Córdoba is pushing for trans inclusion in the workplace: stories behind the struggle

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Two legislative initiatives for transgender labor inclusion were presented in Córdoba, one at the municipal level in the capital and the other at the provincial level. As with the debate on legal abortion, their approval depends on broad consensus among legislators committed to gender rights and sexual diversity. Thus, the testimony of how the transgender community survives in extreme conditions entered the legislative chambers.

Lima vibrated with pride and demands from LGBTI+ people

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For many, it was a day of struggle; for others, a day of resistance; and for still others, simply a day of celebration commemorating International LGBTI+ Pride Day. On Saturday, thousands of people took to the streets of Lima to march in a country where, despite a lack of progress in rights, the visibility of diverse identities is steadily increasing.

Pride in struggle: thousands marched against transvesticide and transfemicide

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Fueled by the landmark ruling in the Diana Sacayán transvesticide case and a powerful mobilization, the 3rd National March “Stop Transvesticide and Transfemicide” brought thousands of people out of their homes. Unlike previous demonstrations, where only transvestites and trans people and some members of the LGBTI community participated, this time the “green wave” feminist movement, with its contingent from the Campaign for Legal Abortion, was joined by Nora Cortiñas, a Mother of Plaza de Mayo, and Sergio Maldonado, brother of Santiago Maldonado.