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ES Call for the position of designer in Colombia Diversa
*Colombia Diversa is an organisation that works for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Colombia. Our mission is to promote full inclusion, respect for the full range of rights, recognition and mobilisation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) people in the economic, social, political and cultural spheres.
Statement of the Five Keys Alliance on the judicial motion of the Appeals Chamber of the Peace Tribunal of the SJP on the opening of a national case of sexual violence.
On 4 March 2020, the Appeals Chamber of the Tribunal for Peace of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) issued order TP-SA 502 of 2020, following an appeal filed by one of the Five Keys organisations(1) against a decision of the Chamber for the Recognition of Truth, Justice and Reconciliation (Sala de Reconocimiento de Verdad, [...]
On the beginnings of homoerotic literature in Colombia
By: María Ximena Cortés "I almost want to tell him to forgive me: I really do. And I curse that we are not alone to hug him, and hold his cheek with my hand, and suck that trickle of soda that is dripping down his chin... if we were alone: if he would let me..." (Molano, 2002, p. 28) [...] [...].
What was your first kiss like... A young lesbian's experience?
I had thought that the best option was to erase that first kiss. All I could think about was what a disappointment it would be for my family. Also, I felt strange: as if something was wrong with me and made me different from the others. I replayed the scene over and over again in my mind: I had [...]
What is the colour of your truth?
The Truth Commission launches an entertaining digital quiz to show Colombians what the colour of their truth would look like The Truth Commission launches an entertaining digital quiz to show Colombians what the colour of their truth would look like It is a virtual experiment designed by the Truth Commission and Pacifista. [...]
The daughter, sister, granddaughter...the lesbian
By: Maria Ximena I had remembered our place and the sunset falling with warm orange shades, warning us that we had to leave and return to our reality. You in your house pretending that everything was fine and me in mine saying that I was late because I had to do university work. With the fear of [...]
Now or never: CEV's historic opportunity to shed light on what happened to LGBT people in the Colombian conflict
With 30 cases documented and analysed in Pasto, Tumaco, Putumayo and the south of Tolima, the report by Colombia Diversa entitled "Who is going to tell us?" calls on the Truth Commission to be the first of its kind in the world to tell, in depth and in the voice of [...]
"The risk of defending and leading
Common patterns and differential impacts on human rights violations against human rights defenders in Colombia. "The risk of defending and leading" is a report on the work of individuals, communities and organisations that defend rights and vindicate social causes in Colombia, in which violations of their human rights are addressed.
Lots of ding, ding and no popsicles: how is LGBT public policy doing at the national level?
Civil society took part in a hearing in the Congress of the Republic to make known their perception of the lengthy process of implementing the LGBT public policy. All in the midst of a context in which this population is the target of acts of discrimination and violence that are not investigated or, in their [...]
To my uncle, the faggot of the family
I was always afraid of becoming like you, Uncle Bernardo. I was terrified that I was going to grow old alone, like a depraved man who screwed everyone and at every social gathering turned into a madwoman. You, great-uncle Bernardo, became the epitome of what I hated. The hatred for [...]
