Women's World Cup: Yellow and red cards for journalism
The media coverage focuses more on the athletes' personal lives than on the sport itself. There's a lack of gender perspective and an abundance of sexism.
The media coverage focuses more on the athletes' personal lives than on the sport itself. There's a lack of gender perspective and an abundance of sexism.
Four transgender women who fled Mexico and Central America for the United States recount why they embarked on the migrant journey. With different times and places, they all share the experience of state abandonment and a conservative society that pushed them to seek survival far from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and El Salvador.
The Honduran activist, along with 200 Garifuna, demanded that the State protect their lives. "They illegally entered our communities and instilled a terror that disrespects life," Miranda said.
Trans activist Marcela Tobaldi reflects on the living conditions of her companions, the practice of prostitution, and the debts owed by the State in a country like Argentina where progress has been made in laws and policies, but the reality remains genocidal for this population.
Organizations and the victims' families are demanding a thorough investigation. The prosecutor's office has not released any information about the crime.
University authorities are demanding an investigation "that adheres to human rights." In the last four years, 26 LGBT rights defenders have been murdered in Mexico.
Activists marched in Veracruz to celebrate LGBT pride and denounce the violence experienced by diverse communities in that state.
The black, white, purple, and yellow flag flew at the first Non-Binary Marches: one in Buenos Aires and another in Mexico City. What are the demands of these populations in Latin America?
La Chaqueña, a 64-year-old trans woman who survived gender-based violence, was the victim of a transfemicide. The suspect is in custody. But the injustice doesn't end with her death: her gender identity was not respected at her funeral.
The Criminal Court No. 2 of La Plata made the decision today at the request of the Association of Family and Friends of Tehuel de la Torre and the Organizing Committee of the Pride March – Historical Line.