On a recent Sunday in the Salaverry household in Montevideo, various members of Uruguayan transgender teenager Sebastian's family gathered for a traditional "asado," or barbecue. The family sat around the large kitchen table, looking at photos of a young Sebastian and his older brother Ignacio.
Brazil: National LGBTI Institutions Repudiate Brazil's Omission in Signing the LGBTI + Action Plan in Mercosur
The institutions that collectively sign this note come to the public to call the attention of the Brazilian LGBTI + population, as well as researchers, allies, legislators and members of the judiciary, executive and other areas of defense of human rights that BRAZIL REFUSED USE OF THE TERMS GENERAL IDENTITY, EXPRESSION OF GENDER AND HATE CRIMES against the LGBTI + population in the work plan discussed at a meeting at the Permanent Commission for LGBTI People with the highest human rights authorities in MERCOSUR diverging from countries such as Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on the theme.
Brazil: Brazilian government refuses to sign document in favor of LGBT agendas at Mercosur meeting
Brazil vetoes Mercosur plan for including 'hate crimes' against LGBT people
Protect Intersex Persons' Rights, 34 States Tell UN
ILGA-World launches toolbox to combat 'conversion therapies'
Panorama of the legal recognition of gender identity in the Americas
The American continent is characterized by being the most violent region towards people with Non-normative gender identities in the world. These cycles of violence, present in all areas of life of trans people, are intermingled with high levels of discrimination and stigmatization, resulting in lack of access to their civil, political, economic, social rights, cultural and environmental.
UN: Report on conversion therapy
The term “therapy”, derived from the Greek, denotes “healing”. However, practices of “conversion therapy” are the very opposite: they are deeply harmful interventions that rely on the medically false idea that LGBT and other gender diverse persons are sick, inflicting severe pain and suffering, and resulting in long-lasting psychological and physical damage.
ILGA World releases extensive global research into laws banning the discredited practice of "conversion therapy"
The 2010’s – a Major Decade for The LGBTQ Community
The report on the #RENEWIESOGI process is here
Everyone should be safe from violence and discrimination. In July 2019, our communities won a historic victory with the successful renewal of the mandate of the Independent Expert on violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity: a new report by ARC International, ILGA World and ISHR explains how the process played out.