trans rights

January 10, 2024
Natalia Torres Garzón

In a historic move, Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction hears trans people’s life experiences during the armed conflict in hopes of bringing greater social and political inclusion.

December 8, 2023
Joseph Hiller

Formerly incarcerated women lead the struggle to rethink Colombia's broken prison system. What promise does a new restorative justice law hold?

July 25, 2023
Niklas Franzen

"It doesn't matter how much silicone you have in your breasts. God loves you too." In deeply religious Brazil, evangelical churches are booming. But in the shadow of this conservative revolution, freedom is also thriving at Brazil's first church for trans people.

March 20, 2023
Virginia Tognola

A chronicle of International Women’s Day in Buenos Aires, focused on the demands of sexual dissidences.

September 2, 2022
Mariana Carbajal / openDemocracy

From efforts to limit medical care for trans people to bans on inclusive language, LGBTQI+ rights are under threat across the region.

June 14, 2021
María Amelia Viteri, María Fernanda Ugalde, y O. Hugo Benavides

En la lucha reivindicativa por los derechos LGBTQI+ y contra la transfobia, hay que elevar las diversas expresiones pre-coloniales de género y sexualidad.

October 7, 2020
Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez Rondón

Para las personas trans y no binarias así como para los trabajadores sexuales, las medidas para responder a la pandemia en Colombia y otros países reforzaron las normas de género y provocaron un aumento de estigma, violencia, y exclusión.

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