[PHOTO GALLERY] #LGBTIMemory 2017 in pictures
In 2017 we witnessed many stories and news reports. Many of them had a counterpart in the streets, because this year saw numerous marches and protests for the rights of sexual diversity in various cities across Latin America.
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Photos: Ariel Gutraich, Josean Rivera, Jessie Insfran Pérez, Aime Martínez, Jennifer Avila Reyes, Esteban Marchand , Mariluz Martín, Agencia Presentes. In 2017, we witnessed many stories and news stories. Many of them resonated in the streets, as numerous marches and protests for LGBTQ+ rights took place in various Latin American cities throughout the year. These are some of the images we captured at Presentes during the year in the five countries where we work: Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, and, since August, Honduras. This photo journey through 2017 captures the struggle, the joy, the pain, and the pride.
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[January]CHILE More than "girls with penises and boys with vaginas", there are children with their own ideas"
[February]
PERU #BigKiss They took to the streets kissing to say enough to homophobia
ARGENTINA #ToplessProtest for bodily sovereignty
PARAGUAY Yren Rotela, the spokesperson for trans people who is calling for #8M
ARGENTINA The legacy of Lohana Berkins in a collective exhibition
[March]
ARGENTINA The UN LGBT expert arrived in Argentina to assess rights
ARGENTINA Visible and organized: postcards from an afternoon of lesbian identity
ARGENTINA Day of Remembrance: March 24 in LGBTI photos and voices
[April]
ARGENTINA Higui de Jesús denied release from prison
[May]
CHILE: Gay, Mapuche, and feminist: a young Chilean man questions through art
[June]
ARGENTINA Higui de Jesús was released from prison: “I’m out now!”
ARGENTINA #Pride 2017: They marched to demand “Stop the murders of trans women”
ARGENTINA Being trans and living on the street: a reality that multiplies violence
[July]
CHILE The best images of the Pride March in Santiago
[August]
HONDURAS Being Indigenous and LGBT: Gaspar Sánchez's Two Flags
ARGENTINA Transvestites marched with Mothers of Plaza de Mayo: they demand justice for Ayelén
PARAGUAY: Calls for justice in the murder of Andrea González, a trans woman.
[September]
PERU: Politicians out of the closet: Belaunde
[October]
ARGENTINA: This is how the National Meeting of Women, Lesbians, Transvestites and Transgender People was experienced
[November]
ARGENTINA XXVI Pride March in Buenos Aires
[December]
ARGENTINA Leandra Levine, the first trans graduate of Pellegrini
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