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The first shelter for trans people in Mexico was activated during the pandemic
The Casa Hogar Paola Buenrostro shelter was founded by trans activist Kenya Cuevas and has been operating since April 2020.
Xiomara Castro: the promise to write a new history of Honduran women and minorities
She is the first female president of Honduras. What does her victory mean, and why are various groups celebrating her triumph with reserve and discretion?
What are "conversion therapies" like in Argentina? Stories behind the lack of legislation.
Presentes' research reveals that in Argentina there are organizations that offer techniques to "guide" sexual identity.
The Jáuregui Awards returned and recognized 11 activists from Argentina
The awards ceremony was held again after 22 years as part of Pride Month, during the Manzana Igualdad event in the City of Buenos Aires.
El Salvador forced the sterilization of women with HIV
When Lizz learned she was pregnant, she was also told she had HIV. At the age of 17, when she gave birth to her only daughter, she was forcibly sterilized by medical staff at one of El Salvador's main public hospitals. The Constitutional Chamber of the country's Supreme Court only acknowledged that her reproductive health rights had been violated. Eleven years later, she still longs to become a mother again.
Who can survive to receive an HIV cure?
In a first-person account, journalist Lucas Gutiérrez emphasizes the value of activism in the progress made against the virus. He expresses hope for a new law.
Historic: The first gay representative joins the Honduran Congress.
Víctor Grajeda, Silvia Ayala's substitute for the department of Cortés, makes history by being elected to the legislature with more than 100,000 votes, according to the results of 60 percent of the votes counted. LGBTIQ+ people in Honduras go out to vote and elect Xiomara Castro as their president.
El Salvador fails to protect LGBTIQ+ people fired for discrimination
The mechanism to prevent this violence, at least in public institutions, is not being implemented by the current government. President Nayib Bukele eliminated the Directorate of Sexual Diversity, the agency responsible for implementing it and training Executive branch personnel on issues of sexual diversity.
“We are not dangerous, we are in danger,” the anthem of trans people at the 25N march in Paraguay
Trans people made their voices heard on this #25NPy, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This year, the organizations defending the rights of trans people, which are part of the Paraguay Women's Strike, were brought to the forefront: the various forms of violence they face and the lack of laws and public policies to address the abandonment, discrimination, and hate crimes they endure. They also demanded justice for Gabi Cabrera.
Poetry from the periphery: the Arrecife Arte Trans Slam on its way to the national circuit of Mexico
The initiative was born during the pandemic due to the need to connect the scenes of visual art, plastic art, and body and word art to the digital world.