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ES The LGBT population 4 years after the implementation of the Peace Accord
Here you can learn about the level of implementation of the measures that the Final Peace Agreement set out to fulfil the rights of LGBT people who were victims of the armed conflict. Here you can see the full report
2020, the year with the highest number of police violence, murders and threats against LGBT people
Colombia Diversa launches its most recent report on human rights in the country and warns that, despite the evidence, the State is still not taking preventive and protective measures or seeking to improve its information systems to explain these worrying figures. 2020 was a very violent year for human rights [...]
"It was a dream come true to introduce my boyfriend to my parents".
This is the story of José Miguel, a young gay man who tells us how the love of his parents gave him the weapons to fight against discrimination and prejudice. How was the reaction of your environment (family, friends, colleagues, etc.) when you told them you were gay? It was comforting most of the time. When I told my friends and [...]
Walking hand in hand with another woman as an "act of provocation".
By: Maria Ximena Cortés From a very young age I understood that my capacity to love went beyond the boundaries that society imposed on me, that for me the horizon was much wider and this always represented a blessing, but not for long. I had already explored the security of being with a man, of feeling [...]
Marriage as the rainbow: all colours
This is a real life story that ends with a happy ending, but in the mountains of obstacles that its protagonists overcame, it teaches us that the years of struggle to remember that human rights, like love, belong to all people have been worth it. Subachoque, 17 August [...]
Call for applications Technical Secretariat - LGBT Litigators Network of the Americas
Tuesday 13 April. In the framework of the Project "Adding Rights: Strengthening the Network of LGBT Litigators of the Americas" funded by the Arcus Foundation and operated by Colombia Diversa, the Network of LGBT Litigators of the Americas presents the following terms of reference for those who may be interested in applying for the position of the Technical Secretariat of the Network. Position Information [...]
Directory of emergency organisations
We know that there are cases in which you need to contact those institutions that offer immediate and urgent services. In this list you can find their hotlines and e-mails. Remember that some of them have national coverage and others local (Bogotá). Institution What does it do? Contact details National emergency hotline National emergency hotline The [...]
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 [...]
