By Rosario Marina. It took the justice system three and a half years to tell V, a trans worker, in complicated legal phrases, two words: you were right. In 2013, V began working as an administrative assistant in the municipality of La Plata, Buenos Aires province. In May 2015, when Julio Garro was in the midst of his campaign for…
The young woman is being prosecuted for "resisting authority and injuries" after defending herself when Officer Jonatan Rojo assaulted her at the Constitución train station while she was kissing his wife, Rocío Girat.
According to the report "Situation of violence towards trans people in Paraguay", in 2018 there were 68 reports of trans violence, of which 2 were transfemicides; 12 reports of discrimination and police violence; and 5 reports of state violence and discrimination in prisons.
More than 100,000 people took to the streets of Santiago. There was repression and arrests in Quillota.
What impact might this increased visibility of sexual dissidence have on the LGBT+ community in a conservative country like Guatemala?
The Mexico City Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) issued a historic recommendation on Wednesday for the Attorney General's Office to investigate the transfemicide of Paola Buenrostro with a gender perspective.
Nicole, a 23-year-old lesbian, was last seen alive on June 18, 2016. Three years after her murder, the investigation has not progressed.
Aldo Dávila of the Winaq Movement was elected representative for the central district in Guatemala's general elections on Sunday. He is the first openly gay man to serve in Congress.
In 2015, Sandra Morán became the first openly lesbian candidate in an election campaign in Guatemala. In the 2019 election, at least four LGBT+ candidates were running.
In the early hours of Saturday, trans activist Yhajaira Falcon was attacked by three young men in the Chacarita neighborhood, two blocks from her home.
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