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Added on: 11/03/2019

‘Casa Nem’ on Copacabana is a Sanctuary for Rio’s Transgender and LGBT

11/03/2019

In Casa Nem a party is being prepared, so the house is bustling. Everybody is getting dressed or helping somebody else. But this is not your average…

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Added on: 10/28/2019

Colombia’s capital city of Bogota elects first female, and lesbian, mayor

10/27/2019

Colombia’s capital city elected its first female mayor Sunday in what is being hailed as an important advancement for both women and LGBT rights. Claudia López won…

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Added on: 10/26/2019

In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, the fashion industry emerges as a center for LGBT resistance

10/25/2019

Sam Porto and his mirror have never gotten along. When the transgender man was growing up in Brazil, the sight of his developing breasts disgusted him. But…

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Added on: 10/19/2019

HIV POSITIVE BABY ADOPTED BY GAY COUPLE AFTER BEING REJECTED 10 OTHER TIMES

10/17/2019

An Argentinian gay couple have adopted an HIV positive baby girl who had previously been rejected by 10 other families. The child, named Olivia, was born with…

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Added on: 10/18/2019

Paraguay: Amnesty International brings unconstitutionality proceedings against resolutions that discriminate against LGBTI people

10/14/2019

Today, Amnesty International, together with Diversxs Alto Paraná, and with the support of the Red Paraguaya de la Diversidad Sexual (REPADIS) and It Gets Better Paraguay, presented…

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Added on: 10/11/2019

How This Brazilian Drag Queen Is Taking the Pop World By Storm—And Fighting for LGBTQ Rights Along the Way

10/10/2019

If Pabllo Vittar is making headlines, they might be about her smash hit songs, her astonishing fashion week outfits, her disruptive political statements, or some combination of…

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Added on: 10/09/2019

Gay Peruvian congressman resigns

10/02/2019

Alberto de Belaunde, who was one of two openly gay congressmen in Peru, stepped down late Monday night after Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra dissolved the South American…

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Added on: 10/04/2019

LGBT+ film funding row lands Brazil minister in court

10/03/2019

Brazilian prosecutors have filed charges against the citizenship minister for suspending government funding for films, which they said was motivated by discrimination against LGBT+ people. Brazil’s film…

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Added on: 10/02/2019

One thousand people participate in gay pride march in Paraguay

09/29/2019

Around a thousand militants from organizations of sexual diversity participated on Saturday in the annual march of the LGBTI community in Paraguay, one of the most conservative…

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Added on: 09/17/2019

Jamaica tops Caribbean countries for human rights violation, Guyana comes second

09/16/2019

Jamaica has recorded the most incidents of human rights violation when compared to its Caribbean neighbours. According to the regional civil society-led human rights reporting mechanism, the…

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Added on: 09/13/2019

EQUAL MARRIAGE: HARBOE POSTPONED VOTE AND MOVILH DENOUNCED CENSORSHIP

09/10/2019

The president of the Senate Constitution Commission, Felipe Harboe (PPD), postponed the vote on the idea of legislating for equal marriage , arguing that he should listen…

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Added on: 09/13/2019

Uruguay: Government will authorize this year equal marriage for foreign visitors

09/11/2019

In addition to promoting the right to marriage between people of the same sex, it seeks to attract more tourists. It was announced by the Minister of…

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Added on: 09/12/2019

Opposition in Brazil blame political tone for anti-LGBT+ violence

09/11/2019

The political opposition in Brazil on Wednesday said the government of President Jair Bolsonaro was failing to stop violent attacks on women and LGBT+ people that have…

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Added on: 09/12/2019

Gay rights groups push for same-sex marriage in Chile

09/10/2019

Gay rights activists are renewing efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in Chile. Two groups have formally asked the South American country’s controller-general to require President Sebastián Piñera’s…

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Added on: 09/11/2019

Brazil report charts surge in racial abuse and violence against women, LGBT

09/10/2019

Brazil saw an alarming rise in racial abuse, sexual assault, femicide and violence against women and LGBT people in 2018, according to new figures released on Tuesday….

