Tag: Transexuality

• Monday, January 26th 2026 - 13:19 UTC

  Brazil remains world leader in killings of trans people despite drop in 2025, rights groups say

  

  Brazil again topped the global ranking for killings of trans and travesti people despite a year-on-year decline in recorded murders, according to a new annual dossier released on Monday by the National Association of Travestis and Transsexuals (Antra). The report counted 80 killings in 2025, down from 122 in 2024 — a drop of about 34% that still leaves Brazil in first place for nearly 18 years, the group said.

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• Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 09:15 UTC

  STF extends domestic violence protection to same-sex couples and trans women

  

  In a virtual plenary decision last week, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled in favor of extending the protection against domestic violence provided for in the so-called Maria da Penha Law to same-sex couples and trans women, thus acquiescing to a request from the Brazilian Association of HomoTransAffective Families, which argued that the National Congress has failed to legislate on the matter.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2024 - 22:32 UTC

  Peru's Congress once again eyes presidential impeachment

  

  Several Peruvian legislators this week announced separate vacancy motions to impeach President Dina Boluarte for permanent moral incapacity, in addition to the possibility that she may have violated the law. The parliamentarians argued that Boluarte had ignored the duties of her office by failing to account to Congress for her 12-day absence, which constituted a lack of transparency and fitness for that position.