In Lima, a protest was held to prevent the repeal of the article that criminalizes hate crimes. The United Nations representative for South America urged Congress to reconsider the decision. He emphasized that the State "must protect and respect the rights of everyone without discrimination, especially those who require greater protection, such as LGBTI people."
A vote of ten to six in Congress recommended eliminating Decree 1323, which established criminal penalties for hate crimes and discrimination against LGBTI people. Those who voted for this measure, which the Ombudsman's Office considers a step backward in the effort to prevent and combat homophobic and transphobic violence in society, are among those who voted against it.
“There isn’t one type of woman, and not all women are the same,” says communicator and activist Pilar Rojas. Along with Alexandra Hernández Muro and trans activist Javiera Alejandra Arnillas, she shares her experiences, challenges feminism, calls for a march, and states what they demand from the State on International Women’s Day.
Between melodrama and pop, Daniel Tolentino created a fashion collection as a way to exorcise his experience and show that there are many ways to cope with the virus. “Me Muero” (I'm Dying), presented in seven episodes, is inspired by beautiful and unstable divas, like life itself. Journalist Esteban Marchand went to find out what was behind this talented and troubled millennial and wrote this profile.
On Saturday afternoon, the streets of Lima saw LGBTQ+ people walking arm in arm, kissing and embracing to say: never again to homophobia. Every year they gather and march to the Plaza Mayor despite police interference. Presentes was there.
The investigation, carried out by the collective "I'm not afraid", includes testimonies from the interior of the country and covers various aspects, from violence to education.
Peruvian activist Óscar Ugarteche Galarza married his partner in Mexico and had been trying to get the Peruvian state to recognize his marriage since 2012. After filing a lawsuit against the Civil Registry, the court ruled in his favor.
In 2008, three police officers raped, beat, and illegally detained Luis Alberto Rojas Marín simply for being gay. After his case was dismissed by the judiciary in 2009, he appealed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). He had his hearing there this month. This is the first time the institution has accepted a case of torture against a person…
With the support of the Broad Front (a left-wing coalition), the committees for its review and debate must now be chosen in Congress. Yesterday, the gender identity bill was presented in Congress, which would recognize the right to identity for thousands of transgender people in Peru who suffer social exclusion and denial of their citizenship.
The draft gender identity law was presented to the Peruvian Congress, and days later the Constitutional Court recognized this right through a ruling in a country where 20% of the trans population lacks a national identity document. There is still a long way to go, but the Peruvian LGBTQ+ community remains hopeful. For…
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