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#Mendoza On public radio, a pastor called for people to report homosexuals: he was the one reported.

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes November 16, 2017

Víctor Doroschuk, an evangelical pastor from San Rafael with over 10,000 followers and a daily column on public radio station LV4, stated on air that homosexuality is a sin that “leads to death.” More than two hundred people signed a complaint filed with the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI), and he is scheduled to attend a conciliation hearing on November 23. He was also reported to the Ombudsman's Office for his remarks.

The Government denied a venue to the XXVI LGBTIQ Pride March

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes November 16, 2017

The Organizing Committee of the 26th LGBTIQ Pride March invites everyone to participate in the event and march this Saturday the 18th at 4 pm and denounces that the Argentine Government did not provide the necessary resources to carry it out.

Four Chilean universities recognize the chosen name of transgender students

BRIEFS - By Agencia Presentes November 15, 2017

In the absence of a Gender Identity Law, four universities in Chile have worked on policies to recognize social names in their establishments.

#RecognizingIsRepairing: pension project for transvestites and trans victims of police violence

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes November 14, 2017

On Thursday, November 16, the bill for reparations for transvestites and trans people who have suffered institutional violence due to their gender identity will be presented in the Senate. (This has been under discussion since the beginning of this year.)

Shock in Honduras: Four LGBT people murdered

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes November 13, 2017

Three people who had been reported missing by their families a few days ago were found murdered Friday night in a swamp in Puerto Cortés, a coastal tourist city on the Caribbean coast in northern Honduras. Yesterday afternoon, also in the department of Cortés, the body of a transgender woman was found in the municipality of San Manuel, María Luisa.

Goyo Anchou: “LGBT cinema is full of bourgeois stories”

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes November 10, 2017

From the trenches of queer guerrilla cinema, Goyo Anchou fires back at conformity and naiveté in gay film production. He defends his hatred of the world as it is, which he takes to extremes in his new film: Heterophobia, an anti-patriarchal rhapsody, is a call for the castration of all men to end oppression.

Honduras: The trans candidate fighting against discrimination and violence

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes November 9, 2017

Rihanna Ferrera Sánchez is a trans woman and a candidate for Congress in the elections to be held on November 26 in Honduras. The activist from the Cozumel Trans Association is currently facing an electoral system that denies her the right to use her gender identity in the election.

Historic elections for the trans community in the United States

BRIEFS - By Agencia Presentes November 8, 2017

Danica Roem, 33, is a journalist and the first transgender legislator in the country. Andrea Jenkins is the first transgender woman of color elected to the Minneapolis City Council. Three other transgender people won seats on school or city boards in the November 7 elections.

La Plata: Police violence against four trans activists denounced

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes November 8, 2017

The Otrans organization reported to the Provincial Commission for Memory that four of its members suffered police violence in the early hours of Saturday, November 4th in the city of La Plata.

Why the reform of the Public Prosecutor's Office affects the lives of LGBTI people

Uncategorized By Agencia Presentes November 8, 2017

The resignation of Alejandra Gils Carbó as head of the National Public Prosecutor's Office and the reforms to Law 27148 may seem like unrelated issues. However, they profoundly affect our daily lives as LGBTI people.