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Juan Pablo Mirabelli: “Neither transvestite, nor transvestite, nor Drag Queen: I am a male showgirl”
He doesn't want to look like a woman. He's a man and a showgirl. Alongside Franco Torchia, he stars in the first LGBTQ revue, "Like Never Before."
1 year PRESENT: Our most read stories
ARGENTINA #HISTORY The story behind a viral tweet: "I'm having a 12-year-old son" #OPINION Let's not have Kevin Spacey and the villains be the only gay characters in this story #VIOLENCE Homophobic attack during the dispersal of the Pride March: one arrested CHILE #PROFILE Gay, Mapuche, and feminist: a young Chilean man questions through art #STORIES…
The trial for the murder of Vanesa Zabala has begun: "It was a hate crime"
The trial began yesterday for the murder of Vanesa Zabala, a trans woman killed on March 29, 2013, in Reconquista, in the northern part of Santa Fe province. The four defendants pleaded not guilty before the Sentencing Court in the city of Vera. The court expects to reach a verdict on December 7.
A congressman insulted a trans activist: "the condemnation from his colleagues was not enough"
Following discriminatory remarks by Entre Ríos legislator Daniel Koch, of the Renewal Front, who criticized her for leading the local Pride March when “the State had paid for her breasts,” in addition to the complaint filed with INADI (National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism), he will be condemned in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday the 22nd through a declaration presented by Deputy Emilce Pross (FJV).
Transvesticide and institutional violence: setbacks denounced by LGBTIQ groups
The LGBTIQ community arrived at the 26th Pride March with a series of specific slogans for this year, but also with its long-standing demands of the State. What follows is a possible overview of the progress, shortcomings, and ongoing struggles regarding the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, and queer people in Argentina in 2017.
[IN PHOTOS] 26th LGBTIQ+ Pride March in Buenos Aires
Around 200,000 people took to the streets of Buenos Aires to celebrate LGBTQ+ rights. This photo gallery shows how the 26th Pride March unfolded, from Plaza de Mayo to the National Congress.
Homophobic attack as Pride March disperses: one arrested
Around 8:30 p.m., half a block from Plaza del Congreso, three men attacked people leaving the demonstration. One of them struck 33-year-old Juan Víctor González in the head with a hockey stick. After midnight, the young man was released from the hospital with seven stitches. The assailant was arrested.
This is how she marched in Buenos Aires to celebrate LGBTIQ pride
The 26th LGBTIQ+ Pride March mobilized around 200,000 people from Plaza de Mayo to the National Congress in Buenos Aires. With slogans like "Stop the femicides of transvestites, transsexuals, and transgender people, stop institutional violence. Pride to defend the rights we have won," the march began at noon…
"We have been together proudly for 26 years"
GENERAL SPEECH – PRIDE MARCH 2017 Lee Kalim Soria (RITTA): Twenty-six years ago, we gathered for the first time in this square to make diversity visible. We proudly showed ourselves as we were and as we wanted to be. We proudly responded to the shame that they had tried to impose on us for centuries. We also proudly responded to…
#LGBTIQPrideMarch: activists take legal action to prevent police repression
Alarmed by the protocol for detaining LGBTI people launched by the Argentine Ministry of Security a few weeks ago, and by police actions in general, organizations and activists filed a preventative action this morning with Court 16 of the City of Buenos Aires. The action seeks to guarantee freedom of expression during today's 26th LGBTIQ Pride celebration.