The public trial for the transvesticide of Argentine activist Diana Amancay Sacayán has been scheduled for next week (hearing dates still to be confirmed) and for weeks the Justice for Diana Sacayán Commission and activists have been working on different campaigns to give it public awareness.
Keili González, a trans activist from Entre Ríos, was first insulted by a legislator and then subjected to media violence for participating in the Pride March. In this opinion piece, she recounts part of her story and challenges the media: “It’s time the media focused on how to include our voices and perspectives, how to understand what sexual diversity is, and how to do so without stigmatizing or ridiculing us.”
In this installment of Bicho and I—the tenth in Presentes!—we talk about medication, its pros and cons. Adhering to treatment isn't always easy. Several factors—emotional, social, and personal—come into play.
Created by Organizing Trans Diversities (OTD Chile) amidst the difficulties surrounding the Gender Identity Law, the #TransCampaign was launched in October with significant impact. This week it gained new momentum following the Metro's response to a user who criticized the posters: "Prejudices like yours are not allowed on our trains."
The Civil Registry of the province of Buenos Aires has been systematically blocking and denying legal gender changes for transgender children and adolescents. LP, a 9-year-old boy from Punta Indio, and a 7-year-old transgender girl from Quilmes faced this situation. This was denounced by the organizations Abosex and Infancias Libres, which are supporting their families' claims.
Although Paraguay is one of the countries subject to the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, civil society organizations believe that these recommendations will not be implemented in the country.
A study conducted by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) estimated that 20,000 LGBT teenagers in the United States will undergo conversion therapy by a health professional before the age of 18, and approximately 57,000 will receive religious treatment for the purpose of “curing” their sexual orientation or gender identity.
More than 400 people, convened by the National Front for the Health of People with HIV, gathered at 2:00 PM in front of the Ministry of Health for an open assembly to analyze the situation following last week's reports of a shortage of medications for HIV patients in several Argentine provinces. On Thursday, the government issued a statement declaring the problems with the delivery of supplies resolved and announcing that deliveries would return to normal next week.
By Paula Bistagnino. Being a child and studying theater “back then” was considered strange. “Back then” was the late 70s and early 80s, during Argentina’s last military dictatorship. “And on top of that, I was already androgynous. So imagine, if being different back then wasn’t…”
By Bruno Díaz * The Cock-Sucking Beggar, by Pablo Pérez “I threw myself at his feet, kissed his thing, and wet it with my tears.” (Lorenzo Verdasco) A child of the queer South American publishing scene of the early nineties, The Cock-Sucking Beggar is one of the ripest (though no less acidic) fruits of beauty and happiness…
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