The Mendoza Chamber of Deputies debated a bill yesterday to amend the Provincial Code of Misdemeanors, which had already passed the Senate. Among its provisions, the bill criminalized the transmission of HIV/STIs. Mobilization by organizations and public awareness campaigns led to the removal of this article. The bill will now return to the Senate for further consideration with amendments. Concerns remain regarding several articles.
The Supreme Court struck down a ban imposed by a 19th-century British law. The LGBTQ+ community took to the streets to celebrate the ruling.
Diversity scored a victory in the primary elections held by political parties in four US states. In Vermont, Christine Hallquist became the first transgender woman to be selected as a candidate for governor in the country. Hallquist, 62, won the nomination on Tuesday to compete for the governorship in the primary election…
By Andrea Martínez* Marielle Franco would have turned 39 last Friday. For this reason, several demonstrations were held over the weekend to remember her and demand justice for her assassination on March 14. Franco identified as a woman, lesbian, Black, and “daughter of the favela,” and she was an activist for her rights…
Cuba's parliament has begun debating a draft of a new constitution that, among other things, paves the way for legalizing same-sex marriage, a long-standing demand of the LGBT community on the island. The current constitution, dating from 1976, limits marriage to "the voluntary union of…
The Joint Committee of Congress unanimously approved an amendment to the Gender Identity Law stipulating that a change of legal name and gender will automatically dissolve a marriage. It also establishes that such cases will be processed through a family court.
Scarlett Johansson has dropped out of the role of a transgender criminal following a strong backlash against her casting, the actress announced in an interview published Friday by Out Magazine. The actress was set to star in “Rub and Tug,” the story of Dante “Tex” Gill, a massage parlor operator and pimp who…
In a society that has historically denied us its love, in a difficult context for the trans community where militancy and activism erode our bodies, facing the enormous burden and consequences of visibility, the pain that seems to be the only possible reality, thinking about affective bonds can be a caress.
In a society that has historically denied us its love, in a difficult context for the trans community where militancy and activism erode our bodies, facing the enormous burden and consequences of visibility, the pain that seems to be the only possible reality, thinking about affective bonds can be a caress.
The World Health Organization (WHO) published on Monday, June 18, the new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), which will be debated at the General Assembly in May 2019 for adoption by member states. It will come into effect on January 1, 2022. Transsexualism (code HA4Z) is no longer listed under the heading "mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders."
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