Luis Larraín: "I want to be the first gay activist to reach Congress"

Uncategorized 2 Comments

Women tell him he looks like Ricky Martin. He came out at 23 and rose to fame as a model in a campaign for Sebastián Piñera, a politician he criticizes whenever he can. Born into a conservative and traditional Chilean family, he lives with kidney disease, which has led him to clash with the pharmaceutical industry on several occasions. He has been an activist for sexual diversity for five years and wants to be the first LGBTQ+ person elected to Congress. Today he is an independent candidate for deputy.

Peter Pank: “Sexist attitudes exist in all musical genres”

Uncategorized

Wearing a black bodysuit, lace stockings, and Mickey Mouse ears, Peter Pank flaunts his sculpted physique and sings, “I want to be a girl.” Below the stage, a party of young people dances with eyeliner. The scene seems straight out of the Parakultural of the 80s. But no, it was just a few weeks ago that he and his synthpop-dark-techno band, “Los chicos perdidos” (The Lost Boys), celebrated their first 10 years together.

transvesticide Andrea Gonzalez Ciudad del Este

Police tortured a young trans woman: she remains in custody

Uncategorized

The organization Panambí filed a complaint against Asunción police for “torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment” of a 23-year-old transgender woman. She has been detained for a week and says she is being arbitrarily accused. The complaint was filed with the Human Rights Prosecutor's Office in Asunción and the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture (MNP). 

The Chilean “Che of the gays” turns 20

Uncategorized

Victor Hugo Robles is a renowned Chilean journalist and a long-time activist for sexual diversity. In 1997, after news broke of the recovery of Che Guevara's body, Robles decided to appropriate that body and imprint upon it his own revolution: a libertarian, dissident, and sexual one. Thus was born a figure who continues to question and challenge the established order through the struggle for human rights. 

A young trans woman is accused of discrimination at a nightclub in Mar del Plata.

Uncategorized

“Are you a woman or a transvestite? Because if you’re a transvestite, we have to charge you admission,” Ximena, a young trans woman, recounted being told at the Clip Club nightclub in Mar del Plata. They are organizing a sit-in at the club's entrance on Saturday, September 2nd at 6 PM. They are also demanding: “Training on sexual diversity and gender identity is not being provided.” 

A nurse is accused of sexually abusing a trans woman in a hospital.

Uncategorized

It happened at San Martín Hospital in La Plata. Shirley, a 61-year-old trans woman, went to the emergency room due to a spike in blood pressure. There, she was treated using male pronouns, and then, according to her complaint, a nurse sexually assaulted her in an elevator. A formal complaint has been filed, and yesterday social organizations held a press conference at the provincial Ministry of Health.