Hate on the bus: homophobic driver suspended

The National Transportation Regulatory Commission (CNRT) confirmed to Presentes that driver Leonardo Benítez was suspended for 30 days today while an investigation is conducted. The suspension is not for discrimination but for "offending a passenger" and was carried out after the intervention of the Ombudsman's Office of the City of Buenos Aires. Benítez resigned after the announcement.

“When the focus is on gay or trans people, violence shifts away from the focus.”

For days now, the Argentine media has been dramatizing the scandal surrounding pedophilia rings within football club dormitories, where the team and its colors pale in comparison to the story. A player in the under-14 league broke down in front of the dormitory's therapist and recounted abuse and sexual exploitation. This revelation immediately sparked criminal complaints, hours upon hours of sensationalist television coverage, and public shaming of several journalists and figures in the entertainment industry. 

#Chile The first Trans Mausoleum in Latin America was inaugurated

March 31, 2018, International Transgender Day of Visibility, will be remembered not only for the resilient struggle of a community discriminated against and plagued by violence, but also for the gestures of historical redress taking place in Latin America. The inauguration of the first transgender mausoleum in Santiago's General Cemetery, an initiative of the legendary organization TravesChile, funded by the International Trans Fund, is the most moving, clear, and eloquent example.