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This is how the Regional Meeting of Women, Lesbians, Transvestites and Trans people in Merlo went
More than a thousand women participated in the 20th Regional Meeting of Women, Lesbians, Transvestites and Trans in Merlo (Buenos Aires province)
Luis Larraín: "I want to be the first gay activist to reach Congress"
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.
She is trans and was tortured in a police station: after filing a complaint, she was released.
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.
Peter Pank: “Sexist attitudes exist in all musical genres”
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.
Two years without Marcela Chocobar: marches held for the young trans woman murdered in Río Gallegos
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.
Police tortured a young trans woman: she remains in custody
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).
Brutal beating of a gay couple by a gang in La Plata
The attack occurred on Friday, September 1st, and was captured on the security cameras of the Municipality of La Plata. Jhonan and Joel were waiting for the bus when they were attacked and insulted by more than ten young men who shouted homophobic slurs at them.
The Chilean “Che of the gays” turns 20
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.
The day "Macri hetero" became an insult and a Twitter trend
A piece of graffiti on the Cabildo (City Hall) insulting the Argentine president by saying "Macri is straight" caused a stir in the media and on social networks, to the point that the phrase became a trending topic on Twitter. Why did it generate so much controversy?
A young trans woman is accused of discrimination at a nightclub in Mar del Plata.
“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.”