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Central America and Caribbean

Global News

Added on: 02/19/2021

Inter-American rights body finds Jamaica violated LGBT rights

02/19/2021

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) found in a landmark decision released Wednesday that the Jamaican government is responsible for violating the human rights of two…

Global News

Added on: 02/18/2021

Jamaica should repeal gay sex ban, says Americas top rights body

02/17/2021

KINGSTON, Feb 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Jamaica should repeal its colonial-era gay sex ban, the top rights body of the Americas said on Wednesday, in a…

Global News

Added on: 02/10/2021

In a nation wracked by violence, Kay Trans Ayiti welcomes trans Haitians

02/09/2021

Yaisah Val, a pioneer trans activist in Haiti, describes trans advocacy and the challenges of life in the impoverished Caribbean nation. “I am Yaisah Val. My organization…

Global News

Added on: 02/04/2021

What’s next for these transgender asylum seekers stranded in Mexico?

02/03/2021

Kataleya Nativi Baca, 29, can see the yellow grasslands of San Ysidro, California, from the crests of Tijuana’s hills. The palm trees swaying less than a mile…

Global News

Added on: 01/30/2021

Should the President of Magdalen be forced out over a gay marriage case?

1/29/21

Dinah Rose QC is a human rights lawyer of great distinction. A former Barrister of the Year, she has appeared in several high profile cases, ranging from…

Global News

Added on: 01/28/2021

Belize: The LGBT Community Remains Unrecognized

01/27/2021

The media was hosted this morning for a breakfast meeting to discuss the strengthening of LGBT families in Belize. There are over one hundred and sixty LGBT…

Global News

Added on: 01/26/2021

Honduran lawmakers vote to lock in bans on abortion, same-sex marriage

12/25/2021

TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Members of the Honduran Congress voted on Thursday to amend the constitution making it much harder to reverse existing hard-line bans on…

Global News

Added on: 01/22/2021

UN: Eastern Caribbean States Called Out Over Anti-LGBT Bias

01/21/2021

(Geneva) – Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis should decriminalize same-sex relations and adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human…

Global News

Added on: 01/09/2021

First-ever Jamaica transgender strategy looks beyond health

1/8/2021

Imagine using a health-care system that has no concept of you as a person, or of your unique needs. Nurses might not ask important questions. Doctors might…

Global News

Added on: 01/09/2021

No Safe Haven for LGBT People in El Salvador

1/8/2021

Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele agreed on December 15 to implement an Asylum Cooperative Agreement with the US government. It allows US immigration authorities to transfer non-Salvadoran asylum…

Global News

Added on: 01/06/2021

Non-binary person granted asylum in first-of-its-kind ruling

01/05/2021

A non-binary person from El Salvador has been granted asylum in the UK in a first-of-its-kind ruling. Arthur Britney Joestar, 29, identified as a gay man when…

Global News

Added on: 01/05/2021

Cuba: Church opens its doors to LGBTQI+ people

01/02/2021

While most churches in Germany, the US and other Western countries now welcome gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersexual people, that is an exception in Cuba. And…

Global News

Added on: 12/30/2020

From coronavirus crackdowns to court battles: 10 top LGBT+ stories in 2020

12/24/2020

LONDON, Dec 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Coronavirus dominated news around the world in 2020, creating particular challenges for the LGBT+ community in terms of mental health,…

Global News

Added on: 12/30/2020

Same-sex couple wins immigration rights battle

12/23/2020

A Cayman Islands couple have won the right to have their same-sex marriage recognised by the island’s immigration authorities. Developer Paul Pearson and his partner Randall Pinder,…

Global News

Added on: 12/06/2020

‘A Butterfly With My Wings Cut Off’: A Transgender Asylum Seeker’s Quest to Come to California

12/4/2020

When she turned 15, like so many girls in her town in Guatemala, Luna Guzmán celebrated with a quinceañera. “My friend lent me the dress because she…

