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#LivingWithHIV Bicho and I #6 "Happy New Year!"
In this, the sixth installment, we welcome 2018 in Bicho and I mode. With a script by Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez and illustrations by Jon Amarillo, the comic tells what it's like to live with HIV.
#HateCrimes2017 Peru: main violence against LGBTIQ+, from the State
By Esteban Marchand, from Lima. In Peru, there are no official statistics on hate crimes against LGBTIQ+ people. What exists are partial records, compiled through the initiative of LGBTQ+ groups. This year in Peru, the main violence against LGBTIQ+ people has been perpetrated by state institutions. The group…
#HateCrimes2017 Drastic increase in street attacks in Argentina
This occurs within a political and social context where violence against the LGBTI community has noticeably increased. According to the Observatory of Hate Crimes against the LGBT community of the Ombudsman's Office of the City of Buenos Aires and FALGBT, 61 cases of violence were reported in 2017…
#HateCrimes2017 Justice, an outstanding debt for LGBT victims in Chile
By Airam Fernández, from Santiago. Photos: Presentes Archive/Josean Rivera. In Chile, the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh) is the only organization that produces an annual report on the human rights situation focusing on sexual and gender diversity in the country. It has done so since 2002. The study, which corresponds to…
#HateCrimes2017: More than 400 reports of violence against LGBT people in Paraguay
This past year was a particularly violent one for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and transvestite people in Paraguay. While there are no official records of cases of discrimination, assault, and murder—and the country lacks anti-discrimination legislation or laws aggravating circumstances for gender-based violence—LGBT civil society organizations keep their own tallies, which exceeded 400 reports in 2017.
#LivingWithHIV Bicho and I #5: "Nine years with Bicho"
In this new installment, during this time of year-end closings and reflections, "Yo" becomes reflective. The comic by Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez and Jon Amarillo tells, in the first person, what it's like to live with HIV.
#LivingWithHIV Bug and I #4: "The scapegoat"
Every Thursday on Presentes, a new episode of Bicho and I. The comic strip by Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez and Jon Amarillo tells, in the first person and with zero solemnity, what it's like to live with HIV.
#TacklingHomophobia: Pampas Deer, Latin America's first sexually diverse rugby team
For Ciervos Pampas, playing rugby is more than just about scoring points on the field. This club works to raise awareness of sexual diversity and fights against homophobia.
#LivingWithHIV: My boyfriend and I #3 "Without Grindr there is no paradise"
Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez and Jon Amarillo tell the story of living with HIV. Here is the third installment of this comic that humorously and irreverently portrays what it's like to live with HIV. [READ MORE: Episode 1] [READ MORE: Episode 2] Fauno is an activist, performer, writer, and journalist (he writes for Presentes, Buzzfeed in Spanish, Página/12, among other publications). Amarillo…
LGBTQ+ comic strip: “Where they told us the story before, now we tell it ourselves”
In a traditionally male-dominated environment like comics, where it is often difficult to find references or characters that engage with dissident sexualities, a group of LGBTIQ+ comic artists decided to meet to create, challenge, share, and raise awareness collectively.