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What setbacks are HIV policies facing in the region?
Presentes spoke with HIV activists from six countries. Despite the laws, there have been more setbacks than progress.
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What are the contributions of HIV+ activism to science in Latin America?
The link between activism and science is vital in this global context of setbacks. Activists from Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia share their experiences.
Persecution of the Mapuche people: The Justice system sentenced two members of Lof Pailako
In a trial marked by irregularities, the Federal Oral Court of Comodoro Rivadavia sentenced Cruz Ernesto Cárdenas to three years of suspended imprisonment and María Belén Salina to one and a half years for aggravated damage and usurpation.
Argentina: Hate crimes against LGBT people increased 70% in the first half of the year
The report from the National Observatory of LGBT+ Hate Crimes reported 102 crimes in the first half of 2025.
Members of Parliament spoke out against hate speech: "We are in a very damaged democracy."
Representatives from various sectors—feminist and LGBTQ+ activists, journalists, and human rights advocates—met with the Women and Diversity Commission of the Chamber of Deputies to denounce the persecution and harassment orchestrated by the Executive branch. Several bills against political violence and censorship were approved.
Commemoration of 15 years of Marriage Equality: “We celebrate and defend this law”
In front of the Civil Registry of the City of Buenos Aires, sexual diversity activists held a "booklet demonstration" to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Equal Marriage law.
Same-sex marriage in Argentina: 15 years of the law that strengthened democracy
After years of struggle, the LGBT movement achieved one of its most important milestones with the legalization of same-sex marriage. Argentina was the first country in Latin America to grant this right and the tenth in the world. Activists share their experiences of activism and their lives after marriage.
They are trans and at risk of deportation: effects of the new migrant decree in Argentina
The new decree on migration in Argentina severely restricts rights and especially affects trans people and sex workers, who are already criminalized.
One year after the triple lesbian murder in Barracas: the Justice system is not investigating it as a hate crime
One year after the attack that resulted in a triple lesbian murder in a house in Barracas, Buenos Aires, they denounce that the Justice system did not investigate with a gender perspective.
Mónica Astorga, the "nun of the trans," left the Church but not solidarity
Sister Monica became known in recent decades for her fight for the rights of transgender and transvestite women. From Neuquén, where she was Mother Superior, she campaigned for support and access to housing, which materialized in a cooperative. She had the support of Pope Francis, but it wasn't enough: her defense of sexual diversity led to her estrangement from the Church, though not from her faith. Today she lives in Buenos Aires, studied podiatry, and continues her vocation of service.