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2018: The trans population, the main victims of violence in Peru
In 2018, violence in Peru disproportionately affected transgender people. There was no significant progress for the rights of LGBTIQ+ people.
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Cuba backtracked on same-sex marriage in its new Constitution
The commission drafting the new Cuban Constitution removed the article that paved the way for the legalization of same-sex marriage and announced that it will leave it to the Family Code.
#Brazil Wave of LGBT weddings before Bolsonaro takes office
In recent weeks, hundreds of LGBT couples have participated in collective or individual weddings for fear of not being able to do so after Bolsonaro's inauguration on January 1.
Lana from Holland: “Being trans in Brazil means living in danger every day”
Lana de Holanda is a 28-year-old trans activist from Rio de Janeiro with a very intense journey. Three years ago, she began sharing her transition on social media and in a column for the Huffington Post, and ended up as an advisor to the left-wing city councilor (Socialism and Liberty Party, PSOL) Marielle Franco.
I do get involved with your kids: scenes from school life with comprehensive sex education
We invited teachers to tell us how Comprehensive Sexuality Education workshops transformed scenes of school life.
Prosecutor pursues LGBT activists who participated in Kiss-In
Carmen Bogado, the same prosecutor who charged gay performer Bruno Almada Comas with "exhibitionist acts" in public during a Kiss-In in Asunción, is now seeking to identify all the people who participated in the event.
Another trans femicide in Peru: "We need real action, they are killing us"
In northern Peru, two trans women were murdered in less than fifteen days, according to information provided to Presentes by the Trans Women's Network.
Honduran court rejects appeal for same-sex marriage
The spokesman for the Judiciary in Tegucigalpa, Melvin Duarte, told the EFE news agency this weekend that the Supreme Court "declared inadmissible" an appeal filed by members of the LGBT community to reform the constitution and legalize same-sex marriage.
The artist behind the Superclásico kiss that went viral
Presentes spoke with Maximiliano Mamani, the conceptionist and part of the photo, the text and creator of the chola Drag Bartolina Xixa, a mixture of his peasant origin and his dissident identity.
For the first time, the United States has an openly gay governor.
Democratic legislator Jared Polis, 43, became the first openly gay man to win a governorship in the United States yesterday. He defeated Republican candidate Walker Stapleton in the 2018 midterm elections in Colorado.