Dominique Moreau and Melannie León lived in downtown Santiago, Chile, until last Friday. They had to leave their home after three neighbors insulted them, threatened them with a gun, and vandalized the front of their house. Today they will file a police report, and the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh) confirmed to Presentes that it will be a plaintiff in the case.
Banco Galicia is violating Argentina's AIDS law, which guarantees confidentiality regarding personal information, and Banco Supervielle denied two mortgage loans to people living with HIV. These are not isolated cases, but they rarely receive attention. Due to issues like these, as well as complaints about labor and healthcare systems, the Huésped Foundation receives approximately 2,700 complaints annually.
At the Fifth LGBTI Public Consultation, convened by the Institute of Public Policies on Human Rights (IPPDH) of MERCOSUR, more than 70 organizations from the region analyzed and debated how states protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people. Stagnation and setbacks were discussed, and concrete proposals were made for more and better public policies that guarantee these rights.
Niki Raveau, a historian and trans activist, attended the anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrations that took place yesterday in Santiago, Chile. She was physically present and engaged with the participants, who told her they were against “gender ideology.” Here she chronicles the day and reflects: How long will we have to endure all these insecure and cowardly pastors, legislators, and leaders who incite death?
SaSa Testa is 31 years old and a non-binary person: gender fluid. Last week, a radio program picked up on their statements to mock their identity, saying it was an illness or a pose. SaSa denounced them and responds in this opinion piece. “We will not rest in the task that one day, although we may not live to see it, we will stop being 'all' and be 'all'. Long live gender anarchy.”
Nearly 500 people—mostly young people and teenagers—participated in the LGBTI Pride Parade in Asunción. As part of the international LGBTI Pride celebrations around the world, this year's theme was diverse families. "The discourse of 'family' is currently hijacked by a very vocal minority of anti-rights people who do not recognize diversity."
Buenos Aires – A large crowd gathered in Plaza de Mayo to say #StopTheMurdersOfTransPeople. From there, they marched to Congress – under heavy police guard. There, activists read a document outlining their demands: #TransJobQuota #ReparationsLaw #StopThePersecutionOfMigrantsAndTransPeople
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.
The Laura Moyano Trans Sociocultural Center in Córdoba was founded to combat social transphobia. It offers a space to complete primary and secondary education. It also operates outside the center, in the so-called "red-light district." Presentes listened to the stories of the trans women who come to the center seeking to overcome the exclusion they face in another area: the…
Briggite Viola Rodríguez was attacked on June 10th, beaten and insulted. “Faggot, fucking Peruvian!” she yelled. She went to the Chilean justice system and reported the transphobic and racist attack. A security camera in an elevator recorded the aggressor, a man she had met at a nightclub.
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