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ES Practical Guides: Public Authorities and LGBT Care
We are consulted daily by public authorities on how to adequately serve LGBT people; from the correct use of pronouns, to identifying violence particular to this population group, to more complex questions about access to justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. It is for this reason that we conducted a [...]
The SJP decided on the rights of victims of sexual, reproductive and gender-based violence without a gender perspective.
The Five Keys Alliance for the differential treatment of sexual violence, in the framework of the Final Peace Agreement, in the development of its actions to monitor the protection of the rights of women, girls and LGBT people who are victims of sexual and reproductive violence and other violence motivated by sexuality, in the context of the peace agreement, in the [...]
At least 448 LGBT people were victims of violence between 2019 and 2020 in Colombia.
Colombia Diversa launches its latest human rights report in which it presents for the first time a geostatistical analysis showing the influence of factors such as the critical overcrowding index or health care on violence against LGBT people. Read the 2019 report here (More than Figures) Read more [...]
I am the happy daughter of two gay grandfathers.
Multicoloured marches, nudity everywhere on American television, posters with "all you need is love", flowers and glitter, all under one slogan: the long-awaited sexual revolution. The revolution that women and queers had been waiting for so long to be able to be free and stop living under the yoke of a macho society. From [...]
We Resist with Pride: Our 2020 in Figures
With a pandemic context, a generalised situation of uncertainty and telework as a new modality of work, the Colombia Diversa team faced the challenges of 2020 with commitment, dedication and a deep conviction that the fight for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people does not stop. 280 legal consultations resolved, 30 cases of [...]
Colombia Diversa joins the call for Sergio Urrego's case not to be time-barred from prosecution
01/19/2021 On Tuesday 19 January, the hearing against Amanda Azucena Castillo Cortés, the former rector of the Gimnasio Castillo Campestre school where Sergio Urrego, the young man who took his own life after the school authorities systematically discriminated against him because of his sexual orientation, was studying, was once again adjourned.
Participate in our LGBT and access to justice training module here.
Are you a public official and do not know about LGBT people's right to access to justice? It is common for this to happen due to the existence of diverse information that confuses the application of Constitutional Court rulings. Click here to participate in the training module "Gender perspective, gender equality and the [...]
"Kill the gays" in Uganda: violence against men who love other men
The possible revival of a Ugandan bill that seeks to punish with the death penalty those who have sexual relations with people of the same sex has set off alarm bells for human rights organisations and movements at the international level. On 10 October, human rights activists and organisations around the world [...]
Apply for the free course on tools for criminal argumentation in cases of murder of LGBT people in Latin America and the Caribbean.
*In order to strengthen the legal capacities of prosecutors and lawyers who litigate cases of violence against LGBTI people, to be able to boost criminal prosecutions and promote access to justice, a virtual course for prosecutors and activist lawyers from Latin America and the Caribbean was born. It [...]
Celeste, the digital platform that dignifies the memory of LGBT people murdered in Colombia
At least 1,300 LGBT people have been murdered in the last 10 years in Colombia. Behind these figures are stories of people who shared our tastes, professions and dreams; stories that are told in Celeste, a new online platform that seeks to dignify the memory of LGBT people who have been murdered in Colombia in the last 10 years.
