#Chile Deputies approved the gender identity law: it's now law
In a historic day in Valparaíso, with 95 votes in favor and 46 against, the Chilean Chamber of Deputies has just transformed the right to gender identity into law.
In a historic day in Valparaíso, with 95 votes in favor and 46 against, the Chilean Chamber of Deputies has just transformed the right to gender identity into law.
The Movilh complaint states that the project as it stands, which will be voted on tomorrow in the Chamber of Deputies, violates the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Carolina Perona denounced the authorities of the Madre de los Inmigrantes Institute (IME), in La Boca (CABA) for not hiring her when they found out she is a lesbian.
In Mendoza this Wednesday, the 12th, a reform to the Provincial Code of Misdemeanors will be voted on, criminalizing the transmission of HIV and STIs. The reform to the current code also punishes situations such as social protest and alleged offenses against public officials.
Last week, writer and journalist Patricia Kolesnicov gave a talk at the Neuquén Book Fair about her novel "I Fell in Love with a Vegetarian," a love story between two teenage girls. Students from a religious high school were forced to leave the event by their teachers.
The Supreme Court struck down a ban imposed by a 19th-century British law. The LGBTQ+ community took to the streets to celebrate the ruling.
This week, Argentina's President Mauricio Macri announced the reduction of half of the national ministries, including the Ministry of Health.
Marcela Chocobar was last seen alive in the early morning of September 6, 2015 in Río Gallegos.
Trans groups protested in front of the courthouse: "They are killing us. The state is responsible. We demand justice."
Trans groups protested in front of the courthouse: "They are killing us. The state is responsible. We demand justice."