Paraguay has its own National LGBTI Rights Day. It commemorates a letter/manifesto that launched the public struggle for sexual diversity. It was during the dictatorship and 10 years before Stonewall. The LGBTI Coalition joined Pride 2017, organizing a Pride march from the Antequera steps with music and performances. It will take place in September.
Sixty-two people had applied, and five were selected to work at the Municipality. They were notified yesterday, and this morning the decree was made official with the signature of Mayor Mónica Fein. Presentes spoke with the protagonists on an International Pride Day that will mark history in Rosario.
The Laura Moyano Trans Sociocultural Center in Córdoba was founded to combat social transphobia. It offers a space to complete primary and secondary education. It also operates outside the center, in the so-called "red-light district." Presentes listened to the stories of the trans women who come to the center seeking to overcome the exclusion they face in another area: the…
The campaign to demand justice was launched. Higui de Jesús was present. On Wednesday the 28th, there will be a march to say #StopTransMurders.
In less than 48 hours, two young people were physically attacked because of their sexual orientation in very close proximity to each other in the City of Buenos Aires. Both incidents occurred in the early morning hours. Presentes consulted the records of the Buenos Aires LGBT Ombudsman's Office: reports of attacks and human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity increased dramatically in 2016.
At the 47th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS)—which concluded yesterday in Cancún, Mexico—the Paraguayan foreign minister objected to a section of a resolution against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Paraguayan LGBTI organizations believe that the Paraguayan government is leading an increasingly open and belligerent anti-rights stance in the region.
Argentine activist Sasha Sacayán, Diana's brother, reflects on the violence against transvestites and trans people in recent months and points the finger at the state. A march will be held on June 28th with the slogan #StopTransMurders. And on Saturday the 24th, a gathering will be held to launch the Justice for Diana Sacayán Campaign. Why are the rights of transvestite and trans people violated both in life and after death?
In the heart of Buenos Aires, a group of twenty-somethings attacked Charly, 37, because of his sexual orientation. Charly declined to file a police report and told Presentes that it had been many years since he had experienced a homophobic attack on the street. Although there are laws protecting LGBTQ+ people, why are victims afraid to report these incidents?
Briggite Viola Rodríguez was attacked on June 10th, beaten and insulted. “Faggot, fucking Peruvian!” she yelled. She went to the Chilean justice system and reported the transphobic and racist attack. A security camera in an elevator recorded the aggressor, a man she had met at a nightclub.
The Justice system compels the State to urgently guarantee the comprehensive health of trans and transvestite women detained in the Florencio Varela prison unit.
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