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El Salvador: Trans women were prevented from entering Congress
Two trans women, part of the civil society group against forced displacement due to violence, were denied entry to the public venue.
Chocobar: crime is being tried as transfemicide and a witness said she was dismembered
This afternoon there were two key events in the trial: the charge was changed from simple homicide to hate crime and transfemicide; and a “repentant” witness declared that the accused Ángel Azzolini and Oscar Biott had dismembered the young woman.
Police commissioner accused of leading a trafficking ring in Camino de Cintura to stand trial
Héctor Mario Coquean, head of Police Station No. 4 in Lomas de Zamora until 2017, is accused of leading a gang that sexually exploited cisgender, transvestite, and transgender women in situations of structural vulnerability along Provincial Route No. 4.
Communication workshop on coverage with an LGBT+ perspective
Photo: Titi Nicola | CC-BY-SA-4.0 Presentes Agency, Wikimedia Argentina, and Periódicas—a feminist media outlet—are inviting people to participate in an LGBT+ edit-a-thon and a workshop for students, journalists, and communicators in the city of Santa Fe: “How to Cover Sexual Diversity Issues from a Rights-Based Perspective.” The activities will take place on Friday, May 31st…
Trans people in El Salvador denounce hate and demand a Gender Identity Law
“We are being discriminated against for being transgender. We are part of El Salvador and as such we demand our fundamental rights.”
The story of Tito, the trans boy from Mar del Plata who rectified his birth certificate
On Tuesday, May 14th, at the civil registry in Mar del Plata, the birth certificate of Tito, a five-year-old transgender child, was amended. This is the step prior to issuing an ID card that reflects the gender identity he has expressed since he began speaking.
Four stories of everyday LGBT hate and resistance in Paraguay
In Paraguay, a law against all forms of discrimination and a gender identity law are becoming increasingly urgent. People in the LGBTIQ+ community find no protection in the justice system when hate crimes and abuses of power are committed.
What is sexual orientation? And gender identity?
Sexual orientation is the physical, emotional, erotic, affective, and spiritual attraction that a person feels for another, whether of the same or different sex. Gender identity is the lived experience of an individual's gender, which may or may not correspond to the sex assigned at birth.
Cuba: How a historic Pride march ended in repression
Following the impact of the march, several posts began circulating on Facebook declaring May 11 as the Day of the Cuban LGBTIQ Movement, as a "historic day", as "the Stonewall of Cuba".
Life after that email: how I came out of the closet
Being gay, growing up gay, in the nineties and in a small town is complicated. No amount of self-esteem or optimism can overcome the multitude of signs that simultaneously tell you that deviating from the norm will be severely punished.