Tag: LGBT rights

• Friday, February 7th 2025 - 09:44 UTC

  Future Human Rights Secretary will be the first trans woman within Uruguay's Executive

  

  Uruguay's future Human Rights Secretary Collette Spinetti will be the first trans woman to hold a position in the South American country's Executive Branch. She is also the third trans woman to reach public office after Michelle Suárez, who became Uruguay's first trans senator in October 2017, and Alejandra da Rosa, who was elected mayor (governor) of Tacuarembó in 2020. All three stemmed from President-elect Yamandú Orsi's Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA).

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 - 19:27 UTC

  Uruguayan Senator speaks against homosexuality

  

  Ultra-conservative Uruguayan Senator Guillermo Domenech of Cabildo Abierto made headlines this week in Montevideo after saying in a radio interview that there is no such thing as “trans women.” He described anyone in that condition as “a man who dresses as a woman.”

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  US to admit “X” option on passports of gender-neutral citizens

  

  The United States Government of President Joe Biden has agreed to issue passports marked with an “X” in the gender box to adjust to the bearer's self-perception, it was announced Thursday during celebrations of the Transgender Day of Visibility.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 00:51 UTC

  Colombia's Ombudsman calls for protection of sexually diverse individuals

  

  The Office of Colombia's Ombudsman Monday launched an appeal for the authorities to look after the integrity of LGBTQ people after 35 transgender women have been murdered this year nationwide.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  US issues first X-gender passport

  

  The Government of the United States has issued the first gender-neutral passport marked with an “X,” it was announced Wednesday.

• Saturday, June 26th 2021 - 03:14 UTC

  Argentine Senate passes trans workers quota bill

  

  Argentina's Senate has passed a bill mandating a quota of transvestite and transgendered workers be hired by all government agencies and now it is up to the Executive to pass it into law.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Piñera pledges “urgency” to the same-sex marriage bill stalled in Congress

  

  Chile's president has vowed to push a same-sex marriage bill that is stalled in Congress, a surprising move that stunned his conservative allies. “I think the time for equal marriage has come,” said Sebastián Piñera, whose popularity has plummeted after street protests and a worsening economy.

• Saturday, May 25th 2019 - 08:01 UTC

  Brazil's Supreme Court leans in favor of LGBTQ rights

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court Thursday hinted it would rule against discrimination based on sexuality or gender and that Congress had acted unconstitutionally by failing to include homophobia and transphobia within its anti-discrimination statutes, it was reported.

• Monday, February 11th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Conflict leads nowhere, “we must look at real challenges: protecting fisheries in the South Atlantic”

  

  In a long interview published this weekend in Clarin, UK ambassador Mark Kent emphasized on the coincidences of UK and Argentina, admitted his appeal in Twitter, a form of soft power, which has made him one of the most popular foreign diplomats in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, January 25th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  UK praises Uruguay's human rights record, but also has recommendations

  

  United Kingdom welcomed Uruguay’s positive record in promoting freedom of expression and independent media, as well as its progressive legislation particularly in promoting gender equality and LGBT rights.