The space is popularly known among the Chilean LGBTI community as the “Preu Trans,” but it owes its name to Mara Rita, a trans teacher on the volunteer team who passed away last year. Here, trans people, transvestites, lesbians, gays, and queer people come together to receive academic, social, and personal training.
This Wednesday, September 20th at 6pm, the National Front for the Health of People with HIV invites you to gather in front of Congress to demand the immediate treatment of the bill on HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs.
The Rosario Court of Appeals ordered the IAPOS health insurance provider to respect activist Sandy Sánchez's right to comprehensive healthcare. This is established by the Gender Identity Law.
Two social communication students and members of the LGBTI Organizations Front reported being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation at the Rey Lagarto bar in La Plata. They said they were insulted and pushed out onto the street. The bar denied that the expulsion was based on the sexual orientation of those involved.
A group of four men broke into a man's home while he was sleeping and savagely beat him. They were his neighbors in a neighborhood in the city of Posadas. The victim was hospitalized and is now afraid to return home. Once he recovers, he will file a complaint with the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Racism (INADI). The attackers, aged between 18 and 27, were arrested.
More than a thousand women participated in the 20th Regional Meeting of Women, Lesbians, Transvestites and Trans in Merlo (Buenos Aires province)
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.
A 23-year-old transgender woman was released after reporting torture by police officers from the 15th precinct in Asunción. Karina Fernández had been arrested in a red-light district of Asunción on August 29 and accused of robbery.
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.
Marcela Chocobar was murdered on September 6, 2015, in Río Gallegos. Her skull was found days later, but her body has still not been recovered. Her sisters marched to the courthouse to demand justice, a new investigation, and a continued search.
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