Andrea González was murdered in December 2016 in Ciudad del Este. She was 20 years old and had a hearing impairment. This is the first transphobic murder in Paraguay where the Prosecutor's Office has filed charges, but there are reports that a witness has been threatened and the main suspect is under house arrest. A march was held to demand that the crime not go unpunished. "They kill us and no one goes to jail."
Amid calls for justice for the transphobic murder of Ayelén Gómez, killed three weeks ago, the bill establishing a quota for transgender employment was scheduled to be debated today in the Tucumán Legislature. However, a procedural motion sent the bill to committee. “It’s the same as sending it to its death,” Fabián Vera del Barco told Presentes.
Diverse families and gender identities take center stage in Zoom to LGBT Rights, an initiative of the Ombudsman's Office. Here you can watch six audiovisual productions designed and starring organizations representing sexual diversity.
Dominique Moreau and Melannie León lived in downtown Santiago, Chile, until last Friday. They had to leave their home after three neighbors insulted them, threatened them with a gun, and vandalized the front of their house. Today they will file a police report, and the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh) confirmed to Presentes that it will be a plaintiff in the case.
Chile took a historic step toward the full recognition of rights: President Michelle Bachelet signed the Equal Marriage Bill. She thanked the LGBTQ+ organizations for their participation and stated: "We know that for full equality, our State must take another step. Equality admits no nuances."
Franchesca lost an eye to the gunshot wound, and the man, a customer, fled. The 31-year-old woman remained in intensive care until today, and the Formosa Women's Secretariat intervened in the attack.
Banco Galicia is violating Argentina's AIDS law, which guarantees confidentiality regarding personal information, and Banco Supervielle denied two mortgage loans to people living with HIV. These are not isolated cases, but they rarely receive attention. Due to issues like these, as well as complaints about labor and healthcare systems, the Huésped Foundation receives approximately 2,700 complaints annually.
A 17-year-old boy was the victim of a brutal sexual assault near Caaguazú. There are strong suspicions that it was an attempted "corrective rape." The young man had been receiving threats and facing discrimination because of his sexual orientation. Two people have already been charged in the case.
At the Fifth LGBTI Public Consultation, convened by the Institute of Public Policies on Human Rights (IPPDH) of MERCOSUR, more than 70 organizations from the region analyzed and debated how states protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people. Stagnation and setbacks were discussed, and concrete proposals were made for more and better public policies that guarantee these rights.
Gaspar Sánchez became a human rights activist alongside Berta Cáceres, the Honduran social leader assassinated in 2016. She encouraged him to live freely as a man. At 24, Gaspar proudly waves the rainbow flag and the Wiphala of the Indigenous peoples. He is one of the young Lenca people who keeps the legacy alive: the fight for the environment, Indigenous identity, and sexual diversity.
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