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Homophobia in Córdoba: He was beaten for defending a gay couple
In the early hours of Sunday, he was attacked by security personnel at the Porto Club nightclub in the Güemes neighborhood of Córdoba province, when he was defending a gay couple.
Paraguay: Free in-person workshop on good LGBT+ journalistic practices
How to approach news about LGBTI communities? How to build good journalistic practices for inclusive communication about diversity? These are the questions we will address in the Workshop on Tools for Journalists, coordinated by Presentes and Wiki DDHH LGBT+, in Asunción on November 3. This is a free, in-person training course, which will be held at La…
Salta: She is trans, she was brutally beaten outside a nightclub and is in serious condition
By Elena Corvalán, from Salta. Mirna Antonella Di Marzo, a 30-year-old trans woman, is in serious condition in intensive care at the Joaquín Castellanos public hospital in the city of General Güemes, 50 kilometers from the city of Salta. She has been in this condition since the early morning of Sunday, the 21st…
How are anti-rights groups born and financed in the region?
A regional investigation coordinated from Brazil by Sexuality Policy Watch, a public policy observatory focused on sexual and reproductive health, aims to study how anti-rights groups are gaining a foothold in Latin America. The study will be conducted in ten countries.
Homophobia in Buenos Aires: pizzeria employees beat up a gay couple
On Sunday, October 21st, at 11:00 PM, Tomás and Joaco, a couple, were having dinner at the 'Academia della Pizza' pizzeria in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. They recounted that they were sitting together on the same side of the table when the manager told them, "This is a family place, so please behave yourselves." They replied, "We're family too," and left the restaurant. On the sidewalk, they were attacked by two other employees. Organizations are calling for a protest in front of the restaurant on Saturday, October 29th.
LGBT+ Human Rights Wiki: Presents and Wikimedia edit LGBT content
Agencia Presentes and Wiki DDHH (Wikimedia Argentina) have joined forces to work on inclusive communication of diversity and to combat violence based on prejudice with information.
The Trump administration seeks to eradicate gender identity
The US government is considering defining gender as a biological condition, immutable and determined by birth genitalia, The New York Times reported in its Sunday edition.
Trans mother: "I'm going to raise him with the freedom that was denied to me"
Nicole Vázquez is a Uruguayan trans woman based in Buenos Aires who was granted custody of her four-year-old nephew by the Uruguayan Justice system.
Trans mother: "I'm going to raise him with the freedom that was denied to me"
Nicole Vázquez is a Uruguayan trans woman based in Buenos Aires who was granted custody of her four-year-old nephew by the Uruguayan Justice system.
Uruguay passed the comprehensive law for transgender people
Uruguay's Chamber of Deputies approved the Comprehensive Law for Transgender People. The country has a gender identity law, but it only allows for legal gender change.