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South America

Global News

Added on: 02/06/2019

Living in Venezuela Now is Hard. Being LGBTI Makes it Harder

02/04/2019

Venezuela’s shrinking economy has sparked an exodus of LGBT+ people as the economic crisis has put the brakes on the country’s growing tolerance towards its gay and…

Global News

Added on: 02/06/2019

‘Boy Erased’ Erased from Brazilian Cinemas

02/04/2019

A decision by distributors not to release a film about gay conversion therapy has stirred controversy in Brazil and provoked dismay among the country’s LGBT activists. Boy…

Global News

Added on: 01/30/2019

Gay congressman who fled Brazil will be replaced by another gay politician

01/29/2019

Gay congressman Jean Wyllys, who fled Brazil in fear of his life, will be replaced by another gay politician. Wyllys, a pioneering gay politician in the country,…

Global News

Added on: 01/25/2019

Gay congressman flees Brazil, citing death threats

01/24/2019

A prominent gay congressman in Brazil announced on Thursday that he was leaving his job and fleeing the country because of increased death threats made against him. Jean Wyllys, the country’s first openly…

Global News

Added on: 01/24/2019

Apple and Microsoft CEOs Tim Cook and Satya Nadella Were Pictured at Dinner with Brazil’s Far-Right President in Davos

01/23/2019

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella were seen at the same dinner table as Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in a picture that surfaced on Twitter….

Global News

Added on: 01/21/2019

Court Decisions on LGBT Rights Echo ‘A Wild Wish’

01/17/2019

More than two centuries ago Mary Wollstonecraft laid the foundations for feminist thought with a simple premise: lack of equal opportunity diminished individual self-worth and hobbled social…

Global News

Added on: 01/15/2019

Here’s why some gay Brazilians support their country’s rabidly anti-LGBTQ president

01/13/2019

In his first week in office, newly elected Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro started actions to roll back LGBTQ rights. So it was only a matter of time before…

Global News

Added on: 01/15/2019

Countries that allow gay people to serve in army

01/12/2019

Months after Supreme Court decriminalised consensual gay sex between adults, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has reignited the debate around gay rights by insisting that homosexuality is…

Global News

Added on: 01/05/2019

Gay men tortured and beaten in seperate homophobic attacks in Chile

01/04/2019

Two men in Chile have been violently attacked and tortured in two seperate homophobic attacks already this year. One man had his head held under hot water…

Global News

Added on: 01/05/2019

Life of a gay migrant: Racism exists in the LGBT community too

01/05/2019

Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte, but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to…

Global News

Added on: 01/03/2019

Brazil’s New President Removes LGBTI Concerns from Human Rights Ministry

01/02/2019

Brazil’s new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro removed concerns regarding the LGBTI community from being considered by a new human rights ministry hours after his inauguration, part of…

Global News

Added on: 01/01/2019

Trans woman shot 11 times on way to the gym in Brazil

12/30/2018

A transgender woman was shot 11 times and killed on her way to the gym in Brazil. Nicolly Banks, 26, walked down Liopino Lourenço de Araújo street in Uberlândia, Triângulo Mineiro,…

Global News

Added on: 12/31/2018

Fun and interesting things LGBT+ science taught us in 2018

12/30/2018

Among various topics worth intellectual consideration, LGBT+ science and research in 2018 gave us a better understanding of gender identity, sexual desire and same-sex reproduction. In the…

Global News

Added on: 12/30/2018

Watch – Marielle and Monica: the LGBT activists resisting Bolsonaro’s Brazil

12/28/2018

Marielle Franco, Brazilian LGBT and human rights activist, was killed in March 2018. Her widow, Monica Benicio, continued her fight for better treatment of the poor, the…

Global News

Added on: 12/29/2018

Guyana bisexual seeks to become Anglican priest

12/26/2018

Family and God are priorities of Marvin Junior Livan, an openly bisexual citizen of Guyana who aspires to become an Anglican priest. “I knew I was bisexual…

