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Living with HIV: Bicho and I have lunch at the #Mesaza
In episode #20, Bicho and I have lunch "with privileged people" and discuss PrEP. By Lucas Gutiérrez and Jon Amarillo.
Chile has its first school for transgender children
By Víctor Hugo Robles In Ñuñoa, in the eastern part of Santiago, Chile, there is a school where transgender children can feel supported and continue their studies. Faced with uncertainty and not knowing how to navigate daily educational situations, the country's first transgender school, named after…
Column #12 in You Can't Live on Love 2018
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#DianaSacayánTrial: the fourth hearing focused on who the accused is
By María Eugenia Ludueña and Ana Fornaro. Photos: Ariel Gutraich. The fourth hearing in the trial for the transphobic murder of Diana Sacayán began at 2:30 p.m. because there wasn't a large, available courtroom in the Buenos Aires Palace of Justice. It's a historic trial because for the first time…
#Argentina: LGBT Observatory reported a hate crime every three days
The National Observatory of LGBT Hate Crimes, which depends on the Argentine LGBT Federation, registered some 103 hate crimes in 2017 based on sexual orientation, expression and gender identity.
Montevideo celebrates Trans Art Week
From Monday, April 9 to Sunday, April 15, musicians, dancers, designers, illustrators, documentary filmmakers, actors, photographers and activists from Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and Germany, will display their art in different cultural venues in the city, as part of Trans Art Week (#SAT2018).
Naty Menstrual: “Activism is the way you live”
She paints, writes, acts, does old-fashioned café concert-style shows, and for years she has been selling her t-shirts and dolls every Sunday at the San Telmo Fair, a neighborhood where almost everyone knows her.
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.
Bicho and I go to the movies: 120 beats per minute
"Bicho and I felt challenged by the film. It addresses the issue without resorting to cheap tricks and with excellent narrative and visual precision. We celebrate the progress, but there are also situations that still resonate very similarly today. Too similar to a past we're not going back to."
“When the focus is placed on gay or trans people, the real issues of violence are shifted away from the issue.”
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.