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Added on: 09/20/2023

TIP OF THE SPEAR: AUTOCRACY PIERCES THE LGBTI COMMUNITY

Alturi Project Strategist

Turkey Since Turkey’s democratic government began to decline in 2007, there have been ongoing tensions between the Justice and Development Party (AKP, known for its Islamist roots…

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Added on: 09/05/2023

Police raid, arrests at gay spa provoke fears of new persecution

09/04/2023

It was an ordinary Sunday afternoon at the Avalon Man Spa and Bar. The gay club in Valencia, two hours west of the Venezuelan capital, was filled…

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Added on: 09/01/2023

Here’s Why These Countries—Not Just Canada—Warn Citizens Visiting The U.S.

08/31/2023

Canada has updated its travel advisory to warn LGBTQ residents visiting the United States about local laws and policies that may “infringe on your human rights” amid…

Global News

Added on: 08/11/2023

Mass arrest at LGBTQ club in Venezuela prompts outcry over discrimination

08/10/2023

It was an otherwise ordinary night at the Avalon Club, a bar and sauna popular with the LGBTQ community in Valencia, Venezuela’s third-largest city. Music was playing, drinks…

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Added on: 06/29/2023

A journey of survival and love: Venezuelan asylum seeker flees bigotry and perseveres for a new life in the United States

06/28/2023

It starts years before they made it to the U.S.-Mexico border in October 2022 and turned themselves into authorities, in Yuma, Arizona, asking for asylum. Reydi’s story…

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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: 11/16/2022

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: 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: 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: 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: 03/24/2022

Venezuelan same-sex couples still wait for right to marry

03/23/2022

CARACAS, Venezuela — Ana Margarita Rojas and Elena Hernáiz have shared their lives for more than three decades and raised a son together. Their neighbors in Venezuela’s…

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Added on: 01/23/2022

In Venezuela, a soldier can be sent to prison for being gay. The courts could change that.

1/22/22

On an early morning in 2013, a soldier alerted a supervisor that a comrade had left his post. He had seen him getting into a red car…

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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: 07/01/2021

Venezuelan activists say there is little to celebrate this Pride month

06/29/2021

Activists in Venezuela say there is little to celebrate this LGBTI Pride month, which they say is behind in South America on legislation protecting members of the…

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Added on: 04/07/2021

Venezuela’s Secret: Crimes Against LGBTQ+ Migrants And Sex Workers

04/06/2021

“Hello, Papi, I am in Brazil.” A text message I received sitting in my home office after nearly a month of silence signified Victor Arellano’s nine-month battle…

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Added on: 01/25/2021

Brazil’s LGBT refugees tell their stories in the short film ‘Hazte Sentir’

01/24/2021

The short film Hazte Sentir (Make Yourself Heard) documents a moment in the lives of LGBT refugees in Manaus, the largest city in Brazil’s Amazonas state. Cineola…

World Voices

Added on: 12/24/2020

Tamara Adrián – Transgender National Assembly Member, Venezuela

Sarah Leistico

Alturi Contributor

How did you initially become involved with activism and policy change? I have known since I was four-years-old that I am transgender. Later in life, after returning…

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Added on: 11/02/2020

Venezuela inches closer to marriage equality after Pope’s remarks about civil unions

11/01/2020

The pontiff expressed his support in an interview shown in an Italian documentary, saying, “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they…

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Added on: 10/24/2020

Venezuela President Urges Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage After Pope’s Comments

10/23/2020

Venezuela’s president has called on his country to take up the issue of same-sex marriage following the Pope’s comments endorsing civil unions. On Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolas…

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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…

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Added on: 07/05/2019

Venezuela’s transgender community fears hormone shortages

07/05/2019

André Bellorín has fought a long battle for the body that matches his identity. He has been through two operations, a bitter conflict with his mother and…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

Peru holds out some hope for Venezuelan migrants with HIV

05/06/2019

Sulaida Ramirez Davila sat in a support group for those with AIDS and HIV, like her son, Rafael Olivares. Tears welled up as she recalled her decision…

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Added on: 02/25/2019

Colombia’s ‘Madonna’ helps LGBTQ people fleeing Venezuela

02/21/2019

Gusts of hot desert wind drift through the broken window, shattered by a stone, in the house that Madonna Badillo shares with seven Venezuelan sex workers. Badillo…

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Added on: 02/12/2019

What Does The Crisis In Venezuela Mean For LGBTQ People?

02/09/2019

Venezuela’s long-running political crisis appears to be reaching a critical point. President Nicolás Maduro is still holding onto power, but there is growing international support to recognize Juan…

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Added on: 02/06/2019

Living in Venezuela Now is Hard. Being LGBTI Makes it Harder

02/04/2019

Venezuela’s shrinking economy has sparked an exodus of LGBT+ people as the economic crisis has put the brakes on the country’s growing tolerance towards its gay and…

World Voices

Added on: 05/13/2017

Intersectional Revolutionary

Robert Blackmon

Alturi Project Director

“During the past 18 years, the Venezuelan government made fun of the LGBTI community of Venezuela. They never recognized our rights and hate crimes increased 200%,” Mantilla…