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ADDED ON: 06/08/2023

The Colombian Paramilitary’s Other Dirty War — Against LGBTQ+ People

Sandra* spotted her name for the first time on a pamphlet left at her doorstep in 2008, in Barrancabermeja, her home town in northern Colombia. Local paramilitaries known as the Black Eagles…

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ADDED ON: 06/02/2023

Being LGBTQ+ in Latin America: Four stories of bravery and resilience

June is Pride Month, a celebration of LGBTQ+ rights in the United States and around the world. The month commemorates the Stonewall Riots of 1969, when LGBTQ+ people protested police raids of gay…

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ADDED ON: 05/30/2023

LGBTQ Russians flee to Argentina seeking refuge from discrimination, Ukraine war

Anastasia Domini and her wife Anna Domini walked hand in hand on a recent sunny day in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires while their four restless children played nearby. Same-sex couples are a…

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ADDED ON: 05/28/2023

A Growing Number of LGBTQ+ Russians Seek Refuge from War, Discrimination in Argentina

Anastasia Domini and wife Anna Domini walked hand in hand on a recent sunny day in Argentina’s capital while their four restless children played nearby. It’s a common sight in a country…

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ADDED ON: 05/22/2023

Overturning British colonial-era ‘buggery’ law ‘first step’ to protecting LGBTQ+ people in Guyana

Overturning a British colonial-era law criminalising homosexuality is just the “first step in a series of legal challenges” needed to protect LGBTQ+ people in Guyana. Joel Simpson, managing director of SASOD Guyana,…

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ADDED ON: 05/18/2023

Books celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia

International Day Against Homophobia. It is celebrated on Wednesday, May 17th, in remembrance of the date on which the term with the suffix ‘ism’ was disregarded, assuming the correct one: homosexuality. On…

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ADDED ON: 05/11/2023

Out Gay Brazilian Politician David Miranda Dies Aged 37

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva led tributes to out gay former Congress member David Miranda, who died in Rio de Janeiro, aged 37. The news of Miranda’s passing was announced by…

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ADDED ON: 04/21/2023

Peru Ruling a Victory for LGBT Equality

In a landmark unanimous ruling published last week, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found Peru responsible for violating Crissthian Olivera Fuentes’ rights to equality before the law and to judicial protection,…

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ADDED ON: 03/25/2023

Moises Spilere: Brazil’s first gay football club president

Moises Spilere remembers the day of his election very well. "It was rather spontaneous and came about that way," the 35-year-old told DW. In the past, elections at Caravaggio Futebol Clube were…

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ADDED ON: 03/24/2023

Trans rights becomes a life and death issue in Peru

A wave of murders of trans women in Peru — six since the beginning of the year, after eight all of last year — has exposed a country unable or unwilling to…

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ADDED ON: 03/01/2023

Women behind the lens: ‘In the time I worked with Rhianna we counted 150 murders’

Rhianna is an Afro-Colombian who lives in one of the most violent places in Colombia: Quibdó. In the past four years this city has been ranked one of the worst for murders…

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ADDED ON: 02/17/2023

Changing gender identity: Countries that make it easy

Spain on Thursday joined a small but growing club of nations that allow people to change their gender on their ID card through a simple administrative declaration. Several countries have scrapped requirements for…

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