Trans activists in Paraguay met with legislators and were harassed by anti-rights groups.
Activists are calling for October 17th to be established as the National Day for the Recognition, Protection and Promotion of Trans Rights.
Activists are calling for October 17th to be established as the National Day for the Recognition, Protection and Promotion of Trans Rights.
The communities demanded water, access to healthcare, education, and housing. They also demanded to be consulted by local governments.
In a historic day, the Civil Registry issued the first identity card with the 'X' marker. It recognizes the gender identity of Shane, who identifies as neither male nor female.
Five thousand indigenous people marched to Asunción to accompany their representatives, who presented the government with 35 points.
The Rebellion of the Flowers - a film by María Laura Vasquez - documents the voices and resistance of indigenous women, starting from the peaceful occupation of the Ministry of the Interior in 2019.
Ayelén Mazzina Guiñazú is the new head of the Ministry of Women and Diversity. The minister was appointed immediately after the 35th Plurinational Meeting in San Luis.
"One way to guarantee the rights of lesbians is, for example, with access to decent employment or other forms of income that allow them economic emancipation and thus prevent them from remaining in places where they are attacked for not having the resources to meet their needs. We must also fight for legislative equality."
“They came in shooting, they came in to kill. Nothing mattered, whether there were children, pregnant women, elderly people,” says Celeste Guenumil, one of those arrested. Also heard are the voices of the machi Betiana and Romina, 40 weeks pregnant.
The Glorieta de las Mujeres que Luchan (Roundabout of the Women Who Fight) is today a space for denunciation, memory and resistance.
On "National Coming Out Day" we asked our community about their experiences.