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Central America and Caribbean

Global News

Added on: 02/19/2022

First transgender senator in Trinidad

2/18/22

Activist Jowelle De Souza made history on Tuesday as the first transgender person to be appointed a senator.De Souza was appointed a temporary Opposition senator in place…

Global News

Added on: 02/14/2022

Cuba’s first gay hotel reopens as human rights deteriorate

02/13/2022

As members of the press arrived for a government-organised tour of a luxury hotel on the Cuban beach resort of Cayo Guillermo, they were greeted by a…

Global News

Added on: 02/08/2022

Jamaica: Tiny victory in 7-year quest to make a kiss legal

02/05/2022

An 1864 British colonially imposed law makes acts of intimacy between men illegal, and my partner and I could be imprisoned for up to ten years at…

Global News

Added on: 02/06/2022

Three queer people violently killed in Honduras on the same day

2/5/22

Three LGBT+ people have been murdered on the same day in Honduras in a spate of violence indicative of the horrific circumstances for queer folk in the…

Global News

Added on: 01/25/2022

Guatemala: Anti-Trans Bill Threatens Rights.

01/24/2022

A group of lawmakers in Guatemala has advanced a bill that would stigmatize transgender people and curtail children’s and adolescents’ rights to education, information, and health, Human…

Global News

Added on: 01/22/2022

We Can No Longer Ignore the Murders of LGBTQ+ People in Jamaica

1/21/22

Jasmyne Cannick, the journalist who brought national attention to the killings committed by Ed Buck in West Hollywood, is releasing a new podcast series exploring the many…

Global News

Added on: 01/14/2022

Latin America: Alarming Reversal of Basic Freedoms

01/13/2022

(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…

Global News

Added on: 12/30/2021

“7 Out of 10 LGBTIQ+ People in Costa Rica Consider the Lack of Family Support Their Main Problem “

12/29/2021

Seven out of ten people in the LGBITQ+ community consider the lack of family support as the main problem they face, according to the National Survey on Sexual Diversity (ENDS) conducted,…

Global News

Added on: 12/24/2021

Psychologists investigated for practising ‘conversion therapy’ in Costa Rica

12/21/2021

In response to an openDemocracy investigation into anti-gay ‘conversion therapy’ in Costa Rica, the country’s professional association of psychologists – the Colegio de Profesionales en Psicología de…

Global News

Added on: 12/15/2021

Barbados can ‘wipe the slate’ on LGBT+ rights as a newly-christened republic, campaigners say

12/14/2021

In November, Barbados removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and welcomed in president Sandra Mason in a historic ceremony which broke the nation’s ties…

Global News

Added on: 11/27/2021

Jamaican health minister calls for an end to anti-LGBT discrimination

11/26/21

Jamaica’s minister of health and wellness told a recent public forum organized by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper that LGBT Jamaicans should not face discrimination in accessing mental…

Global News

Added on: 09/19/2021

Salvadoran president rules out allowing abortion, same-sex marriage

9/17/21

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Friday a raft of constitutional reforms the government will send soon to Congress will not contain decriminalization of abortion, legalization of…

Global News

Added on: 09/17/2021

Draft of Cuba’s new family code opens door for gay marriage

09/16/2021

The draft of a new family code for Cuba released Wednesday proposes allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as giving children greater participation in…

Global News

Added on: 08/03/2021

Hundreds take part in Cayman’s first Gay Pride Parade

07/31/2021

The first Gay Pride Parade was held in the Cayman Islands Saturday, when hundreds of people, many clad in rainbow colours, marched along West Bay Road. At…

Global News

Added on: 07/23/2021

Panama’s Gender-Based Lockdown and the Resilience of Transgender Activism

07/21/2021

On April 1, 2020, the government of Panama introduced a gender-based lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This meant that women and men were only allowed…

Global News

Added on: 07/10/2021

LGBTQ Activists Condemn the Dominican Republic For New Penal Code That Makes Anti-Gay Discrimination Legal

