According to the latest UNAIDS report, Chile has the highest rate of increase in HIV/AIDS cases in Latin America, with 34% of new cases rising. The age group experiencing the greatest increase is between 20 and 29 years old. The head of the National HIV/AIDS Program at the Ministry of Health has just announced that the government will launch a prevention campaign on August 3rd.
She did so in her final address to the Chilean Congress. Organizations representing sexual diversity and gender identities, along with groups of people living with HIV/AIDS, expressed their discontent with the president's speech. They announced a march for June 24th.
“I feel called to the Women’s Strike because it is our right as women of diverse backgrounds,” says trans activist Niki Raveau. “Lesbians are made invisible,” adds activist Claudia Amigo. They, along with other LGBTQ+ activists, are calling for people to take to the streets next Wednesday at 7 p.m.
The murdered young man became a symbol of the fight against homophobia, and Chile's anti-discrimination law bears his name. At a ceremony with family members and LGBTQ+ organizations, he was honored, and the law's shortcomings and the lack of effective public policies by the state were denounced.
Two years after the death of the Chilean chronicler, activist and performer, Pedro Lemebel, a Latin American reference point for sexual dissidence and countercultural literature, his friends and colleagues – his loves – construct a collective portrait from his absence, which makes him shine brighter than ever.
Victor Hugo Robles met with the Argentine writer in Santiago, Chile, and asked him five questions during the presentation of his book "The Night of the World".
Argentine trans activist Amancay Diana Sacayán was invited to Chile by the Confederation of Copper Workers. Chilean journalist and LGBTQ+ activist Víctor Hugo Robles, a friend and comrade in the movement, interviewed her at length in 2012. Robles, known as "Che Guevara of the gays," kept those tapes. Now, in the context of…
Around World AIDS Day, Chile saw various events, public actions, and protests led by civil society organizations, particularly LGBTQ+ groups. A recent survey of young people and a study focused on the gay population highlight the lack of condoms and the need for public awareness campaigns…
Chilean LGBTQ+ activist and writer Víctor Hugo Robles, known as "the Che Guevara of the gays," shared with Presentes a chronicle of his visits to Cuba, where he participated in the 7th Cuban Day Against Homophobia, as a way of bidding farewell to the Commander. "We, the dissident sexual minorities, value the historic recognition and political rejection..."
Selenna is seven years old and the youngest child on record in the history of the trans rights movement in Chile. A visible figure, she lives her journey with pride while Congress delays the approval of the gender identity law. Trans children are currently the focus of attention, debate, and where…
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