Latin America

UNAIDS: Expanding the Global Partnership to End Discrimination

To Celebrate the Human Rights International Day, the Executive Secretary of the Network of Women Sex Workers of Latin America and the Caribbean (RedTraSex) and the UNAIDS Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, have the honor to invite you to participate in the Launch of the Global Partnership For Action to Eliminate all Forms of HIV related Stigma and Discrimination in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Murdered, Suffocated And Burned Alive: 350 Transgender People Killed In 2020

The violence and horror of the murders, where transgender people were burned alive, suffocated and murdered, are catalogued by the project which also has the full list of all those killed this year.

UNAIDS: The response to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean must respect the human rights of Trans identities and all gender expressions.

UNAIDS and REDLACTRANS call on governments and partners to protect, support and respect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people during the response to COVID-19. During the pandemic, the latter may be in a particularly vulnerable situation, as well as those living with compromised immune systems, including some people with HIV and AIDS.

The 2010’s – a Major Decade for The LGBTQ Community

We’ve come a long way in the last 10 years. We’ve made a lot of progress but we’ve also lost some ground internationally when it comes to LGBTQ rights. Here is a review of the last decade.

Global trans perspectives on health and wellbeing: TvT community report

Today, the Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide (TvT) project team  is launching our publication, “Global trans perspectives on health and wellbeing: TvT community report.”