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Chile 2020: The most violent year for LGBT+ people, with state abandonment during the pandemic
From the second quarter of the year onward, the violence escalated and hate crimes skyrocketed. The government's response was nonexistent.
I want to break free from Christmas
"I want to emancipate myself from Christmas, like Mica surely does from her uncle and the imposed mandates; as children deserve; like all my trans and travesti comrades who on this hegemonic date are stripped and forced into the gathering," writes Violeta Alegre.
Christmas for trans women: sent to the men's room for not having an ID
– My name is Alma, I'm from Tucumán, Débora Britos brought me here, I don't pay for a place – I replied.
Guatemala 2020: Pandemic, underreporting of violence and LGBT+ networks
Organizations built networks to address the crisis caused by Covid-19 and the storms. Guatemala ends 2020 with 19 hate crimes and no policies for LGBT+ people.
Paraguay 2020: LGBT people resisted state violence and discrimination through self-management.
The year of the pandemic was characterized by a deepening of the social and economic crises that already existed in the LGBT population.
Mexico 2020: From violence against LGBT people during the pandemic to the fight for trans children
The pandemic increased violence against LGBT people online and at home. But 2020 also saw a historic victory for transgender children in Jalisco.
2020 in El Salvador: fewer crimes against LGBT people, more state neglect
Attacks and hate crimes decreased due to quarantines, but the State left LGBT+ people unprotected during the pandemic.
Mara Gómez makes history in Argentina: "Football saved my life"
Mara Gómez became the first trans woman footballer to play in the first division in Argentina.
Claudia Vásquez Haro, the first trans woman to earn a doctorate from a public university in Argentina
On December 11, 2020, Claudia Vásquez Haro became the first trans/travesti woman to earn a doctorate from a public university in Argentina.
Feminism and sexual diversity want to change everything in Guatemala
From the outbreak of November 21st until now, social movements, feminisms and LGBT people have taken their demands to the streets.