News of transgender

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.

Peruvian Politics

Ex-prostitute, 'Jesus' actor line up for Peru Congress race

07-04-2021 12:33 Meet some of the candidates in Peru's Congressional elections, including an ex-prostitute campaigning for sex workers rights, a Jesus impersonator, a transgender congresswoman and an anime fanatic.

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

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.

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.

ARGENTINE FOOTBALL

Transgender players kick down doors in local football

26-04-2020 14:09 Mara Gómez and Marcos Rojo are blazing a trail for transgender players in Argentine football.

LGBTQ RIGHTS

Argentine television gets its first transgender news anchor

20-03-2020 07:00 Diana Zurco’s job as co-anchor of Televisión Pública's prime-time evening news programme is a milestone for an excluded community that is often the target of violence and has a life expectancy roughly half that of the rest of the population.

LOCAL FOOTBALL

Transgender woman poised to make Argentine football history

14-02-2020 11:40 AFA has yet to make a ruling about transgender athletes, and doubt remains about whether Mara Gómez will be allowed to compete in professional women's leagues

LGBTQ+

Transgender singer María Castillo de Lima shines at Teatro Colón

23-12-2019 10:13 María Castillo de Lima is paving the way for change in the rigid world of opera. Taking the stage at the historic Teatro Colón, she is charming everyone with a perfect soprano range to accompany her transition.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Mexico trans women fight for justice as murders unpunished

11-09-2019 09:22 Mexico has become the world's second deadliest country after Brazil for transgender people, with 261 transgender women slain in 2013 to 2018, according to a recent study by the LGBTQ rights group Letra S.