Global News

Added on: 12/04/2020

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Censures Jamaica for Violating the Rights of LGBTI Citizens

12/01/2020

DECEMBER 1, 2020: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has issued a scathing report declaring that Jamaica’s Offences Against the Person Act violates several of the…

Global News

Added on: 11/24/2020

Evangelical pastor forces delay in Dominica lawsuit

11/23/2020

Conservative Christians in Dominica are seeking to torpedo a lawsuit that challenges the nation’s anti-sodomy law. Merely by requesting the right to enter the lawsuit, an evangelical…

Global News

Added on: 11/19/2020

Trans People at Risk in Honduras

11/18/2020

William Alejandro Martínez, a trans man from Honduras, stood up for his rights when military police officers stopped him in Comayagüela in May 2019 and asked to…

Global News

Added on: 10/19/2020

Belize’s far-reaching gender bill runs aground. Critics warn of international ‘gender ideology’ pressure.

10/18/2020

A bill purporting to secure equality and anti-discrimination in Belize was withdrawn last month after Bishop Lawrence Nicasio and other Catholic leaders raised objections to the bill’s…

Global News

Added on: 10/09/2020

Rights group denounces Central America anti-LGBTQ violence

10/08/2020

Human Rights Watch criticized Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala for failing to stop violence against LGBTQ people in a new report published on Wednesday, which also denounced…

World Voices

Added on: 10/08/2020

Dennis Castillo Fuentes – IRCA Casabierta, Costa Rica

Iván Lopez-Justiniano

Alturi Contributor

Listen to this interview in Spanish or read the translated transcription in English. https://www.alturi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/audio_only.m4a How did you get involved in activism? I started doing activism work…

Global News

Added on: 10/07/2020

Panama Should Uphold the Rights of Same-Sex Couples

10/02/220

This is an important day for same-sex couples. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will, for the first time, hold a public hearing on the question of…

Global News

Added on: 10/07/2020

Courts finally move on with same-sex marriage cases in Panama

10/06/2020

Both LGBT+ campaigners and religious fundamentalists are protesting as courts debate the future of same-sex marriage in Panama. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which theoretically has…

Global News

Added on: 10/02/2020

Insufficient support to legalize gay marriage in Curaçao

09/30/2020

“The bill proposal to make a marriage between two people of the same sex possible cannot count on sufficient support in parliament,” says Member of Parliament for…

World Voices

Added on: 10/01/2020

Derricia Castillo-Salazar – Our Circle, Belize

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

How did you become involved in LGBTI activism? I started my advocacy journey in HIV/AIDS work when I was about 14 years old. I went to a…

Global News

Added on: 09/29/2020

Cayman LGBTQ Foundation: ‘It’s time to live and let live’

09/29/2020

Cayman’s LGBTQIA+ residents and allies gathered at Central Terrace Saturday evening in support of the newest organisation to join the community cause and to celebrate the expansion…

Global News

Added on: 09/21/2020

BBC journalist had the gall to ask Barbados’ prime minister if people should be ‘allowed’ to be gay. She didn’t hold back

09/21/2020

A BBC journalist asked the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, if people should be “allowed” to be gay – and she did not hold back. Mottley…

Global News

Added on: 09/21/2020

Cayman’s LGBTQIA+ allies ‘let the sun set on hate’

09/21/2020

Cayman Islanders gathered in a show of solidarity with the LGBTQ community on Sunday at Seven Mile Public Beach. More than 100 residents arrived, dressed in bright…

Global News

Added on: 09/18/2020

Belize Gets Cold Feet, Withdraws Equal Opportunity Bill

09/16/2020

It seems all the blowback gave the government cold feet. In a late evening press release the Government of Belize confirmed that the Equal Opportunity bill will…

Global News

Added on: 09/17/2020

Barbados Government proposes civil unions and hints it will make gay sex legal

09/16/2020

Barbados has hinted it will make homosexuality legal and proposed civil unions so no citizen faces discrimination because of who they love. The announcements came in a…