April 25, 2024

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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December 21, 2023

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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December 7, 2023

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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September 12, 2023

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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December 21, 2022

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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November 4, 2022

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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June 26, 2022

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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June 15, 2022

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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