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The UN condemned the wave of murders of LGBTI people in Honduras
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Honduras (OHCHR) condemned the violent deaths of 20 people from the LGBTI population in 2019 in that country.
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Hate crime in Rosario: he was brutally murdered, it's being investigated as a robbery
Marcelo Giudici, La Faraona, was a renowned stylist from Rosario, a trainer of hairdressers, an LGBT activist and an artist.
Two trans women attacked in one week: gunshots and bottles thrown at them
Pride Month ended with two hate crimes against transgender people in Paraguay. Barbi Aquino was shot in the arm in the early hours of June 27, and Andrea Casanova was attacked with a glass bottle on June 29.
Violence against transgender people has increased in Paraguay: the police are the main threat.
According to the report "Situation of violence towards trans people in Paraguay", in 2018 there were 68 reports of trans violence, of which 2 were transfemicides; 12 reports of discrimination and police violence; and 5 reports of state violence and discrimination in prisons.
Brazilian justice included homophobia and transphobia as crimes
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) decided that homophobia and transphobia will be punished in the same way as racism.
Honduras: Three hate crimes against LGBT people in one week
In Honduras, where 68% of the 9 million people live in poverty and exclusion, deviating from heteronormativity can cost you your life. In the last week, two trans women and a lesbian were brutally murdered, and LGBTQ+ organizations are denouncing these as hate crimes.
Night of the Gardenias: the massacre of LGBT people in a Peruvian nightclub
On May 31, 1989, an armed contingent of the MRTA entered the Las Gardenias nightclub in the city of Tarapoto (department of San Martín), in the jungle of Peru, took eight gay and trans people out of the club and shot them dead in the street.
Trans people in El Salvador denounce hate and demand a Gender Identity Law
“We are being discriminated against for being transgender. We are part of El Salvador and as such we demand our fundamental rights.”
Argentina: 147 hate crimes against LGBT people in 2018
This is according to the report from the National Observatory of LGBT Hate Crimes of the Ombudsman of the City of Buenos Aires, in conjunction with the Argentine LGBT Federation.
IACHR on alert due to wave of attacks against LGBT+ people in Latin America
The IACHR expressed its concern about the violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people reported so far in 2019 in various Latin American countries.