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Added on: 12/18/2024

Tennis’ first openly-gay ATP player Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva shares his feelings about coming out of the closet and how it impacts the sport

12/18/2024

Brazilian tennis player Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva spoke about coming out as gay and as others around him responded to it. The 24-year-old is the first…

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Added on: 12/11/2024

Meet Joao Lucas Reis da Silva, the Brazilian pro tennis player who just came out

12/10/2024

Joao Lucas Reis da Silva is making headlines this week after coming out on social media! The pro athlete is breaking ground as one of the first…

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Added on: 11/15/2024

International Pride Awards honour five LGBTIQ+ equality heroes in Cape Town, South Africa

11/14/2024

Cape Town, South Africa – The first-ever International Pride Awards today honoured five remarkable advocates for LGBTIQ+ equality, celebrating them during a ceremony hosted by South African…

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Added on: 11/03/2024

Argentine LGBTQ march targets Milei’s ‘discriminatory’ laws

11/02/2024

Members of Argentina’s LGBTQ community hold their annual Pride march Saturday afternoon, with speeches, banners and floats targeting what the group sees as discriminatory policies by President…

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Added on: 11/01/2024

Marielle Franco’s killers sentenced to 78 and 59 years in jail

10/31/2024

A Brazilian court on Thursday sentenced the two killers of iconic Black LGBTQ activist and councilwoman Marielle Franco to 78 and 59 years in jail, respectively, after a…

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Added on: 10/31/2024

Brazil Trial Begins Over Murder Of Iconic Activist Franco

10/30/2024

Two ex-police officers went on trial in Brazil on Wednesday over the 2018 assassination of charismatic black LGBT activist Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro councilor who…

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Added on: 09/26/2024

Guyana urged to repeal laws against same sex couples to capitalise on LGBT tourism

09/25/2024

Guyana has been told that the tourism industry could bring US$1 billion in revenue annually if it repeals some of the “colonial” era laws that could be…

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Added on: 09/15/2024

Uruguay’s LGBTQ+ community pushes for greater political representation ahead of October elections

09/14/2024

Uruguay’s LGBTQ+ community finds itself in a moment of strategic reflection and coordinated action in this crucial election year. With presidential elections on the horizon, diverse voices…

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Added on: 09/08/2024

Condoms can’t be trusted and boys don’t cry in Catholic Paraguay’s first sex ed program

09/07/2024

Ahead of her 15th birthday, Diana Zalazar’s body had gotten so big she could no longer squeeze into the dress she bought for her quinceañera to celebrate…

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Added on: 09/05/2024

Argentina state job cuts push LGBTQ+ people ‘back into sex work’

09/03/2024

After coming out as non-binary, Argentine artist Federico Adorado searched fruitlessly for two years to secure a formal job that guaranteed a salary and access to healthcare….

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Added on: 08/29/2024

São Sebastião prepares for the 5th LGBT Pride Parade: what to expect from an event?

08/28/2024

São Sebastião, in Brazil, is preparing to host the 5th LGBT Pride Parade, an event that promises to be a milestone in celebrating the diversity and rights…

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Added on: 08/27/2024

Gay Brazilians targeted in deadly stickups, lured by dating apps

08/26/2024

It was June 12, Lover’s Day in Brazil. Leo Nunes, 24, had spent a few days talking to someone he met on Hornet, a popular gay dating…

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Added on: 08/22/2024

Marta: Brazilian legend announces engagement to lesbian partner Carrie Lawrence

08/21/2024

Brazilian football legend Marta has announced her engagement to Orlando Pride team-mate Carrie Lawrence. The proposal, which took place during a serene picnic, was a huge moment…

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Added on: 08/16/2024

OAS Creates New Position on Prostitute Rights

08/15/2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. August 16 (C-Fam) The Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) announced the appointment of a lesbian activist to the newly-created position of OAS Commissioner…

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Added on: 08/12/2024

Argentina shuts down anti-discrimination agency months after rightwing president elected

08/11/2024

Argentine President Javier Milei’s government has shut down the country’s anti-discrimination agency, called the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI). The move was announced at a…

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Added on: 08/07/2024

In Buenos Aires, Queer Tango Gatherings Are More Important Than Ever

08/06/2024

In the bohemian district of Almagro in Buenos Aires, the wistful notes of the tango classic “Vida Mía” drift out a window of a small cultural center….

