Human rights Trailblazing Mexican trans clinic fights prejudice 10-11-2021 16:56 Mexico has opened its first public clinic for the trans community, ensuring that discrimination doesn't prevent urgent healthcare.
LGBTQ RIGHTS Annual Pride March hails progress, calls for more rights laws 07-11-2021 08:54 Thousands of people celebrated the progress made in Argentina by LGBTQ and women's rights groups on Saturday as the annual Pride March returned to the streets of downtown Buenos Aires.
LATIN AMERICA Trans workers breaking barriers in Brazil 22-07-2021 09:58 A growing number of training programmes aimed specifically at transgender people are helping workers break through barriers in Brazil.
LGBT+ RIGHTS Argentina’s Senate approves transgender job quota law 28-06-2021 16:11 Senate backs sweeping legislation that reserves one percent of all public sector jobs for members of the trans community.
International Transgender Day of Visibility Protesters use Trans Visibility Day to highlight missing youngster 02-04-2021 02:34 Demonstrators mark International Transgender Day of Visibility by demonstrating outside Congress, demanding greater efforts be made in the search for Tehuel, a 21-year-old who went missing since March 11.
TRANS RIGHTS Brazil trans twins undergo gender confirmation surgery together 24-02-2021 11:14 Growing up as identical twins, Mayla and Sofia always did everything together, and their decision to undergo sex reassignment surgery is no exception. Now, they have made the transition they long dreamed of together, in what their doctor calls a first.
TRANS RIGHTS Tolerant Uruguay a place for some trans citizens to 'glow' 11-01-2021 08:35 There is no current data on how many people identify as transgender in the neighbouring Uruguay, let alone how many of them are minors.
TRANS RIGHTS Trans footballer Mara Gómez makes history with women's league debut 09-12-2020 09:58 Footballer Mara Gómez makes history, becoming first transgender player to play a match in Argentina's women's championship.
Trans rights Argentina's Army must comply with 1% quota for trans individuals 24-11-2020 09:10 Argentina's Army has been included on a list of official bodies that must comply with new legislation guaranteeing the incorporation of transvestites, transsexuals and transgender people into the workplace, according to press reports.
US ELECTION 2020 US election: First trans state legislators elected in Delaware, Vermont 04-11-2020 02:03 Democratic candidates in the US states of Delaware and Vermont made history Tuesday when they became the first openly transgender legislators in their states.
TRANS RIGHTS More than just a quota – trangender workers hail new inclusion policy 19-09-2020 09:06 Trangender workers praise Argentina’s job quota inclusion policy, saying it’s a step towards acceptance for a much discriminated against community.
TRANS RIGHTS Argentina establishes 1% quota for trans workers in civil service jobs 04-09-2020 16:40 One percent of state jobs must be reserved for transgender people, according to a decree published yesterday in the Official Gazette.