Víctor Grajeda, Silvia Ayala's alternate for the department of Cortés, made history by being elected to the legislature with more than 100,000 votes, according to the results of 60 percent of the ballots counted. LGBTIQ+ people in Honduras went to the polls and elected Xiomara Castro as their president.
The mechanism to prevent this violence, at least in public institutions, is not being implemented by the current government. President Nayib Bukele eliminated the Directorate of Sexual Diversity, the agency responsible for implementing it and training Executive branch personnel on issues of sexual diversity.
Trans people made their voices heard on this #25NPy, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This year, the organizations defending the rights of trans people, which are part of the Paraguay Women's Strike, were brought to the forefront: the various forms of violence they face and the lack of laws and public policies to address the abandonment, discrimination, and hate crimes they endure. They also demanded justice for Gabi Cabrera.
The initiative was born during the pandemic due to the need to connect the scenes of visual art, plastic art, and body and word art to the digital world.
Activists and transgender people marched in Ensenada to protest violence against the LGBT community. They also demanded recognition of gender identity.
Agencia Presentes celebrated its fifth anniversary, and its founders and directors review the genesis and development of this journalistic project.
"We have already lost our fear of speaking out," says one of the women who is part of the radio station that has been operating for five years in the Honduran community.
A report prepared by the regional observatory Without LGBTI Violence shows that although there was a decrease in the number of homicides in 9 of the 11 countries in the region, the figure increased compared to 2019.
Emilia Schneider is the first trans woman elected to Congress in Chile. She is 25 years old and received one of the highest vote counts. Camila Musante and Marcela Riquelme, LGBTQ+ activists, have also joined the Chamber of Deputies.
The group Yo Si Te Creo (I Do Believe You) organized a virtual trial to challenge the judicial processes that delay the development and resolution of cases involving child and adolescent abuse. They also drafted a list of collective demands.
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