President of Chile vows to push same-sex marriage bill
Sebastián Piñera, the president of Chile, has promised to prioritise a bill legalising same-sex marriage.
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Trans woman dies in hospital fire after being left by staff
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.
Report finds El Salvador unsafe for LGBTQ+ people
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 recognises same-sex civil union
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 is the first trans woman to play in Argentinian league
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 legalises marriage equality
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.
141st trans woman killed in Brazil
Joana Domingos, 19, is the 141st known trans person to have been killed in Brazil this year after she was shot seven times.