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HIV in Argentina: Trans people add their specific demands
Hospital mistreatment and lack of support were two key points of the assembly held yesterday afternoon, ahead of a meeting with officials from the National Ministry of Health.
#Americas: 9 LGBTI people are murdered every week
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented yesterday in San Francisco the English version of the most comprehensive report on violence against LGBTI people in the 25 member states of the OAS. The Spanish and Portuguese versions have been available since last year.
Rosario opened the call for trans workers
Applicants must register beforehand in the Single Registry of Applicants (RUA) and have no criminal or misdemeanor record. There are five openings at the Municipality, and admission is by competitive process.
#Argentina: Civil Registry issues new birth certificates for children of trans people
A second case has been registered in Buenos Aires without going through the courts. A trans man was able to change the birth certificates of his two children to reflect his new name.
#Paraguay: They entered the Judiciary to defend trans women.
Through the role of the judicial facilitator, four trans activists in Paraguay are available to help their peers navigate a hostile labyrinth of complaints, police stations, and frequent police abuse. At least 57 trans women have been murdered in the country since the end of the last dictatorship in 1989. Excluded and subjected to violence by an hostile judicial system, Paraguayan trans women have opted for a new strategy: joining forces with it.
#Chile: Bachelet pledged to pass a marriage equality law
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet led a ceremony yesterday at La Moneda Palace to support the rights of the LGBTI community. This took place within the framework of the "Agreement for Equality," which the State signed with the Movement for Homosexual Liberation and Integration (Movilh) following a legal dispute.
“More than 'girls with penises and boys with vaginas' there are children with their own ideas”
Chile does not have a gender identity law. Parliament's main arguments against it focus on transgender children. The Transitar Foundation supports these children and their families in all aspects of their lives. Its director, Niki Raveau, recounts the symbolic act of renewing their identity documents to sign with their chosen names, and continuing the fight for visibility.
#Peru: The ideology of hate against the LGBTIQ community
An unprecedented campaign is plastering the streets of Lima and other major cities across the country. #ConMisHijosNoTeMetas (Don't Mess With My Children) is advancing with its posters against the inclusion of "gender ideology" in the school curriculum. On the other side, an analysis from an activist with #NoTengoMiedo (I'm Not Afraid).
HIV in Argentina: a new regulation to facilitate testing
Medical centers must offer testing not only to pregnant women but also to their partners. Furthermore, requiring a doctor's order for HIV tests is prohibited.
#Peru: President PPK opposes same-sex marriage
He stated this in an interview with the Peruvian news site Trome. The declaration comes as a shock, following a series of advances for the Peruvian LGBT community. – Do you agree with same-sex marriage? – No. Unequivocally and without mincing words, the president of Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, made this clear in an interview…