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Added on: 05/04/2024

ADVOCATING FOR OLDER LGBTI PERSONS: VISIT OF THE IE OLDER PERSONS TO PERU

05/04/2024

From 11 to 22 March 2024, the United Nations (UN) Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Dr Claudia Mahler, conducted an…

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Added on: 05/03/2024

Drag Race Brazil host shares horrific conversion therapy experience

05/02/2024

Grag Queen, the host of Brazil’s Drag Race spin-off, has spoken about being forced to undergo conversion therapy. The drag queen shot to fame as the winner of…

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Added on: 05/02/2024

For the first time, IBGE analyzed data on gay marriage in Brazil

05/01/2024

Due to the 2013 resolution of the National Justice Council, which emphasizes that all registry offices must carry out civil unions between people of the same sex,…

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Added on: 04/29/2024

The 1st Diversity Expo is coming, which will bring products and services to the LGBT public to São Paulo

04/28/2024

A EXPO Diversity, event aimed at the end consumer, aimed at the public, LGBT and people who value culture, entertainment and quality products, will take place at the event…

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Added on: 04/12/2024

Rio’s Runway, Reimagined: Transmasc and Nonbinary Performers Expand Brazil’s Ballroom Scene

04/11/2024

“Ballroom changes lives, you know? It’s inevitable,” said Maru Camargo, who joined Rio de Janeiro’s Ballroom scene about a year ago after moving from the countryside. If you…

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Added on: 04/11/2024

UN LGBTQ Rights In Columbia Briefing

04/10/2024

For the first time in its 78-year history the United Nations Security Council received a full briefing in a regular session on security issues impacting LGBTQ people…

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Added on: 03/29/2024

The veteran LGBTQ+ activist who defies statistics and dreams of becoming a centenarian

03/28/2024

The dream of leaving her small town to see the world has been fulfilled, as she’s ventured throughout and beyond her native Brazil. Now, she has another dream:…

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Added on: 03/10/2024

In Argentina, feminists and LGBT groups challenge Javier Milei

03/09/2024

Around a hundred women, transgender, and non-binary people gathered on Wednesday, March 6 on the patio of the Hotel Hector Quagliaro in Buenos Aires, loaned by the…

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Added on: 03/09/2024

In Argentina, feminists and LGBT groups challenge Javier Milei

04/08/2024

Around a hundred women, transgender, and non-binary people gathered on Wednesday, March 6 on the patio of the Hotel Hector Quagliaro in Buenos Aires, loaned by the…

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Added on: 02/16/2024

How Latin Americans Are Learning To Embrace The “Coming Out” Of LGBTQ+ Loved Ones

02/15/2024

Jorge Apolaya, a 45-year-old Peruvian, is pained to recall his mother’s disappointment in 2007, when she heard him admit he was gay and liked men. Activists like…

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Added on: 02/06/2024

Argentina Serves As Safe Haven For Russia’s LGBT Refugees

02/05/2024

Persecuted and prosecuted in their home country, some members of Russia’s LGBT community have been driven abroad — and hundreds have moved to Argentina, where their civil…

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Added on: 01/30/2024

The Brazilian bishop who took the first step toward the Catholic Church embracing gays and transgender people

01/29/2024

The next lesbian, gay, or transgender person to be the godparent of a baby baptized in a Catholic parish, or in a cathedral, in any corner of…

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Added on: 01/21/2024

In Brazil, murders of transvestites and trans people led crimes against the LGTBI population in 2023

01/20/2024

At least 257 people from the LGTBI population were murdered in Brazil last year, of which 49.42% of the victims belonged to transvestite and transgender groups, according…

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Added on: 01/16/2024

Brazil drag queen fights hate with children’s stories

01/15/2024

Wearing heavy makeup and a fuchsia wig, Brazilian drag queen Helena Black is acting out a story for a rapt group of children — but this is…

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Added on: 01/02/2024

2023 World Same-Sex Marriage and LGBT Rights Progress – Part 2: Latin America and Caribbean

12/31/2023

Latin American and the Caribbean didn’t see quite the dynamic changes that came in 2022, when three countries decriminalized gay sex and one legalized same-sex marriage. But…

