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October 12: Indigenous women share what this day means for their communities
Women belonging to indigenous nations located in what are now Guatemala, Mexico, Argentina and Chile spoke with Presentes about what this date means for their communities.
The Cosquín festival goes non-binary
Following a complaint from Ferni de Gyldenfeldt and the intervention of INADI, the Cosquín Festival eliminates the categories of female and male vocal genres.
They agree to request a 12-year sentence for the transfemicide of Ayelén: "What kind of justice is this?"
In a surprising abbreviated trial for the transfemicide of Ayelén Gómez in Tucumán, the only defendant assumed authorship of the crime and a sentence was agreed upon.
Being bisexual in Latin America: myths and prejudices
Being bisexual means feeling desire, attraction, or affection toward one's own gender and toward another or others. Activists tell us about the daily challenges they face.
#24S Why a Global Climate Strike?
Organized youth groups and socio-environmental movements are taking to the streets again to demand concrete and decisive action against climate change.
Transvestite Memory: The Thousand Cris Mirós
Victoria Stéfano, a trans communicator, writes: “We shipped her with Diego Maradona, we sat her at Mirtha's table, we saw her naked, angelic, unattainable. We desired her secretly and openly, and we burned her at the stake of transphobia and HIV/AIDS in the 90s. The trans girlfriend of Argentinians. The incomparable. The Mare. Cris Miró.”
Six months without Tehuel: "We need them to keep searching for him"
The two detainees, Ramos and Montes, still haven't revealed what happened to the missing trans youth. The father held a press conference demanding that they search for him alive. The maternal family is pleading that the search not be abandoned. Yesterday, Ramos's house was demolished, and Montes's house and a shrine to San La Muerte were raided. The judicial investigation continues.
Six transfemicides in 12 days in Mexico: one trans woman murdered every 48 hours
Kendra in Tijuana, Valeria in Colima, Ivonne in Mexico City, Michell and Dayana in Jalisco, and a trans woman whose name remains unknown were all victims of lethal violence due to transphobia in Mexico. They demand investigations with a gender and human rights perspective.
The trans quota and labor inclusion law was enacted in Argentina. Diana Sacayán-Lohana Berkins: full text
Full text of Law 27.636 on the Promotion of Access to Formal Employment for Transvestite, Transsexual, and Transgender Persons, Diana Sacayán-Lohana Berkins, which was enacted in Argentina.
Celebration, pain, struggle, and dancing at the 6th Plurinational Anti-Racist March against transvesticide, transfemicide, and transhomicide in Buenos Aires.
LGBTQ+ groups gathered in the plaza in front of Congress on International Pride Day. They celebrated the passage of the law on job inclusion and transgender quotas, demanded answers regarding the disappearance of Tehuel, and called for reparations for people over 40, among other issues. Photos, report, and full document available.