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In El Salvador, transgender people must hide their gender identity at work.
Sofia started her hormone therapy while working in a food factory but had to interrupt it due to the discrimination she suffered: she was fired anyway.
Security guards at a store assaulted a lesbian couple in San Salvador
A lesbian couple kissed in the Imperio USA store, and security guards confronted and assaulted them. Police blamed the victims.
Iberia did not allow trans activist Bianka Rodríguez to travel to an LGBTIQ+ meeting
Bianka Rodríguez, from El Salvador, was denied boarding for the World Pride and Euro Games in Denmark, despite meeting all travel requirements and receiving an official invitation. At the airport in her country, she was confronted by transphobic airline staff.
What is the new proposal for El Salvador to have a Gender Identity Law?
The Salvadoran Congress has received a new version of the gender identity law. The previous version had been shelved.
Interview: Marlén Viñayo, the filmmaker who tells the story of two gay ex-gang members in a Salvadoran prison
"Unforgivable" is a short documentary that explores the relationship between two young gay ex-gang members in a Salvadoran prison. We interviewed its director, Marlén Viñayo.
Transfemicide in El Salvador: Zashy del Cid, 27-year-old activist, is murdered
Zashy, a 27-year-old Salvadoran trans woman and member of the Perla de Oriente Collective, was shot in the back on Sunday.
2019: 67 murders against the LGBTI+ population in Central America
The Northern Triangle of Central America, one of the deadliest regions for LGBTI+ populations on the continent.
A trans woman was attacked in El Salvador, and the police refused to take her report.
Three private security guards brutally beat a 25-year-old transgender woman. The police refused to take her complaint.
Camila's last night, a trans woman persecuted by gangs and murdered by the police.
Camila was a 29-year-old Salvadoran trans woman. Her death at the hands of three police officers is the first transfemicide case to reach the courts.
Another hate crime in El Salvador: four trans femicides in 40 days
Rosa Granados, a 28-year-old trans activist, was murdered in San Salvador. This marks the fourth hate crime against trans people in less than 40 days.