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The cooperative hair salon "Las Charapas", a trans employment project, has closed.
"Las Charapas" was a cooperative project that gave work to 10 trans girls who bet on that job to leave prostitution.
“Tevez, nobody learns from being slapped around: we, a large number of beaten-up faggots, are telling you this.”
Gym time, soccer school, all the "little friends" with their soccer cleats and me, the only one with yellow, red and green sneakers
This is how the Chilean LGBTI community welcomed Pope Francis
By Airam Fernández, from Santiago, Chile. The Chilean LGBTI community made its presence felt with the arrival of Pope Francis in Santiago. Yesterday afternoon, the Movement for Homosexual Liberation (Movilh) called for a protest against the official visit. Activists, transvestites, trans women, lesbians, and gay men joined the welcome that thousands of…
A trans woman was shot in Tucumán: it's the second attack she suffered in 72 hours.
He filed the complaint at the First Police Station.
Gender Identity Law: the challenges after the reintegration of children into the project
By Airam Fernández, from Santiago, Chile. Photo: Courtesy of Fundación Selenna* The final session of discussion on the Gender Identity Bill (LIG) resulted in a significant achievement for the Chilean LGBTI community: the inclusion of children and adolescents, after they were excluded during the initial Senate proceedings. The…
Camila Sosa Villada: “Being trans is in itself a form of activism”
Actress, writer, playwright, singer, Camila Sosa Villada became known for her starring role in Javier Van De Couter's film "Mía." But much more followed: her own documentary, television appearances, and extensive theater work.
Chile: Transphobic and homophobic beatings by prison guards denounced in Biobío prison
A transgender woman and her partner, both incarcerated in the city of Concepción, were beaten and tortured by three prison guards. A year ago, the same woman was assaulted in another Chilean prison, in Antofagasta. The complaint was filed by the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh).
#LivingWithHIV Bicho and I #7 Superpowers for an X-Men cover
In the duo's most recent adventure, the comic strip that brutally tells what it's like to live with HIV mutated into the cover of an X-Men comic.
OPINION: "Cacho has been a misogynistic, sexist, transphobic man for years"
Did you see those family and neighborhood parties we had to endure at some point? The thing was, we either did everything we could to avoid going, or we went and stayed isolated, without dancing. In my case, when I had to go to a birthday party or wedding, I'd stick to my mom, like a cry for help, begging her to "let this shit be over quickly so we can go home.".
Inter-American Court of Human Rights: States in the region must guarantee gender identity and marriage equality
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) yesterday declared, in a landmark decision, that the rights of same-sex couples and transgender people are protected by the Human Rights Convention.