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#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.
#LivingWithHIV: My HIV and I #2 "The best thing about medication"
Every Friday on Presentes, a new episode of Bicho and I. The comic strip by Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez and Jon Amarillo tells the story of what it's like to live with HIV.
#WorldHIVDay: In Argentina, 30% of people do not know they are living with the virus
[READ ALSO: Congress halted new law on HIV, viral hepatitis, and STIs: it lost its parliamentary status] It is estimated that 122,000 people in the country have the virus, although 30% of them are unaware of it. Of those who know their diagnosis, 81% are receiving treatment, and most of them are…
"Bicho and I", the comic strip that tells in the first person what it is like to live with HIV
"Hi! We're Fauno and Bicho. We've been living together since 2008. Bicho is a strain of HIV and he lives with me." This is how "Bicho and I" begins, a comic strip that tells, in the first person and without prejudice, what it's like to live with the virus. Written by Lucas Fauno Gutiérrez and illustrated by Jon Amarillo, it aims to bring a less solemn tone to a debate that, sometimes, due to its careful handling, becomes invisible or detached from reality.
Congress blocked the new HIV, viral hepatitis and STI law: it lost its parliamentary status
This week marked the deadline for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies to consider the HIV and STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) bills. Due to the lack of response from legislators, both bills lost their parliamentary status and are back to square one. The initiatives sought to legislate on social, labor, and human rights issues.
The wave of attacks against trans women is increasing in Greater Asunción
Trans activist Yren Rotela reported that on Friday, October 27, four men in a white car fired an air rifle at a group of women who, excluded from the job market because of their gender identity, survive by working as sex workers in the town of San Lorenzo, in Greater Asunción. The incident occurred two weeks after the murder of Romina Vargas Florentín, a 28-year-old sex worker who was stabbed to death in the street in the same area.