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Football and diversity: how the 2026 World Cup is being experienced
The 2026 World Cup takes place in a turbulent global context rife with inequality. How do teams open to diversity view it, and what do they expect from this championship?.
Ten police officers on trial for the transphobic murder of Sofia Fernandez
Three years after the death of Sofía Fernández in a police station in Pilar, and following an investigation fraught with obstacles, the case has been brought to trial. The ten police officers will be tried. The demands of her sister, Mabel, and of diversity and human rights organizations were crucial in ensuring that the case did not go unpunished.
2026 World Cup: FIFA has scrapped its anti-discrimination campaign
The campaign designed by FIFA in 2023 will not be activated during this World Cup in the host countries.
Not One Less: Feminist movements took to the streets en masse against gender violence
Eleven years after the first Ni Una Menos (Not One Less) march, the fight against gender-based violence and the grief over the femicides of Agostina, Dulce, and Noelia mobilized Argentina on a massive scale. Demands were also made for justice with a gender perspective, more comprehensive sex education, and the right to a life free from violence. These voices from a packed plaza were echoed in various locations across the country.
Why the Natalia Lane sentence is historic but insufficient: “The judge failed trans women and sex workers”
Natalia Lane's case is the first attempted femicide against a transgender sex worker in Mexico to reach the courts and also the first to result in a conviction. However, this outcome did not provide the redress that was hoped for.
Searching mothers in Mexico: “The ball comes home, but when will our disappeared ones be found?”
Mothers searching for their missing children in Mexico are creating strategies to raise awareness of their plight during the 2026 World Cup. Currently, 134,000 people are registered as missing.
Argentina celebrated its Trans Homeland Day in Plaza de Mayo
Trans Homeland Day brought together transvestite and trans activists in Plaza de Mayo with an urgent demand: the historical reparation that the State owes to older women, survivors of violence.
Carmelitas Clown: the transvestite clowns who respond to hate with cumbia, community and dissident humor
Carmelitas Clown is a duo of transvestite clowns. Gemma Ríos and Carmín Lupe have spent a decade building dissident humor, music, and community as a political response to the current situation in Argentina.
Present Workshop: Good communication practices on HIV and AIDS
Presentes is opening its newsroom (Buenos Aires) to host a free workshop on best practices in HIV and AIDS communication. Registration is required.
The trial for the triple lesbian murder has begun: Justice for Pamela, Roxana and Andrea, and reparations for Sofía
The trial has begun for the triple lesbian murders of Pamela Cobbas, Mercedes Figueroa, and Andrea Amarante, and the attempted lesbian murder of Sofía Castro Riglos. The prosecution seeks to have the justice system recognize the crime as a hate crime. The accused chose not to testify. A day of protest is taking place outside the courthouse.