Uruguay was the first country in Latin America to regulate a Comprehensive Gender Identity Law in 2009.
During those years, those who wanted to change their name had to go through a long and costly legal and administrative process, which not everyone had access to and which also stigmatized those who wanted to access it.
In the Dominican Republic, betting on theater is no simple task. You have to be willing to do so in a context that prioritizes other forms of expression. But those who do so experience other forms of creation, expression, and individual and collective connection in...
The Black population in Brazil faces daily oppression, exclusion, and even systematic genocide in their communities, which is intensified by the lack of public policies. This is particularly evident in the lives of women, Black activists, and non-binary people. Aware...
Taking stock in order to provide support and accompany processes throughout the region is no easy task. To achieve this, political will and flexible resources or institutional support are needed. This has been the opportunity and decision we have had for more than 11...
.The Commission for Victims of the Curuguaty Massacre was created as an initiative to demand justice and reparations for the events that took place in the town of Curuguaty on June 15, 2012, in the context of the peasant struggle against illegal land dispossession,...
These far-reaching processes, which require a long-term struggle, involve commitment and efforts that cannot be abandoned; for example, there must be many supporters attending the Senate sessions,” says Franco Fuica, Director of OTD. Organizando Trans Diversidades...
FAU-AL supported Red Trébol in the approval of the Gender Identity Law in Bolivia. Thanks to the hard work and tireless struggle of trans organizations and activists in Bolivia, today this country has a “Gender Identity Law” or Law 807, approved by the Plurinational...
Talking with the Parces.. FAU-AL interview with the organization P.A.R.C.E.S.. On January 20, 2016, the Bogotá Metropolitan Police arrived at Plaza de la Mariposa, in the San Victorino neighborhood, and violently and unjustifiably detained 15 female sex workers. In...