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ADDED ON: 02/21/2023

Women and LGBTQ people caught up in El Salvador’s state of emergency

Keiry Molina’s world turned upside down last May when a police officer arrived at her home in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. The 46-year-old trans woman was arrested and taken…

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ADDED ON: 02/19/2023

LGBTQ Politics in Nicaragua: Revolution, Dictatorship, and Social Movements

Drawing upon years of political engagement and research in Nicaragua, as well as a deep network of contacts, Karen Kampwirth’s book LGBTQ Politics in Nicaragua: Revolution, Dictatorship, and Social Movements offers a…

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ADDED ON: 12/16/2022

All the countries where homosexuality is illegal

We're well into a new decade, but equality for LGBTQ people around the world continues to not be a given. In fact, being part of the LGBTQ community can often mean a…

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ADDED ON: 12/13/2022

Barbados’ top court repeals laws that criminalize gay sex

A top court in Barbados has struck down colonial-era laws that criminalize gay sex, becoming the third nation in the conservative Caribbean region to do so this year. The ruling issued Monday…

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ADDED ON: 12/12/2022

ECADE calls for dignity & justice for LGBTQ+ Caribbean People

As the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE) celebrates six years of campaigning, we urge “Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All” sexual and gender-diverse individuals throughout the region. In two…

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ADDED ON: 11/20/2022

Mothers of LGBTQ children join forces in Latin America

Fabu Olmedo is so nervous about clubs and restaurants in Paraguay that before a night out she often contacts one to make sure that she’ll be let in and won’t be attacked…

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ADDED ON: 11/15/2022

Cuba welcomes gay rights as progressive family code takes hold

Cuban Pedro Rafael Delgado, a 56-year-old accountant, saw his life change dramatically just days after Cuba approved a set of laws by referendum in September that allow gay marriage. For more than…

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ADDED ON: 10/27/2022

Gay couples in Cuba marry under new law

SANTA CLARA, Cuba — Serious, standing upright and dressed in long gala dresses — despite the midday Cuban heat — Lisset and Liusba quietly walk up the ten steps of the notary…

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ADDED ON: 10/23/2022

Gunmen kill transgender woman activist in Honduras for supporting LGBTQ

A transgender woman activist who openly supported the LGBTQ community in Honduras has been killed by unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle on Thursday in the town of Morocelí, in the eastern province…

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ADDED ON: 10/15/2022

Gay Cuban couple’s long wait to tie the knot

Adiel Gonzalez, a 32-year-old former theology student, was forced to break with his church eight years ago due to his sexuality. He became a fierce LGBTQ+ rights campaigner and on Thursday, was…

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ADDED ON: 10/12/2022

I wish we were accepted’ – LGBTQ living in Antigua

While it is safe for LGBTQ persons to live in most parts of the Caribbean, it's not all peaches and cream. Homosexuality is still taboo. Stigma and discrimination are undeniably prevalent, so…

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ADDED ON: 10/03/2022

How the Chinese internet saw Cuba’s vote on gay marriage, surrogacy

Cuba’s legalisation of same-sex marriage and “altruistic” surrogacy has revived debate half a world away in a major trading and ideological partner, China. In a national referendum last week, Cubans voted overwhelmingly…

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