In Paraguay, a law against all forms of discrimination and a gender identity law are becoming increasingly urgent. People in the LGBTIQ+ community find no protection in the justice system when hate crimes and abuses of power are committed.
Sexual orientation is the physical, emotional, erotic, affective, and spiritual attraction that a person feels for another, whether of the same or different sex. Gender identity is the lived experience of an individual's gender, which may or may not correspond to the sex assigned at birth.
Following the impact of the march, several posts began circulating on Facebook declaring May 11 as the Day of the Cuban LGBTIQ Movement, as a "historic day", as "the Stonewall of Cuba".
Being gay, growing up gay, in the 1990s in a small town is complicated. No amount of self-esteem or optimism can overcome the multitude of signals simultaneously telling you that deviating from the norm will be severely punished.
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