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Added on: 09/08/2019

Brazil mayor blocked from banning Avengers comic over gay kiss

09/07/2019

A Brazilian judge has blocked attempts by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro to ban a Marvel comic showing two men kissing. Mayor Marcelo Crivella, a former…

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Added on: 08/07/2019

Effort to Roll Back Transgender Rights Fails in Uruguay

08/06/2019

A ballot-box effort to roll back transgender rights in Uruguay failed to draw enough voters to the polls to trigger a national referendum, prompting LGBT+ rights supporters…

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Added on: 08/03/2019

Chilean Senate Once Again Begins Equal Marriage Debate

07/29/2019

The Chilean Senate’s Constitution Committee on Tuesday once again began to debate an equal marriage bill that former President Michelle Bachelet introduced two years ago. The renewed…

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Added on: 08/02/2019

Activism is Survival for Brazilian Trans Women

07/31/2019

Since the campaign and subsequent election of Jair Bolsonaro, who was long known for trotting out hate speech against marginalized communities in his bid for Brazil’s presidency,…

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Added on: 07/23/2019

In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, LGBT people take personal defense into their own hands

07/22/2019

Miguel Doldan couldn’t get the thought out of his head: People wanted him dead. The passersby on the streets, the riders on the bus – they looked…

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Added on: 07/21/2019

Couple celebrate first same-sex wedding in conservative Ecuador

07/20/2019

Alexandra Chavez and Michelle Aviles have made history in conservative Ecuador by becoming the first couple to take advantage of a new law allowing same-sex marriage. Chavez,…

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Added on: 07/16/2019

Same-Sex Marriage Is Legal in Ecuador, but Will All Ecuadorians Accept It?

07/15/2019

Ecuador’s highest court ruled last month that the country’s prohibition on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The 5-4 verdict was a victory for LGBT activists in the heavily…

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Added on: 07/10/2019

The sentences of the Constitutional Court on equal marriage are final and can not be appealed in Ecuador

07/09/2019

“The judgments and the orders of the Constitutional Court shall have the character of final and unappealable.” This textual citation is article 440 of the Constitution of…

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Added on: 07/09/2019

Anti-corruption advocate on her way to become Bogota’s first LGBT mayor

07/08/2019

One of Colombia’s leading anti-corruption advocates is on her way to become the first gay mayor of the capital Bogota, according to multiple public opinion polls. A…

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Added on: 07/05/2019

Venezuela’s transgender community fears hormone shortages

07/05/2019

André Bellorín has fought a long battle for the body that matches his identity. He has been through two operations, a bitter conflict with his mother and…

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Added on: 07/02/2019

Argentina says Guyana’s LGBTI community needs receptive police, hate crime laws

06/28/2019

Argentina, which chairs the 40-nation Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) that fights for the human rights of gays and bisexuals, wants Guyanese police to make reporting hate crimes…

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Added on: 07/01/2019

The LGBTQ artists using music as resistance in Latin America

06/30/2019

Over the last decade, several openly queer musicians have emerged in Latin America. They use their music to combat hate. As the region has seen a rise…

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Added on: 06/27/2019

Brazil’s Biggest Employer of Trans People Flies Its Pride Flag

06/26/2019

With some 11,000 workers, the Guararapes Confeccoes SA is the biggest employer in Rio Grande do Norte state on Brazil’s northeast coast. In a typical month, the…

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Added on: 06/25/2019

Gay Pride Parade Draws Hundreds of Thousands in Sao Paulo, Brazil

06/24/2019

Hundreds of thousands marched through the streets of Sao Paulo in Brazil on Sunday in the city’s annual gay pride march, with demonstrators protesting the policies of…

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Added on: 06/23/2019

Struggle among progress as countries restrict LGBTQ rights

06/23/2019

The world has been transformed in many ways in the 50 years since the uprising at the Stonewall Inn, with major shifts in the past decade alone…