This morning in the city of La Plata, Hermann Müller (a 30-year-old actor) was attacked for being gay. “He’s a faggot, let’s kill him!” two men told him before attacking him. Hermann kept walking, but by the time he realized what was happening, they were already beating him. The police station refused to take his report.
The organization Panambí, which defends the rights of transvestites, transsexuals and transgender people in Paraguay, opened its center for receiving complaints of cases of violence and discrimination against trans people in Asunción this week.
Scarlett Johansson has dropped out of the role of a transgender criminal following a strong backlash against her casting, the actress announced in an interview published Friday by Out Magazine. The actress was set to star in “Rub and Tug,” the story of Dante “Tex” Gill, a massage parlor operator and pimp who…
By Paula Bistagnino. Natalia Oreiro, currently promoting her film "Re Loca," went to Russia to present her song "United by Love" at the World Cup and dressed in the colors of the LGBTQ+ flag. A direct message against repressive policies and violations of…
By Fernando Reyes, from Comayagua. The body of Roxana Hernández was laid to rest in the city of Comayagua, Honduras, on Sunday, July 8. Roxana was a transgender woman of Honduran origin who accompanied the caravan of Central American migrants to the United States in early 2018 seeking asylum. Like many…
Agencia Presentes will offer an online workshop for journalists working in Latin American media. It will consist of two virtual sessions during the third and fourth weeks of July. Registration is by selection process.
She is 31 years old and the first transgender skater accepted by the Argentine Speed Skating Confederation and the third athlete competing in the female category. Today, she seeks to raise awareness of the transgender struggle in San Pedro, where she was born and raised.
The Paraguayan Prosecutor's Office charged performer Bruno Almada Comas with alleged "exhibitionist acts" after he participated in an LGBTI festival in Asunción on May 17, on the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
Two weeks after being sentenced to five and a half years in prison for “attempted homicide” for defending himself against his attackers, Joe Lemonge, a 25-year-old trans man from Entre Ríos, who had long been harassed by three neighbors, arrived in Buenos Aires. With the support of LGBTQ+ activists, he was able to leave Santa Elena, a town of 17,000 inhabitants where he had lived and suffered his entire life.
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.
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