EN 
ES Fagging the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
The needs of lesbian, bisexual, trans and queer women have not been adequately included in peacebuilding. Although civil society has pushed for the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, it has not always taken into account the particular ways in which gender rules have been [...]
Colombia Diversa presents the exhibition Celeste
This Wednesday, October 13, from 5:00 p.m., this exhibition will be inaugurated at the Centre for Memory, Peace and Reconciliation, which pays tribute to the LGBT people who have been killed in the last 10 years. Celeste is made up of dozens of stars that represent the lives of LGBT [...]
Colombia Diversa launches training school for leaders and social organisations in the country
On 29 July, the 'Empodera' school was presented, a pedagogical proposal of the Centre for the Promotion and Defence of Sexual and Reproductive Rights (Promsex) that Colombia Diversa implements in the 'Adelante Diversidad Sexual' project. The training sessions are aimed at strengthening the knowledge and skills of leaders, women leaders [...]
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 [...]
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.
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.
Colombia Diversa signs memorandum of understanding with the Truth Commission
This collaboration, previously articulated with other human rights organisations, is a clear demonstration of civil society's commitment to facilitate peacebuilding. In the midst of a worrying context of uncertainty and with the hopes of civil society for a lasting peace, Colombia Diversa, an organisation that fights for the rights of lesbians, gay men and [...]
LGBTTI coalition celebrates the culmination of another successful OAS General Assembly
The Coalition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Transgender, Transvestite and Intersex (LGBTTTI) people from Latin America and the Caribbean working within the framework of the Organization of American States (OAS) welcomes the adoption of the Omnibus Resolution on Human Rights (OEA/Ser.P/AG/CG/doc.5/18 rev.2), which includes section xii entitled "human rights and the right to development".
Colombia Diversa commemorates national day for victims of the armed conflict
Every April 9, since 2011, the national day of memory and solidarity with the victims of the armed conflict is commemorated, a special date to remember the stories of those people that the war marked. This day has become an important date as it signals the importance of the construction of a new world [...]
For the first time, the crime of persecution against LGBT people reaches a transitional justice tribunal
Two reports on differentiated violence in the armed conflict against LGBT people in Antioquia and Tumaco, regions prioritised by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, will be submitted to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace. Bogotá, March 2019 The Final Peace Agreement allowed LGBT people who were victims of different actors in the conflict in Antioquia and Tumaco to [...]
