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Added on: 08/23/2023

Argentina province designs school toilets for transgenders to curb violence

08/22/2023

Were you ever afraid to go to the toilet at school? For a 14-year-old transgender teenager, it is a daily distressing situation. “I always wait for recess…

Global News

Added on: 06/30/2023

Survey: more than half of Argentines are in favor of greater LGBT+ representation in politics

06/29/2023

In its International LGBT+ Pride Day survey on the representation that diversities have in the political sphere shows that more than half of the Argentines consulted are…

Global News

Added on: 05/30/2023

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

05/29/2023

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…

Global News

Added on: 05/28/2023

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

05/27/2023

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…

Global News

Added on: 02/17/2023

Changing gender identity: Countries that make it easy

02/16/2023

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…

Global News

Added on: 11/21/2022

Mothers of LGBTQ children join forces in Latin America

11/20/2022

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Fabu Olmedo is so nervous about clubs and restaurants in Paraguay that before a night out she often contacts one to make sure…

Global News

Added on: 07/01/2022

3 LGBTQ diplomats see opportunity and crisis for queer people around the world

06/30/2022

The world is at an inflection point for LBGTQ rights, as a mixture of opportunities and crises converge, according to an assessment from one of the world’s…

Global News

Added on: 03/20/2022

Transgender immigrants who fled Latin America still face uncertainty in the US

3/19/22

Paloma Vazquez envisioned a new start in Houston. After immigrating from Honduras to escape transphobic violence just six months prior, the 29-year-old was ready to move into…

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: 12/07/2021

Argentina made history by legally recognising non-binary people, but now they’re left ‘in limbo’

12/06/2021

Argentina made history in July as the first country in Latin America to legally recognise non-binary people – but people issued with documents showing their gender as…

Global News

Added on: 09/23/2021

Latin America LGBTQI+ Panel at San Sebastian: Trends, Hurdles

09/22/2021

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…

Global News

Added on: 08/09/2021

Argentina Goes Further To Protect LGBTQ Rights With New Law On Trans Employment

08/08/2021

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to reporter Daniel Politi in Buenos Aires about new Argentine laws designed to help trans people find employment. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: For years,…

Alturi Blog

Added on: 08/01/2021

X Marks the SOGI Rights of Nonbinary People in Argentina

Alturi Project Strategist

X is a path forward in the inclusion of all human beings to be recognized and protected X as an option for gender identity goes beyond just…

Global News

Added on: 07/22/2021

Argentina rolls out ID cards for non-binary people

07/22/2021

In a first for South America, people who do not identify as male or female can tick a third box in their ID cards. People who neither…

Global News

Added on: 06/26/2021

Transgender job quota law seen ‘changing lives’ in Argentina

6/25/21

A law reserving 1% of Argentina’s public sector jobs for transgender people will transform everyday life for the country’s trans community, LGBT+ activists said on Friday after…

World Voices

Added on: 05/11/2021

A Talk with Daniel: Trans TI and Inclusiva, Argentina

Nicolette Gullickson

Alturi Contributor

Unfulfilled is something that many feel at points in their careers. For Daniel, this feeling left him wanting to do more, to make more of a “social…

Global News

Added on: 03/21/2021

In Pope’s homeland, ex-priest leaves church over gay unions

3/20/21

A former priest and LGBTQ activist who has blessed same-sex unions in Pope Francis’ home country, Argentina, is leaving the Roman Catholic Church after the Vatican issued…

Global News

Added on: 12/18/2020

Argentina to add more transgender people to labor force

12/17/2020

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — (AP) — Angeles Rojas strides down the hall of the Argentine state bank, passed portraits on the walls of past bank presidents who…

Global News

Added on: 11/25/2020

Argentina’s army now has a 1% transgender quota while the US still bans transgender service members

11/24/2020

While the U.S. still bans transgender people from serving in the military, a new employment quota for Argentina’s army will soon require the service’s personnel to be…

Global News

Added on: 09/08/2020

Argentina sets aside 1% of jobs for transgender people

09/08/2020

Argentina’s president is now requiring 1% of public sector jobs be set aside for transgender people. In a decree signed by President Alberto Fernández signed a decree…

Global News

Added on: 08/29/2020

Transgender woman’s role at Mass stirs controversy in Argentina

08/28/2020

Marking an historical first in Pope Francis’s home country, the Diocese of San Luis in northern Argentina invited a transgender woman Tuesday to read one of the…

Global News

Added on: 04/27/2020

Transgender players kick down doors in local football

04/26/2020

Mara Gómez and Marcos Rojo are blazing a trail for transgender players in Argentine football. Out on the pitch, they finally can feel like themselves. In addition…

Global News

Added on: 03/20/2020

‘A weight off my shoulders’: Argentina’s first openly gay basketball star on coming out

03/19/2020

Traveling Argentina and the world as a professional basketball player, Sebastian Vega was living his childhood dream. But carrying a secret deep within was a nightmare. “When…

Global News

Added on: 03/18/2020

Argentine television gets its first transgender news anchor

03/17/2020

Diana Zurco did not attend her high school graduation because she refused to receive a diploma with her birth name. At 17 and considered a boy by…

Global News

Added on: 12/18/2019

Argentine soap opera a hit for trans rights

12/17/2019

A popular soap opera in Argentina with a groundbreaking love scene between a transgender woman and man has helped break down stereotypes and negative views about gender…

Global News

Added on: 11/30/2019

Latin American Human Rights Lawyers Join Forces for LGBT Rights

11/29/2019

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…

Global News

Added on: 10/19/2019

HIV POSITIVE BABY ADOPTED BY GAY COUPLE AFTER BEING REJECTED 10 OTHER TIMES

10/17/2019

An Argentinian gay couple have adopted an HIV positive baby girl who had previously been rejected by 10 other families. The child, named Olivia, was born with…

Global News

Added on: 06/15/2019

AP Explains: The rocky rise of LGBT rights in Latin America

06/13/2019

Despite a dark past, today many LGBT citizens in Latin America are enjoying the right to marry, choose their gender identity and adopt children. But while laws…

Global News

Added on: 06/01/2019

10 very different countries. 10 very different rules for LGBTQ+ individuals

05/31/2019

On May 24, 2019, same-sex couples in Taiwan registered their unions as the country’s historic new law legally recognizing same-sex marriages went into effect. On the same…

Global News

Added on: 03/02/2019

Don’t mess with my kids: Why Argentina still doesn’t have comprehensive sex education

03/01/2019

Sex education is a tricky topic all over the world. When is too early to teach it? When is too late? But, in Latin America, throw in…