7/9/21

Recently, the hashtags #DontCometoDR and #DRisnotgayfriendly began to trend on social media. The trend was in response to a new penal code that the Dominican Republic‘s government…

Global News

Added on: 07/01/2021

Anti-LGBT+ laws cost Caribbean billions in lost business – report

06/30/2021

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Businessman Richard Branson on Wednesday urged Caribbean countries to be more LGBT-friendly as a report said anti-gay laws cost the region’s 12…

Global News

Added on: 06/27/2021

Guatemala: 3 Killings of LGBT People in a Week

6/26/21

Unidentified assailants killed two transgender women and one gay man in Guatemala in separate attacks within the span of one week, including Andrea González, the leader of…

Global News

Added on: 06/19/2021

Case of murdered Honduran trans woman could set legal precedent in region

6/17/21

An international court is examining whether the Honduran government was complicit in the killing of Vicky Hernández, a 26-year-old trans woman fatally shot on the night of…

Global News

Added on: 06/17/2021

Tireless fighter and beloved trans activist ‘assassinated’ just metres from her home in Guatemala

06/15/2021

In Guatemala, frustration and grief swept the nation after two beloved and tireless trans activists were killed in two separate attacks just days apart. Andrea González, a…

Global News

Added on: 05/19/2021

Giant Rainbow Flags Fly In Havana

05/18/2021

Cuba draped its health ministry with a giant rainbow flag on Monday to mark International Day against Homophobia, in a key year for LGBT+ rights as the…

Global News

Added on: 05/16/2021

In Juarez, Transgender Women In Limbo Await U.S. Asylum Exception

5/15/21

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We’re going to stick with immigration for a few more minutes. The U.S.-Mexico border has been closed to most migrants during the pandemic, including…

Alturi Blog

Added on: 05/14/2021

Guatemala LGBTI: Discrimination and Migration

Alexander Champeau

Alturi Contributor

Guatemala: LGBTI Interaction with Society and State As Equaldex notes, LGBTI rights in Guatemala are, at least on paper, quite elevated. The site notes that “homosexual activity”…

Global News

Added on: 05/03/2021

Court could force Honduras to stop ‘social cleansing’ of trans people

05/02/2021

International LGBT+ advocates are waiting anxiously for the verdict of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which monitors human rights in the western hemisphe. The top tribunal…

Global News

Added on: 04/20/2021

Immigrant Detention For Profit Faces Resistance After Big Expansion Under Trump

04/20/2021

A dozen Central Americans in T-shirts that read Mujeres Luchadores — Fighting Women — marched through a small Texas town last month toward the gates of an…

Global News

Added on: 04/15/2021

Promising Guyanese designer found murdered in Trinidad

04/14/2021

Police in Trinidad and Tobago are investigating the murder of 27-year-old Guyanese-born fashion designer, Marc Anthony Singh. The youth who moved to Trinidad several years ago, was…

Global News

Added on: 04/09/2021

The Guatemalan asylum seeker who created a refuge for gay and transgender migrants on the US border

04/08/2021

Kissing his partner goodbye on a normal day before heading to work changed the life of 32-year-old Estuardo Cifuentes forever. It was mid-2019 when he stepped out…

Global News

Added on: 03/11/2021

Panama: Bill Bars Same-Sex Couples from Adoption

03/09/2021

Panama’s National Assembly passed a bill on March 3, 2021, that includes a discriminatory prohibition on adoption by same-sex couples, Human Rights Watch said today. Bill No.120,…

Global News

Added on: 03/07/2021

Confronting Jamaica’s hydra of deadly religious homophobia

3/7/21

Research by Jamaica’s most respected university found that religious homophobia is a major reason the country lags the rest of the western hemisphere in recognizing LGBT human…

Global News

Added on: 02/19/2021

Honduran LGBT+ advocates in legal bid to stop same-sex marriage ‘lock’

02/19/2021

Honduran LGBT+ advocates on Thursday mounted a legal challenge to changes made to the constitution by lawmakers that make it harder to reverse the existing ban on…