Global News

Added on: 12/29/2018

Meet the lesbian prisoner who won apology from Colombian government

12/29/2018

Marta Álvarez was subjected to almost a decade of abuse and humiliation because of her sexuality. The lesbian activist spent nine years in a Colombian prison and experienced a…

Global News

Added on: 12/19/2018

Fleeing persecution, LGBT+ migrants seek refuge in South America

12/19/2018

Growing up in Jamaica’s Montego Bay, Glenroy enjoyed an idyllic childhood – until his family discovered he was gay. They physically attacked him and threw him out…

Global News

Added on: 12/18/2018

Colombia hands down first conviction for murder of trans woman

12/18/2018

A court has handed down Colombia’s first conviction for the murder of a transsexual woman. In the sentence dated Dec 3 and published Monday (Dec 17), a…

Global News

Added on: 12/18/2018

Beautiful photos from Brazil’s mass same-sex wedding ceremony

12/17/2018

Dozens of same-sex couples tied the knot Saturday at a mass gay wedding ceremony in São Paulo, Brazil. Many LGBTI people in the South American country are fearful…

Global News

Added on: 12/16/2018

Brazil’s gay couples exchange vows in collective ceremony

12/15/2018

About forty gay couples got married in downtown Sao Paulo on Saturday, tying the knot partly out of fear that the new administration of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro…

Global News

Added on: 12/13/2018

Brazil: Same-sex Couples Rush to the Alter Ahead of Bolsonaro Inauguration

12/13/2018

On the night of the Brazilian election, Bianca Gama cried as it became clear that the country’s next president would be Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right politician whose career has…

Global News

Added on: 12/12/2018

Gay men claim football for their own in Brazil

12/12/2018

Growing up gay in Vitoria, a city of almost 2 million in south-eastern Brazil, Joao Paulo Silvares never really liked playing football, the country’s national sport and…

Global News

Added on: 12/11/2018

Argentina, UK to co-chair LGBT rights organisation for two years

12/11/2018

Argentina and the United Kingdom have been chosen Monday to co-chair the Equal Rights Coalition for two years starting next June, to succeed Chile and Canada at…

World Voices

Added on: 12/07/2018

Instituto Nice Creates Opportunities for Trans Brazilians

Robert Blackmon

Alturi Project Director

On July 22 Erica’s dream came true. Before a crowd of thousands she and Jorge, her partner of 16 years, received a community-funded fairytale wedding as part…

Global News

Added on: 12/06/2018

Brazil Attempts To End Gender And Sexuality Education In Schools

12/05/2018

President Jair Bolsonaro’s win was a grave day for Brazilian LGBTI individuals. Not only did the former army captain actively come out against LGBT rights, but he’s…

Global News

Added on: 12/06/2018

Holiday Hiring in Brazil Reaches Out to Transgender Community

12/04/2018

Brazilian LGBT+ rights activists on Tuesday hailed Dutch retailer C&A for directing a new hiring campaign at underrepresented minorities, including transgender people. The company announced that it…

Global News

Added on: 12/04/2018

Gay couples in Brazil marrying sooner for fear of Bolsonaro bias

12/03/2018

After 15 years together, social networks manager Marcelo Serrano and designer Wellington Pereti decided to get married immediately instead of waiting until the end of 2019 as…

Global News

Added on: 11/30/2018

Transgender People In Chile Can Now Legally Change Their Gender On Official Documents

11/28/2018

Transgender people 14-years-old and older in Chile will now be legally allowed to change their gender marker on official documents thanks to a bill signed into law…

Global News

Added on: 11/17/2018

Court Strikes Down Guyana anti-Transgender Law

11/14/2018

A Guyana anti-transgender law banning “cross-dressing” has been struck down, after it was used to target transgender people. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), an international court with…

Global News

Added on: 11/13/2018

CCJ Declares Guyana’s Cross-dressing Law Unconstitutional

11/13/2018

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that a law in Guyana, which makes it a criminal offence for a man or a woman to appear in…