ADDED ON: 01/16/2020
Trans Activist Runs for Congress in Peru
Gahela Tseneg Cari Contreras is running for Congress in Peru, but the name she has gone by her entire adult life will apparently not be on the ballot. Instead, voters will have…
Peru
ADDED ON: 11/30/2019
Latin American Human Rights Lawyers Join Forces for LGBT Rights
In a gathering in Bogota, Colombia on Nov. 19, 40 human rights lawyers from across Latin America launched an innovative “Red Litigio LGBT” – an LGBT Litigation Network – in order to…
ADDED ON: 11/27/2019
From the US to Peru, these ‘parent groups’ targeting sex education are all backed by the Christian right
In the US, numerous ‘concerned parent’ and ‘mommy groups’ have taken stands against LGBTIQ justice, comprehensive sex education and ‘drag queen story hours’. But many of these groups are not as independent…
ADDED ON: 10/09/2019
Gay Peruvian congressman resigns
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 country's Congress. De Belaunde is…
ADDED ON: 05/18/2019
Peru gay marriage bill ‘doomed’ this year: congressman
Peruvian lawmaker Alberto de Belaunde, one of only two openly gay members of the country’s Congress, has little hope that he will be able to marry his longtime partner any time soon.…
ADDED ON: 05/07/2019
Peru holds out some hope for Venezuelan migrants with HIV
Sulaida Ramirez Davila sat in a support group for those with AIDS and HIV, like her son, Rafael Olivares. Tears welled up as she recalled her decision three years ago to leave…
ADDED ON: 04/17/2019
Peru law-and-order official takes on new battle: legalizing gay marriage
Susel Paredes often finds herself in dangerous situations, donning a bulletproof vest to lead high-profile police operations and breaking up cartels of street vendors in one of the grittier parts of Peruvian…
ADDED ON: 04/09/2019
Peru Court Recognizes Legal Marriage of Lesbian Couple
A Peruvian court has ruled in favor of a lesbian couple who sued the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status for refusing to register their marriage, which took place in Miami.…
ADDED ON: 09/28/2018
LGBTI Rights in Latin America: A(nother) Pending Debt
The development of the LGBTI rights movement across the continent is awe-inspiring. With the precedent of the United Nations’ protests against Cuban concentration camps for homosexuals in the 60’s, various activist groups…
ADDED ON: 06/22/2018
A Brief History Of The LGBTQI+ Movement In Latin America
Just a month before the world celebrates Gay Pride Week, Chile passed a law that allows transgender citizens to change their name and sex on state registries without needing a sex-change operation.…
REDLACTRANS – Latin America and the Caribbean Network of Trans Persons
Anti-transgender violence is epidemic in Central America where the life expectancy of a Salvadoran transgender woman is less than 35 years. This shocking fact might not be known without the hard work of local activists documenting and reporting the sobering reality of daily life for transgender people in the region.
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