Jessica Millamán, a young trans woman, was verbally assaulted by an employee of the public transportation company Metrovías. Following media coverage, the company suspended the employee.
Matías, the 16-year-old trans youth who committed suicide last week in Copiapó, Chile, was honored in a march and vigil in front of his high school, where friends and family attended.
The Movement for Homosexual Integration (Movilh) denounced the suicide of a 16-year-old trans youth in Copiapó, a city in northern Chile. On Thursday, May 23, Matías, as he was known, jumped from the building where he lived.
Two trans women, part of the civil society group against forced displacement due to violence, were denied entry to the public venue.
“We are being discriminated against for being transgender. We are part of El Salvador and as such we demand our fundamental rights.”
Yaritza Millones López was 27 years old and had arrived from Peru 3 years ago, escaping discrimination.
The Buenos Aires City Court is calling on transgender and transvestite people to join a collective legal action demanding priority access to housing subsidies. According to the court order, there is a deadline of mid-month to join the petition. The measure stems from a legal filing that…
Representatives of the LGBTI community met with the Human Rights Commission of the Salta Chamber of Deputies. The Commission will push for the elimination of the controversial Article 114 of the Provincial Code of Misdemeanors in the coming days.
The Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh) reported to the Ministry of the Interior a violent attack suffered by a trans woman, Francisca (30), last Saturday, April 27, in San Antonio.
They were denied entry. The dissemination of this act of discrimination prompted the National Institute Against Xenophobia and Racism (INADI) to intervene.
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