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Five trans women accused of drug dealing were acquitted
A prosecutor is requesting the dismissal of charges against five transgender women accused of small-scale drug dealing, citing the structural violence they face.
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Peruvian trans activist Claudia Vera shot dead
By Vero Ferrari, from Lima. News updated 4/2. Trans activist Claudia Vera was shot and killed in the early hours of March 30. She was on a street in the Independencia district of Lima with a group of friends. She was 30 years old and had been working for several years as a human rights defender…
Gaby Castillo, the first Guatemalan trans woman to make films in her country
By Pilar Salazar. Gaby Castillo is the first Guatemalan trans woman to produce LGBT films. Originally from the capital, she is 35 years old and a human rights activist. She is the general director of the project “Put Yourself in My Shoes” and associate producer with Javier Donis on the LGBT-themed short films “I Love You Marissa,” the story…
Chile has accumulated a record number of violent incidents against LGBT people in the last year.
In 2018, 698 cases of violence and abuse based on sexual orientation or gender identity were reported in Chile. This is the highest figure recorded in the last 17 years.
Historical reparation for trans people over 40 years old in Neuquén
This program acknowledges that there has been and is a systematic violation of the rights of trans people and seeks to alleviate state abandonment through a monthly financial contribution and access to social services.
He tried to set a trans woman on fire, and the police released him.
Ghia Aixa Peña Acaro, a young trans woman, was attacked by a man who tried to set her on fire after beating her and pouring gasoline on her body. The attack occurred on Friday, March 15, in Piura, a city in northern Peru.
New report of LGBTphobia at Peru's Jorge Chávez airport
By Vero Ferrari. Gahela Tseneg is 26 years old, a law graduate, a trans activist, and a member of the New Peru Movement. She belongs to Femucarinap, the federation that brings together peasant, artisan, Indigenous, native, and wage-earning women in Peru. But her strength doesn't prevent her from experiencing situations that break her. On March 15th…
PHOTOS Women, lesbians, bisexuals, transvestites, trans and non-binary people on #8M
#8M in photos: this is how 300,000 women, lesbians, transvestites, trans, bisexuals and non-binary people marched in Buenos Aires.
First day for a trans girl at a girls' school in Chile: "It's historic"
This Tuesday marked a historic moment for inclusion in Chilean education, and especially at the all-girls Liceo 1 Javiera Carrera in Santiago. Seventeen-year-old transgender student Arlene Aliaga had her first day of classes after finally being admitted, a position she had initially been denied.