Three communicators from Peru launched an audiovisual project: a documentary web series that tells the stories of LGBT people. Thanks to a crowdfunding campaign, they already have five episodes and several more are on the way. The episodes can be viewed for free on YouTube.
Surgical interventions, mutilations, pathologization, and medical exhibition are some of the human rights violations suffered by intersex people. The issue was presented and testimonies were given at a hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
The first subway station in Buenos Aires named after a historical figure in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights and founder of the Argentine Homosexual Community has opened. It is located at the corner of Santa Fe and Pueyrredón, a landmark in the LGBTQ+ movement.
Keili González reported that while she was walking through the center of the Entre Ríos city of Nogoyá, a group of men insulted and threatened her from a car for more than a block and a half. She has already filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office and will hold a demonstration tomorrow in front of the courthouse.
This was determined by the Office of the Prosecutor for Institutional Violence (Procuvin) in a report following testimony from victims. The report denouncing institutional violence was presented as part of the investigation led by prosecutor Laura Belloqui.
Angie Velasquez was searched in public, forced to strip, subjected to police harassment, and then imprisoned in Florencio Varela. During the month she was detained, her health deteriorated. She died yesterday. The organization Otrans Argentina, of which Angie was a member, filed a lawsuit today against a judge and three prosecutors for "Aggravated homicide in conjunction with torture by action and omission and in conjunction with criminal association."
Through screenings of the “Trans Memory Archive”, curated by María Belén Correa and Cecilia Estalles Alcón; the photographs of Marcos Adandía; and a panel discussion with representatives of sexual diversity, the international photography and human rights meeting “Rights in Focus” kicks off the week of Remembrance in Argentina, vindicating, among other things, LGBTI identities and their struggles.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published a statement highlighting recent measures by Peru and Paraguay to guarantee the rights of the LGBTI population, but expressed concern about the conservative waves in civil society.
This week, the Supreme Court ruled that a transgender inmate at the Alto Hospicio prison (Iquique) may only be examined by female nursing staff. The ruling also mandates that prison officials receive training on gender identity and expression.
From the media and public opinion to government policies, there are prejudices and a lack of understanding about HIV and its connection to young people. These statements, repeated so often, take root and become accepted as truths that are not actually truths. Researcher Grisel Adissi, a specialist on the subject, lists the most common myths and debunks them one by one.
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