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Wilson Castañeda: "Anti-rights groups use Latin America as a laboratory"
Interview with Colombian human rights activist Wilson Castañeda, expert in peace processes and sexual diversity, and director of the organization Caribe Afirmativo.
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The Paraguayan justice system sentenced a repressor from the Stroessner dictatorship to 30 years in prison
In a historic trial, the Asunción Sentencing Court condemned the Stroessner-era repressor, Eusebio Torres, to 30 years in prison for torture during the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner.
First signs of coming out: A chapter in the biography of Carlos Jáuregui
"Pride: Carlos Jáuregui. A Political Biography" by Mabel Bellucci has been reissued. We share an excerpt about the context of sexual rights at the beginning of democracy.
Memory: Why is there talk of 400 disappeared LGBT people in Argentina?
Where does the figure of 400 LGBT detainees and disappeared victims of State Terrorism in Argentina come from?
#24M Why is there no talk about the persecution of LGBT+ people in the dictatorship?
Sexual diversity activists have been denouncing that in Argentina crimes against LGBT+ people have not yet been made visible or punished.
For the first time, the State provides reparations to a trans woman who survived the dictatorship.
The government of Santa Fe granted a pension to a transgender woman, recognizing that she was persecuted during the dictatorship for her gender identity. "This pension is a historical reparation," said Carolina Boetti.
#24M “The faggots”, memoirs of the repression of gays and trans people
Cordoban filmmaker Daniel Tortosa explains why his documentary "Los Maricones" (which can be viewed in its entirety here) addresses the repression of gay and trans people during the last dictatorship, but it doesn't end there. Released in 2016, the testimonies recover marginalized voices and warn of the return of punitivism and police harassment of dissident sexual identities.
#24M Santa Fe: Historical reparation for trans people persecuted during the dictatorship
Eleven trans women from Rosario and eight from the city of Santa Fe have begun the process of accessing a pension granted to victims of the dictatorship, under Provincial Law 13.298. The law establishes the payment of a monthly pension to people who prove they were "deprived of their liberty for political, union or student reasons" between March 24, 1976 and December 10, 1983.
LGBT memories persecuted and silenced under dictatorship
Using fictional names, real details, and settings, Fichados: Crónicas de amores clandestinos (Spotted: Chronicles of Clandestine Loves) recovers silenced stories and recounts the brutal persecution of the Buenos Aires police intelligence services against sexual diversity. It raises further debates about LGBT memory and repression.
#Pride2017: This is how Paraguay celebrates LGBTI memory and resistance
Paraguay has its own National LGBTI Rights Day. It commemorates a letter/manifesto that launched the public struggle for sexual diversity. It was during the dictatorship and 10 years before Stonewall. The LGBTI Coalition joined Pride 2017, organizing a Pride march from the Antequera steps with music and performances. It will take place in September.