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ES Let the different speak
By: Lina M. Sánchez We have not all spoken. The voice that has spoken for us belongs to the same class and is, in fact, the one we should be fighting against: that of the white man. We have allowed the idea of diversity to develop under a single standard. While the problematic that it creates [...]
Marsha P. Johnson, activist and mother of the LGBTIQ+ community
By: Lina M. Sanchez B. Photos taken from Netflix: The Life and Death of Marsha P. Johnson. This is a sad story about the struggle for civil rights for LGBTIQ+ people in the United States. She is embodied by drag queen Marsha Pay it no mind Johnson, black, transgender, poor and, in the end, [...]
Why do we celebrate Pride Day?
June is LGBT Pride month in Colombia and around the world. During these 30 days, millions of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people come together in a march in which they shout with one voice among colours and chants that they are citizens, like everyone else, and that equality is a fundamental right for all.
What does it mean when the WHO removes trans pathologisation from its list of diseases?
For a little more than nine years now, the entire LGBT community, especially trans people, have been shouting in unison for the day of trans depathologisation. In other words, a day dedicated to demanding that gender identity, and the transition between them, should no longer be classified as a mental disorder. Today, 18th June [...]
Gay Pride, a fight for the survival of the spirit
Those who don't understand why gay pride day is celebrated, those who wonder, is being gay a reason for pride? To them I write to open their minds and souls to empathy. By: Lorena Posada In the film XMen: The last stand, a cure for mutations is invented. The [...]
Mural honouring transgender victims in Chaparral, Tolima erased
Official communiqué from the Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica* A mural of memory about trans victims in the municipality of Chaparral, Tolima, was erased by unknown persons, and, in its place, an inscription saying "HP" was made. The CNMH rejects this type of violence against LGBT victims. The Chaparral Diversa Association, as [...]
How did Colombia fare on LGBT issues in the most important universal human rights assessment?
On 10 May 2018 Colombia went to the drawing board and had the most important human rights evaluation, the Universal Periodic Review, better known as the UPR. Prior to this evaluation, more than 500 civil organisations in Colombia joined together so that the UN member countries, who evaluated us, would take into account the [...]
Ruling allows transgender minor to correct gender on documents
Paola* is a young minor who identifies as a trans woman and who, with the help of her mother, decided to correct the sex component of her birth certificate. That is to say, that it would no longer indicate M (for male) but F (for female). That her document should reflect her gender identity [...].
The Lamb that is a Piglet: A Book about Diversity
A lamb who wants to be a piglet? The title might sound a bit strange to some people, to others it is more familiar, and to others it might not interest them. But the truth is that the effort that the Dutch author Pim Lammers makes with his book by the same name is great. By [...]
Call to government for urgent accreditation of OHCHR representative in Colombia
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, international organisations and individuals are writing to you, in your capacity as Head of State, to express our concern at the lack of accreditation of the new representative of the Office in Colombia of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [...].
