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Added on: 12/02/2022

Colombia: Guaranteeing justice and non-repetition in cases of gender-based violence during repression of National Strike must be central to any police reform

12/01/2022

Women and LGBTIQ+ protesters, journalists and human rights defenders suffered sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence at the hands of Colombia’s National Police and its…

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Added on: 12/01/2022

Rainbow flag-waving protester invades World Cup pitch

11/30/2022

A man ran onto the pitch during Monday’s World Cup group-stage match between Portugal and Uruguay, holding up a rainbow flag to protest Qatar’s anti-LGBT laws. The…

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Added on: 11/29/2022

Activists mark 1 week chained together in Caracas demanding LGBTI rights

11/28/2022

Transsexuals may not change their names in Venezuela, where soldiers are imprisoned if they openly express their homosexuality and neither the constitution, the laws not protests have…

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Added on: 11/22/2022

How Noah Scheffel Is Bringing Transgender People Into Tech Careers In Brazil

11/21/2022

To say that 2019 was a life-changing year for Noah Scheffel is an understatement. That year, the Brazilian technologist had been impacted by transphobic attitudes in his…

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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…

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Added on: 11/20/2022

Mothers of LGBTQ children join forces in Latin America

11/20/2022

Fabu Olmedo is so nervous about clubs and restaurants in Paraguay that before a night out she often contacts one to make sure that she’ll be let…

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Added on: 11/16/2022

Venezuela is still a dangerous place to live as an LGBTQ person

11/15/2022

I’m a 20-year-old woman living in a town called Guatire, not far from Venezuela’s capital city, Caracas. Gay sex was legalised here in 1997, but Venezuela is…

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Added on: 10/30/2022

Brazil’s LGBTQ+ community fears Bolsonaro re-election

10/28/2022

LGBTQ+ Brazilians fear that a win for incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in Sunday’s runoff election could lead to a rollback of their rights. The vote in South…

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Added on: 10/26/2022

Gender: X – Proud owner of Chile’s first non-binary ID card

10/25/2022

Shane Cienfuegos, the first non-binary person to receive a gender-neutral identity document in Chile, says they feel a “great weight” of responsibility despite their victory over centuries…

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Added on: 10/25/2022

LGBT football fans fight for safe space in Brazil stadiums

10/24/2022

Wearing a rainbow T-shirt and earrings, Ona Ruda struts confidently through the Arena Fonte Nova football stadium, home to his beloved Bahia team and one of Brazil’s…

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Added on: 10/18/2022

The Queer Brazilian Filmmaker Taking on Jair Bolsonaro

10/17/2022

Acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker and activist Fernando Grostein Andrade speaks truth and love to power in his newly released documentary Breaking Myths. Widely known for his acclaimed work…

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Added on: 10/07/2022

Trailblazing Brazilian trans lawmakers face more conservative Congress

10/06/2022

Erika Hilton, a 29-year-old Sao Paulo city council member, just made history as one of the first two transgender lawmakers elected this week to Brazil’s Congress. But…

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Added on: 09/30/2022

‘Lift this country up’: Trans pioneer Erika Hilton seeks Brazil election win

09/28/2022

No one does political rags to riches stories quite like Brazil, but even in a nation where the most celebrated president in decades once shined shoes to…

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Added on: 09/23/2022

In divisive election, Brazil’s trans candidates face threats, intimidation

09/22/2022

At her campaign headquarters, Brazilian congressional hopeful Duda Salabert gently lays out the newspaper clippings sent to her in August. Her photo is on many of the…

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Added on: 09/09/2022

Brazil on Edge for a Bicentennial Bolsonaro has Made his Own

09/07/2022

President Jair Bolsonaro calls Brazil’s bicentennial Wednesday a chance to celebrate the nation’s proud history, but critics say he has transformed what should be a day of…

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Added on: 09/08/2022

How Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights Are Part of the Authoritarian Playbook

09/07/2022

In the last three decades, protections for LGBT people’s rights have advanced rapidly in many countries and regions. However, rising populist authoritarianism poses a significant threat to…

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Added on: 09/02/2022

Peru opens torture investigation over trans man’s death in Indonesia

09/01/2022

LIMA, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Peruvian prosecutors have opened an investigation for alleged torture over the death in Indonesia last month of a trans Peruvian man who…

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Added on: 09/02/2022

LGBTIQ+ political party seeking registration in Venezuela

08/31/2022

Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) has received a petition to record the name of the first-ever LGBTIQ+ community party, it was reported in Caracas. The movement founders chose…

World Voices

Added on: 08/29/2022

Daniel Arzola – Artivista Mundial

Alturi Project Strategist

Pasado Creo que el arte puede ser la respuesta del artista a la realidad y al tiempo que nos rodea. Creo que mi trabajo surgió como una…

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Added on: 08/28/2022

LGBT activists question Peru’s response to trans man’s death in Indonesia

08/26/2022

Indonesian police on Thursday denied accusations of violence from the family of a Harvard University transgender activist who died after being arrested on his honeymoon on the…

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Added on: 08/07/2022

LGBT skiers in Chile paint Andean slopes with rainbow colors

08/05/2022

LGBTIQ+ skiers drenched the Andean slopes nestling this ski resort with rainbow colors on Friday at the opening of the first gay skiing event in Chile. Dozens…

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Added on: 08/04/2022

Powerful Anglican bishops call on ‘homosexual practices’ to be rejected because gay sex is a sin

08/02/2022

On Tuesday (2 August), bishops of the Anglican Communion from across the globe held a confidential discussion on sexuality and human dignity. The once-a-decade Lambeth Conference, which brings…

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Added on: 08/03/2022

Hundreds hold ‘kiss-a-thon’ to support gay couple threatened in Colombia

08/02/2022

Hundreds of same-sex couples staged a ‘kiss-a-thon’ in a park in Bogotá, Colombia after a gay couple was attacked there. Santiago Maldonado and Jorge Esteban Farías were…

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Added on: 07/26/2022

Buenos Aires officials sued over unjust ban on gender-neutral language in schools.

07/25/2022

Authorities in Buenos Aires are being sued after banning gender-neutral language from being taught in schools. Local officials were collectively taken to court by political groups after…

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Added on: 07/24/2022

DANIEL ARZOLA – GLOBAL ARTIVIST

Alturi Project Strategist

Past I believe art can be the artist’s response to the reality and time surrounding us. I think my work emerged as a voice as I grew…

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Added on: 07/15/2022

BRAZILIAN ACTOR COMES OUT, REVEALS HE IS IN RELATIONSHIP WITH CHILDHOOD FRIEND

07/15/2022

Brazilian actor Johnny Massaro recently came out as gay at the premiere of his new film, The First Fallen. The film is about the first year of the AIDS…

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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…

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Added on: 06/24/2022

Doctor/drag queen looks to spark change in Venezuela through LGBT+ activism

06/23/2022

Caracas, Jun 23 (EFE).- Francisco Machado brings a great deal of passion to his role as a doctor, but he is equally dedicated and enthusiastic when putting…

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Added on: 06/01/2022

Activist reporter tells why he promotes LGBTI rights in the French Caribbean.

05/31/2022

More than 12 million people live in the Francophone Caribbean, from the independent nation of Haiti to the French territories of Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Martin, St. Barthélemy,…

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Added on: 05/19/2022

Chile’s LGBTQ+ street artists see work defaced with homophobic slurs

05/17/2022

SANTIAGO, May 17 (Openly) – It was meant to be an open-air museum dedicated to Chile’s LGBTQ+ community, but days after the 40-meter (131-foot) mural was completed,…