The IACHR held a hearing on marriage equality after a year of delays from the region in implementing the Court’s 2017 decision

Of the 22 countries in the Americas that haven’t legalized same sex marriage, only Costa Rica has made any effort to advance toward compliance in the last year.

US: Senior democrats introduce international LGBTI rights bill

Today, following the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Rep. Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District led a group of members in introducing the Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act to outline a vision for U.S. leadership in the protection of the rights of LGBTI individuals around the world. 

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Mexico: LGBTI migrants in Tijuana ‘seek opportunity to live’

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Melani Sofía Rosales Quiñones, a transgender woman from Guatemala City, was on her way home one night in July 2017 when she saw a group of homophobes waiting for her. She said good evening to them and that alone provoked an atrocious attack.