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…
Peru
ADDED ON: 11/12/2022
Peru officially apologizes to Transgender woman for police abuse
Peru on Nov. 3 issued an official apology to Azul Rojas Marín, a Transgender woman who was raped and beaten by a group of police officers in 2008. After an Inter-American Court…
ADDED ON: 10/23/2022
Peruvian capital’s mayor-elect raises eyebrows among LGBTQ activists
Lima earlier this month elected a new mayor to lead Peru’s most populous city. Rafael López Aliaga, a conservative businessman, narrowly defeated his opponent in a campaign marked by fervent opposition to…
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: 09/02/2022
Peru opens torture investigation over trans man’s death in Indonesia
LIMA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Peruvian prosecutors have opened an investigation for alleged torture over the death in Indonesia last month of a trans Peruvian man who died while in custody in…
ADDED ON: 08/28/2022
LGBT activists question Peru’s response to trans man’s death in Indonesia
Indonesian police on Thursday denied accusations of violence from the family of a Harvard University transgender activist who died after being arrested on his honeymoon on the tourist island of Bali. Rodrigo…
ADDED ON: 07/29/2022
Peru refuses to recognize lesbian congresswoman’s U.S. marriage
Peruvian Congresswoman Susel Paredes and her wife, Gracia Aljovín, have told the Washington Blade that they will sue Peru over its refusal to recognize their 2016 marriage in Miami. Paredes and Aljovín made…
ADDED ON: 06/02/2022
Peru continues to lag behind other Latin American countries on LGBTQ rights
Peru is one of the few Latin American countries without pro-LGBTQ laws, and this evident backwardness in comparison to neighboring countries translates into a lower quality of life for those who do…
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: 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: 09/23/2021
Latin America LGBTQI+ Panel at San Sebastian: Trends, Hurdles
Taking place inside a cool, concrete extension of the San Telmo Museum, a dedicated Basque cultural hub, the challenges facing LGBTQI+ cinema in Latin America was the subject of an industry panel…
ADDED ON: 08/04/2021
Peru LGBTQ activists express concern over country’s new government
Activists in Peru have expressed concern over their country’s new government and whether it will actively oppose LGBTQ rights. President Pedro Castillo, a teacher from Cajamarca region of northern Peru who is…
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