The Front for the Health of People Living with HIV—comprised of various organizations—is demanding urgent action to address the shortage of medications, reagents, and condoms. In a demonstration outside the National Ministry of Health, they denounced the government's absence in prevention and treatment policies. The minister promised to meet with them between today and tomorrow. The Front for the…
Today, the young woman filed a complaint with the LGBT Ombudsman's Office in the City of Buenos Aires. "It's important to put a stop to it and not normalize it," she said. A map compiled by INADI (National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism) revealed that nightclubs are the places where people feel most discriminated against. Paula Cáceres is from Tierra del Fuego and lives…
The Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies passed the Comprehensive Protection Law for Women Against All Forms of Violence, but without mentioning the word "gender" in the text or including transgender women. That same day, December 6, a transgender woman was shot and killed in Ciudad del Este. Since 1989, Paraguay has recorded…
The march, organized in Plaza de Mayo by human rights organizations, denounced, among other urgent issues, the increase in institutional violence against working-class communities, young people, and migrants. Trans and travesti people added their urgent demands: a trans job quota, the right to work, to health, and to education. On International Human Rights Day…
Five Cuban LGBTQ+ organizations shared a letter on social media announcing the creation of the “Amancay Diana Sacayán Cuban Initiative,” a front formed in response to setbacks in the investigation into the murder of the trans activist, who was killed in October 2015. “From Cuba, we demand that her murder not go unpunished…”
Peruvian journalist Esteban Marchand, co-founder of the website Sin Etiquetas and correspondent for Presentes, was invited to give a TED Talk about his experiences as a young gay man in a sexist and homophobic society. From school bullying to family acceptance and the peace of mind that comes with being himself. I'm Esteban, I'm 24 years old, and I'm gay…
A young trans woman was illegally detained in her home and then sexually assaulted by several police officers, whom she reported. The investigation went to trial without regard for the victim's basic rights. The same court that convicted another young woman, Belén, for a miscarriage, in this case avoided convicting the police officers…
The battle for equality isn't just happening in Lima; it's happening in other regions of Peru, and one of its mechanisms is visibility. In the city of Iquitos—in the Loreto region, one of the hardest hit by HIV—one of the most prestigious trans beauty pageants takes place…
They were working as prostitutes and decided to organize themselves into a cooperative. The Las Charapas hair salon opened its doors in La Plata after three years of training and work for ten trans women. The ribbon, stretched across the entrance, was rainbow-colored, matching the lettering of…
Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that do not correspond to binary notions of male or female bodies. This is the story of a mother who had to navigate a bureaucratic—and deeply discriminatory—labyrinth to have the State respect her daughter's rights. For almost two years, an Argentinian baby with…
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