Notes by Verónica Ferrari
Peru: Extremist "anti-communist and anti-gender" groups increase attacks and remain unpunished
La Resistencia is one of the far-right groups that attacks human rights organizations, feminists, and journalists. Why do they continue to act with impunity?
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Peru 2023: Setbacks in LGBTI rights and an increase in transfemicides
Anti-rights groups advanced against the LGBT community, in the context of Dina Boluarte's repressive government.
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Manolo Forno: “The closet leads us to be in a submissive condition towards the heteronormative system”
Peruvian activist Manolo Forno published the book ¿Rosca o imitación de rosca? where he tells his life story and the history of the LGBT movement in Peru.
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Tomas de Lima: the marches against racism and classism in Peru
The government of Dina Boluarte remains mired in a web of violence and repression against the indigenous peoples of Peru.
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Peru 2022: Hate crimes decrease but discrimination against LGBT+ deepens
A year passed with little progress and some setbacks in LGBT+ rights in a turbulent political context.
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Peru apologized and acknowledged its responsibility for the human rights violations against Azul Rojas.
The measure was a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It marks a milestone for the rights of the LGBTI community in Peru.
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Peru's legislative branch is moving against the rights of women and LGBT people
In the Peruvian Congress, they are reviewing different bills that imply a setback in terms of rights.
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Pride 2022: Hundreds of thousands of LGBT+ people filled the streets of Latin America amid celebration and protest
Celebrations and protests from Lima, Santiago de Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico City reflecting different realities and the same struggle.
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Peru: Constitutional Court refused to recognize two same-sex marriages performed abroad
The judicial body declared inadmissible the two lawsuits in which recognition of marriages performed in the United States and Mexico was sought.
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Peru: Conservative groups will be able to oversee school textbooks with a gender focus
Student and feminist organizations point out that it is "dangerous" for educational content to be determined by religious and moral criteria.
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