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.
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.
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).
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.
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…
Argentine activist Lara María Bertolini writes about the urgent need to build policies based on the voices of trans people themselves: without intermediaries, manuals, or party directives. And, to this end, she proposes a series of actions.
Luciano Vecchio imagined how Wonder Woman could have saved the Orlando massacre and drew it. Now his comic, featuring an LGBTQ+ Justice League, is making the rounds worldwide. We talked to him about the importance of queer and anti-patriarchal language in comics and about his heroic activism.
Analía de Jesús has been detained since October, when a gang savagely attacked her. "I'm going to make you feel like a woman, you lesbian," one of the attackers told her. They were about to rape her when he stabbed her. The Gender Advocacy Office and social and political organizations denounce irregularities in the case and a lack of access to justice
Following several reports of attacks on Ecuadorian transvestite and transgender migrants in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Once, Judge Andrea Danas ordered a police detail and a patrol car to be stationed in the area where three attacks occurred in the last month.
The First National Survey of School Climate for LGBT Youth, conducted in 2016 by the civil organization 100% Diversity and Rights and promoted by the Confederation of Education Workers (CTERA), reveals that discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity are a problem that needs to be addressed. It also shows that Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) is key to promoting inclusion.
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