial bench in Mexico and Latin Americaas part of Electoral Court of the State of Aguascalientes, where he managed to have his official title included with non-binary language such as Magistrate of the Electoral Court of the State of Aguascalientes.
He had been residing in Aguascalientes for 11 years until today, since on the morning of November 13 he was reported dead, although several activist groups denounce that it was a hate crime.
This is the story of Ociel Baena
He studied a law degree at the Faculty of Jurisprudence of the Autonomous University of Coahuila where he also completed his master’s degree in DConstitutional law and Government policies.
He would later obtain a doctorate in law from the Autonomous University of Durango.
On October 1, 2022, along with the rainbow flag, he protested at the Electoral Court of the State of Aguascalientes, in a designation that broke paradigms, not only in the Electoral Right of the Judiciarybut also for groups LGBT+.
After being appointed as an electoral magistrate, Baena He said that upon the appointment he received “a lot of support” from diversity activism because “it is a position where real decisions are made that change and transcend the lives of many people.”
Jesus Ociel Baena Saucedo She commented that due to discrimination she left her home and forged a character that made her have expressions while she held the position of general secretary of agreements: she wore a skirt, wore heels and combined masculine and feminine accessories.
“And that was precisely my second coming out of the closet because that’s where I changed my gender expression,” he said.
He also added the following:
“When I assume myself as a non-binary person, I also dare and break that personal limit and use feminine garments combined with masculine ones, and that is precisely when I make that transition to the non-binary gender and it was the same people from the Court who experienced this transition along with me, So I have impressive support from the magistrates and all the staff,” he said.
