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Covid-19 exacerbated risks and violence against human rights defenders
The report “LGBTIQ+ Rights and Sex Workers: Defenders at Risk During COVID-19” by Front Line Defenders documents the risks and also the resistance.
Historic: A trans woman and a gay man aspire to become members of parliament in El Salvador
Alejandra Menjívar and Erick Iván Ortiz will compete on February 28 in the national elections.
Photos and stories from the Argentine Trans Memory Archive in its first book
The first book of the Argentine Trans Memory Archive is a gem that tells the transvestite and trans history of the last century in photos, postcards, clippings, obituaries and memorabilia "hidden from silence and the passage of time".
Pandemic, hurricanes, and a historic trial: this is what 2020 was like for LGBT+ people in Honduras
Twenty violent LGBTI deaths; hundreds infected and displaced by the coronavirus; two hurricanes in less than 15 days and the hearings for the hate crime of Vicky Hernández.
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.