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Beating of writer Juan Solá: “We’re going to make you shit yourself for being a faggot”
Security employees at a bowling alley in Mendoza locked him in a room for an hour and beat him.
500,000 pesos to find the co-author of the transvesticide of Diana Sacayán
The case became the first transvesticide in which there was a life sentence for "hatred of gender identity".
LGBT+ Wiki in Tucumán: Free workshops and edit-a-thon on Wikipedia
On February 22nd and 23rd, Presentes and Wikimedia Argentina will be in San Miguel de Tucumán offering two free workshops on LGBT+ communication for activists and journalists. The event will conclude with a collaborative edit to the Spanish Wikipedia.
Map of hate crimes in Argentina 2019
An updated map of hate crimes against LGBT+ people and social transvesticide during 2019.
Tucumán: Family of young gay man attacked with a brick denounces state inaction
Juan Zelaya, 35, has been hospitalized since Wednesday, February 30, after being attacked by his neighbor, Dante Daniel Vanucci. His family went to file a report at the 10th Police Station, but initially, they refused to take it. However, the police did defend the attacker's house when a group of neighbors confronted him. He also did not receive proper medical attention.
El Salvador: For the first time, transgender people were able to vote without incident
One of the challenges of these elections was to minimize the obstacles that transgender people faced in past elections, where many were unable to vote.
Laly Heredia, a 36-year-old trans woman, was murdered on Camino de Cintura.
Laly Heredia was a 36-year-old trans woman. She was killed by a gunshot to the hip, but she had been shot several times before that.
PARAGUAY: Diverse House, first home for LGBT+ victims of violence
By Juliana Quintana, from Asunción. Photos: Jessie Insfrán. “We demand the depathologization of trans identity.” “We demand the right to non-discrimination.” “We demand the right to identity.” These are some of the slogans hanging on the walls of Casa Diversa, a temporary shelter for LGBTQ+ people who are victims of violence…
#BichoYYo: Facing conspiracy theories, information and activism
In this new episode of the comic by Lucas Fauno and Jon Amarillo, there's no room for conspiracy theories or absolute truths. The answer is: doubt, question, learn, advocate, and demand.
Elections in El Salvador: candidates ignore the LGBT+ community
The country's main presidential candidates omitted electoral proposals to guarantee the rights of LGBT+ groups.