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…
Guatemala
ADDED ON: 09/08/2022
How Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights Are Part of the Authoritarian Playbook
In the last three decades, protections for LGBT people’s rights have advanced rapidly in many countries and regions. However, rising populist authoritarianism poses a significant threat to this progress because abolishing sexual…
ADDED ON: 05/27/2022
LGBTQ lawmakers in Latin America pledge to end conversion therapy in region
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Openly LGBTQ lawmakers from across Latin America who gathered in Argentina’s capital last week agreed to work together to ban so-called conversion therapy in the region. The second meeting…
ADDED ON: 03/18/2022
Guatemala lawmakers scrap same-sex marriage ban bill
GUATEMALA CITY — Lawmakers in Guatemala on Tuesday tabled a bill that would have formally banned marriage for same-sex couples and defined a family as a man and a woman who are…
ADDED ON: 03/16/2022
“Life and Family” Bill is a Smokescreen for Corruption in Guatemala.
On International Women’s Day, March 8, the Guatemalan Congress passed an extraordinarily regressive “Life and Family” bill that undermines the rights of women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. President…
ADDED ON: 03/13/2022
Guatemala lawmakers pass bill to ban marriage equality
Lawmakers in Guatemala on Tuesday approved a bill that would formally ban same-sex marriage and define a family as a man and a woman who are raising children together. The Guatemalan Congress…
ADDED ON: 03/10/2022
Guatemala increases abortion penalty, bans same-sex marriage
GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemalan lawmakers have increased prison sentences for women who have abortions, bucking a recent trend in Latin America toward expanding access to the procedures. As some of Latin America’s…
ADDED ON: 01/25/2022
Guatemala: Anti-Trans Bill Threatens Rights.
A group of lawmakers in Guatemala has advanced a bill that would stigmatize transgender people and curtail children’s and adolescents’ rights to education, information, and health, Human Rights Watch said today. Congress…
ADDED ON: 01/14/2022
Latin America: Alarming Reversal of Basic Freedoms
(New York) – Latin America is facing some of its gravest human rights challenges in decades, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2022. “Latin America is experiencing such an alarming…
ADDED ON: 01/08/2022
UNHCR highlights work with LGBTQ asylum seekers in Central America
Officials with the U.N. Refugee Agency in Central America and Mexico say they remain committed to helping LGBTQ asylum seekers and migrants in the region. UNHCR Guatemala Representative Besem Obenson told the…
ADDED ON: 06/27/2021
Guatemala: 3 Killings of LGBT People in a Week
Unidentified assailants killed two transgender women and one gay man in Guatemala in separate attacks within the span of one week, including Andrea González, the leader of a trans rights organization, Human…
ADDED ON: 06/17/2021
Tireless fighter and beloved trans activist ‘assassinated’ just metres from her home in Guatemala
In Guatemala, frustration and grief swept the nation after two beloved and tireless trans activists were killed in two separate attacks just days apart. Andrea González, a 28-year-old who helmed trans rights…
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