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Added on: 12/28/2023

LGBT+ activists across Latin America welcome Vatican move on same-sex blessings

12/27/2023

SÃO PAULO – Catholic members of LGBT+ communities in Latin America have welcomed a new Vatican declaration on the possibility of blessings for same-sex couples, including in…

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Added on: 12/28/2023

Brazil: Same-sex marriages on the rise

12/27/2023

According to a study from the National Human Rights Observatory (ObservaDH), 59,620 same-sex marriages were registered in South America’s largest country between 2013 and 2021, Agencia Brasil…

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Added on: 12/21/2023

LGBT+ Catholic Couples in Brazil Seek Blessing after Vatican Approval

12/20/2023

“The love of God is for everyone, and the church has finally had the courage to accept that,” declares 25-year-old Daniella Cardozo from Rio de Janeiro. Bisexual,…

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Added on: 12/03/2023

Is Argentina’s Milei a threat to LGBTQ+ rights gains?

11/27/2023

The election of right-wing libertarian Javier Milei as Argentina’s president has put LGBTQ+ campaigners on alert in the country, long one of the most progressive in Latin…

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Added on: 11/23/2023

BRAZILIAN ADVENTISTS PROTEST EX-GAY MINISTRY

11/22/2023

On November 10-12, True Friendships Ministry (Portuguese: Ministério Amizades Verdadeiras) held its fifth national meeting, “Sexuality and the Church in the 21st Century,” at the Brooklin Seventh-day Adventist…

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Added on: 11/06/2023

Conversion therapy is still thriving in Brazil

11/05/2023

For a third of his life — from the age of 14 to 27 — Héder Bello, now 37, lived in purgatory. He was engaged in a fierce…

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Added on: 11/06/2023

Argentina’s LGBT+ Community Comes Together for Diversity Parade

11/05/2023

Thousands marched through Buenos Aires on Saturday in celebration of LGBTQ+ equality and diversity at a colorful pride parade. Buenos Aires dedicated a week to celebrating diversity, a…

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Added on: 09/21/2023

A much-needed holistic approach to HIV and AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean is being held back by stigma and insufficient resources

09/20/2023

“I was diagnosed with HIV six years ago and it was a very tough time for me emotionally. It was very challenging, and I spent about a…

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Added on: 09/20/2023

TIP OF THE SPEAR: AUTOCRACY PIERCES THE LGBTI COMMUNITY

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Turkey Since Turkey’s democratic government began to decline in 2007, there have been ongoing tensions between the Justice and Development Party (AKP, known for its Islamist roots…

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Added on: 09/10/2023

Latin and Caribbean Catholic Groups Ask Pope to Include LGBTQ+ People in Synod

09/09/2023

Sixty groups forming an Ibero-American Catholic LGBTQ+ network have written to Pope Francis asking for LGBTQ+ people to be directly involved in the Synod assembly next month,…

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Added on: 09/07/2023

Gay rights activists hope to sway popular opinion, political action against colonial era buggery laws

09/07/2023

The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Wednesday launched a “Guyana Together” campaign to increase public tolerance of gays as well as convince government and opposition…

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Added on: 09/05/2023

Police raid, arrests at gay spa provoke fears of new persecution

09/04/2023

It was an ordinary Sunday afternoon at the Avalon Man Spa and Bar. The gay club in Valencia, two hours west of the Venezuelan capital, was filled…

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Added on: 09/01/2023

Here’s Why These Countries—Not Just Canada—Warn Citizens Visiting The U.S.

08/31/2023

Canada has updated its travel advisory to warn LGBTQ residents visiting the United States about local laws and policies that may “infringe on your human rights” amid…

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Added on: 08/24/2023

Brazil high court rules homophobia punishable by prison

08/23/2023

Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that homophobic slurs are now punishable by prison, in a decision applauded by rights activists in a country with rampant violence against…

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Added on: 08/23/2023

Argentina province designs school toilets for transgenders to curb violence

08/22/2023

Were you ever afraid to go to the toilet at school? For a 14-year-old transgender teenager, it is a daily distressing situation. “I always wait for recess…