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Guatemala adds two gay congressmen: progress and impacts
What impact might this increased visibility of sexual dissidence have on the LGBT+ community in a conservative country like Guatemala?
Mexico: Historic recommendation issued to investigate transfemicides
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.
Three years without justice for Nicole: negligence denounced and calls made for prosecution of lesbicide
Nicole, a 23-year-old lesbian, was last seen alive on June 18, 2016. Three years after her murder, the investigation has not progressed.
Guatemala's Congress will have its first openly gay congressman
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.
Guatemala elections: LGBT+ candidates with a sexual diversity agenda
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.
A trans activist was attacked in Buenos Aires and the police did not respect her identity.
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.
Paraguayan trans activists make progress in changing their name on their documents
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.
Brazilian justice included homophobia and transphobia as crimes
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) decided that homophobia and transphobia will be punished in the same way as racism.
Zoe Quispe: life imprisonment for the accused without acknowledging transfemicide
The Criminal Court No. 2 of Jujuy sentenced the murderer of Zoe Quispe to life imprisonment but ignored the request to classify it as transfemicide.
Marcela Chocobar trial: life sentence for transfemicide
The judges of the Criminal Court of Río Gallegos unanimously sentenced Oscar Biott to life imprisonment for aggravated homicide motivated by hatred of gender identity (transfemicide). Biott, along with Angel Azzolini, was accused of murdering the young trans woman Marcela Chocobar. Azzolini was sentenced to six years in prison as the perpetrator of the crime…