Mariana Solange Gómez was kissing her wife, Rocío Girat, near the Constitución subway station on Line C. Suddenly, Mariana was arrested by the Buenos Aires City Police.
For this work entitled History of an Outcast, Jorge Carrasco received the Gabriel García Márquez Journalism Award in the text category.
This year's mobilization took place in a context of growing hatred in the country against what conservative sectors call "gender ideology," and today's slogan was "against state terrorism towards LGBTI people."
“‘We’re not going to treat him here’: the phrase hit us like a hammer blow of reality.” This is how the letter released Wednesday by the family of Gonzalo, the 13-year-old trans boy whom the Children’s Hospital of La Plata refused to treat with hormone therapy, begins. Although there has been no official statement yet, the institution maintains that its intention all along was to request time to better train the medical team.
"It is necessary that the activism for the right to free, safe, and legal abortion begins to be a place where lesbians and trans people are welcomed, valued, and empowered," says lawyer and activist Luciana Sánchez.
A trans South American artist and hummingbird, poet, folk singer, performer, teacher, activist. Her phrase “I claim my right to be a monster! Let others be normal!” has become a banner, a t-shirt, and even a quote from the American queer theorist Judith Butler.
Abortion for trans men is an issue that is still only just beginning to be addressed in public health. Statistics are practically nonexistent regarding this population, but the obstacles we face are the same as those women face when seeking abortions. It's just that we're not talked about.
One hundred workshop participants are taking part in the LGBTIQ training school in the Greater Buenos Aires area, which was launched two weeks ago and runs until November.
In the last 10 years, Honduras has been the scene of crimes against 262 people from the LGBTI community. This is the number of homicide victims reported by the lesbian organization Cattrachas.
Noemí Echaniz lived on the streets for several years. She was on the verge of becoming homeless again when the Buenos Aires City government cut off her housing subsidy. At 41 years old and with a health problem, this trans woman filed a lawsuit. The judge ordered the city government to provide her with “housing that guarantees her constitutional rights to housing, health, and dignity.”
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