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ES 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.
"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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
