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.
Trans activists Yren Rotela and Mariana Sepúlveda, after a two-year wait, won the first judicial instance in the process of changing the name on the Paraguayan identity card.
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) decided that homophobia and transphobia will be punished in the same way as racism.
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