Sebastián Piñera, the president of Chile, has promised to prioritise a bill legalising same-sex marriage.
Sebastián Piñera, the president of Chile, has promised to prioritise a bill legalising same-sex marriage.
Lorena Muniz, a 25-year-old trans woman living in Brazil, died in a fire at the Saúde Aqui clinic after being left on the operating table by hospital staff who fled the scene.
A new report from the Human Rights Watch (HRW), a non-governmental organisation advocating for equality, found El Salvador, Central America, lacks fundamental protections for LGBTQ+ citizens.
Bolivia, South America, has recognised a same-sex civil union for the first time after David Aruquipa, 48, and Guido Montaño, 45, campaigned for two years to have their relationship be legally acknowledged.
Mara Gomez, 22, is the first trans woman to have been signed to a professional football team in Argentina amidst global debates surrounding trans women’s right to play on league level sporting teams.
Puebla is the 20th Mexican state to legalise marriage equality after the Honourable Congress of the State of Puebla voted 31 to 5 to decriminalise same-sex unions.
Joana Domingos, 19, is the 141st known trans person to have been killed in Brazil this year after she was shot seven times.
Muxes, a football team in Mexico City, has risen to prominence for promoting greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in South America’s most popular sport.
The Chilean Senate’s Constitution Commission has approved crucial articles which will allow the country’s government to move forward with a marriage equality bill.
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, 57, addressed the country’s national assembly on Thursday 22 October, asking members to consider the passage of a marriage equality bill.
