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Paraguay celebrated 60 years of its first LGBT struggles at the 16th March
"Let's build freedom for everyone," the motto of the 16th LGBT March in Asunción.
Lesbians and trans people also have abortions in Peru's clandestine system.
In Peru, it is estimated that more than 400,000 abortions are performed annually.
The Witch of Texcoco
She holds a degree in physics from the National Polytechnic Institute. She is a performer and composer of Mexican folk music. La Bruja de Texcoco is a magical, walking performance that transcends all genre boundaries.
The March for Diversity in Montevideo was the youngest and most attended
By Denisse Legrand Photo: Ernesto Ryan On a spring afternoon, downtown Montevideo, and particularly Plaza Independencia, was filled with color from very early on. Celebrating diversity draws thousands upon thousands of people. It's a political phenomenon unthinkable not so many years ago, when marches only gathered 50 people who tried to hide…
Brazilian LGBT activist died after being shot by police
Brazilian LGBTI activist Yuri Piettro Ferreira died on September 20th after spending 28 days hospitalized in Relegango, following a gunshot wound sustained during a military police operation in Rio de Janeiro. Yuri, 26, was a dance teacher, beautician, and one of the organizers of the parade…
Chilean transgender soccer team denounces beating: it was a gang attack
By Airam Fernández. Last Sunday, September 22, the players of the Disforia FC soccer team, made up entirely of trans youth, were attacked by a group of cisgender men while playing a match on one of the fields in San Borja Park in Santiago. According to the team's account, recorded in a…
LGBTI people concerned about asylum agreement between the US and El Salvador
LGBTI activists rejected the agreement signed by the governments of the United States and El Salvador to turn the Central American country into a “safe third country”.
Trans youth: advocating for gender in schools
Three teenagers aged 16 and 17 met with a common goal: to create the Trans Youth Movement (MJT) to offer support and advice to transgender youth and teenagers.
Using homophobic insults, the Salta police repressed young people at a festival
Members of the Salta Police Infantry Brigade arrested young people who were participating in the "A Mover" festival, whose closing act was led by the singer Sara Hebe.
A transgender teenager was murdered in southern Chile.
A 15-year-old trans youth identified as Leandro Parra Hermosilla was murdered in Coyhaique, a city located in southern Chile more than 1000 kilometers from Santiago.