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Montevideo, November 14th 2024 - 04:39 UTC

Tag: trans

  • Wednesday, February 14th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    Peru: Trans community marches through Lima to demand protection

    The Peruvian government was focused on more urgent issues such as a surge in crime in two provinces where a state of emergency was declared for 60 days, Otarola explained

    Scores of trans people and members of the LGTBIQ+ community staged a demonstration Tuesday through the streets of Lima to protest against hate crimes and defend their “right to life.” Since 2021, at least five members of the trans community have been murdered and threats and other violent incidents have been on the rise.

  • Monday, January 30th 2023 - 11:03 UTC

    National Trans Visibility Day celebrated in Brazil

    The demonstrators celebrated the occasion and remembered the deaths of transsexual and transvestite people in Brazil

    Members of Brazil's LGBT+ movements and of the transsexual and transvestite community celebrated National Trans Visibility Day with parades nationwide, the largest two being in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, it was reported.

  • Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    Brazil records highest number of deaths of trans people in the world

    Brazil topped the list of murdered trans people for the 14th year in a row

    In 2022, 131 trans and transvestite people were murdered all across Brazil, making it the country with the most deaths of people of this community for the 14th consecutive year, Agencia Brasil reported. In addition to the 131 killings, other 20 people took their own lives due to discrimination and prejudice.