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Added on: 08/05/2024

Rebel groups in Colombia are killing trans women in a “social cleansing” campaign

08/04/2024

In Colombia, armed groups are targeting transgender women along with other so-called undesirables in a violent campaign of “social cleansing” across the country. Paramilitaries in Colombia—still operating despite…

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Added on: 07/07/2024

Argentina once led on LGBTQ rights. After 4 lesbians are set on fire, critics blame rising intolerance on Milei’s government

07/06/2024

It was an attack that sent shockwaves through a country long considered a pioneer in LGBTQ rights. In the early hours of May 6, four lesbian women…

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Added on: 07/04/2024

Cameroon president’s daughter comes out, reveals relationship with Brazilian model

07/03/2024

In the face of Cameroon‘s criminalization of LGBTQ+ relationships, the daughter of the nation’s president has come out. Brenda Biya, daughter of President Paul Biya, revealed in a recent post…

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Added on: 06/30/2024

LGBTQIA+ Pride Day: Fight for rights in Brazil goes back a long way

06/29/2024

“Visibility” is a word that permeates the history of the LGBTQIA+ struggle in Brazil. Not even during the most violent and authoritarian times—such as the military dictatorship—was…

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Added on: 06/27/2024

Peru to stop labeling transgender people as mentally ill

06/26/2024

LIMA, June 25 (Reuters) – Peru will stop listing individuals who identify as transgender, among others, as suffering from mental disorders, the country’s health ministry announced on…

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Added on: 06/26/2024

Peru to stop labeling transgender people as mentally ill

06/25/2024

Peru will stop listing individuals who identify as transgender, among others, as suffering from mental disorders, the country’s health ministry announced on Tuesday, following a backlash to…

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Added on: 06/23/2024

In Brazil’s election, the gay vote counts

06/22/2024

When nearly 2.5 million people converged on Sao Paulo this year for the world’s biggest gay pride parade, the celebration emphatically reminded Brazil’s presidential candidates of the…

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Added on: 06/13/2024

LGBTQ+ health workers in Brazil kick off Pride with a dance challenge

06/12/2024

Brazilian medical professionals are celebrating Pride Month with the hashtag #DesafioMedicasLGBT or #MedicalChallengeLGBT. Doctor Vinícius Borges launched the playful challenge. In it, the health workers pass a uniformed worker…

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Added on: 06/03/2024

Pride revelers in Sao Paulo reclaim Brazil’s national symbols

06/02/2024

The iconic yellow and green of Brazil’s flag mixed with a sea of rainbow-colored tutus, hand fans and drag queen hairdos at Sunday’s LGBTQ+ pride parade in…

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Added on: 05/23/2024

The neoliberal populism of Milei and Meloni

05/22/2024

When far-right “outsider” Javier Milei was elected Argentina’s president in November, hard-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was the first European leader to congratulate him. In February,…

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Added on: 05/23/2024

Weeks ahead of its famous LGBT Pride parade, Brazil struggles with one LGBTI killing every 38 hours

05/22/2024

São Paulo, Brazil – In 2023, 230 LGBTI+ individuals were violently killed in Brazil, according to data released this month by the Observatory of LGBTI+ Deaths and Violence….

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Added on: 05/19/2024

Protesters rally in Peru against decree classifying seven gender identities as “mental illness”

05/18/2024

Sexual diversity activists protested in Peru’s capital in front of the health ministry Friday to demand that the government repeal a decree that characterizes seven gender identities,…

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Added on: 05/16/2024

Peru classifies trans people as ‘mentally ill’ after government decree

05/15/2024

Trans, non-binary, and intersex people in Peru are now classified as “mentally ill” following a decree from the government’s health ministry. The decree, signed by Peruvian president…

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Added on: 05/13/2024

In progressive Argentina, the LGBTQ+ community says President Milei has turned back the clock

05/12/2024

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — When Luana Salva got her first formal job after years of prostitution, she was ecstatic. A quota law in Argentina that promoted the…