By Erika Noely Moreno, trans activist from Argentina 9 August 2025 Erika Noeli Moreno, a member of Las Erika Noely Moreno is a trans woman and human rights activist from Argentina. Just by existing as a trans child, I was already a human rights activist. I always say that I began my transition at the age of five and finished it at 18. I told them that there was another trans woman, Laura Aixa Xuxú Aguilar Millacahuin, who had transitioned

In a landmark ruling for transgender rights, the Honduras government has been found responsible for the 2009 murder of the trans woman and activist Vicky Hernández. “Just to be born trans puts your life at risk in Honduras,” said Spellmant, “but to be trans and to be “This is a case about a trans woman, presented by trans women,” said Spellmant. Transphobia in Latin America remains pervasive and deadly and trans women in the region have a life

people, including trans youth, from using public restrooms that correspond with their gender identity expression that they deem ‘inappropriate’ under the guise of safeguarding children, while scapegoating trans fears that equate the presence of transgender people in restrooms with a threat to children.   voted to open an investigation against Congresswoman Susel Paredes for  her alleged encouragement of trans violence against children and threatens the rights of the very people it seeks to protect, including trans

Majority of Brits would support family coming out – but trans people don’t feel safe on the street By majority of British households are accepting of all LGBTQ+ people – but, more damningly for the UK, that trans Meanwhile, 63 per cent they would support a family member coming out as trans. and 67 per cent would support a surrogacy pregnancy, while numbers are around 10 per cent lower for trans Comparatively, only 57 per cent of trans people said they felt safe in their area.

Castillo (New York) – A group of lawmakers in Guatemala has advanced a bill that would stigmatize transgender The bill would also require media outlets to label programs with transgender content, which the bill aim to promote tolerance, not demean a vulnerable minority, especially given the high levels of anti-trans Guatemala’s Human Rights Ombudsperson’s Office reported that between December 30 and January 2, two trans , especially on contraceptive methods, HIV/sexually transmitted infections, and violence.

Hernández was an activist for trans women who had been violently attacked before. “They don’t want trans people on the street.” Flores said, “here in Honduras, where we are, there’s a lot of violence against trans people. Trans women are the most discriminated against and are more often the victim of crime and lose their to become extremely important milestone,” he said, adding that it will help people recognize that “trans

Trans-generational trauma: an existing reality in Rwanda The transmission of trauma from one generation ,” it was revealed that the legacies of the 1994 genocide and its aftermath have been transmitted to Towards creating a conducive environment for effectively coping with trans-generational trauma in Rwanda implement appropriate mechanisms for grassroots advocacy; identify and acknowledge issues related to trans-generational rights of imagining and creating the future they want. https://www.peaceinsight.org/blog/2017/12/coping-trans-generational-trauma-key-feature-peace-building-work-rwanda

Japanese government has taken some positive steps to improve the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender But the country’s legal gender recognition procedure – the law that allows transgender people to be recognized hundreds of activist groups throughout the world will gather to mark the 8th annual International Day for Trans around the world, including the Japanese government, propagate medical and policy paradigms that deem trans people "mentally ill." ©2015 Reuters/Thomas Peter In Japan, transgender people who seek legal gender

All of the victims were trans women of color, who are at particular risk of deadly violence. According to data from the Human Rights Campaign, of the 53 known trans murder victims in the US between Of the seven trans women murdered so far this year, Collier was the only one who lived in a state with Meanwhile, transgender rights advocates in some Southern states now find themselves fighting anti-trans The measure has drawn widespread criticism from trans rights advocates who point out that it targets

And reports of such crimes appear to be on the rise: At least 27 trans people were killed last year, almost all trans women of color, according to the LGBT advocacy group GLAAD. During the first two months of 2017, at least seven trans women of color met the same fate. (The bureau didn't specify how many of these were murders or how many targeted trans women of color specifically the state level have also opted, for budgetary reasons, not to collect data on hate crimes against trans

The government told the IACHR it had trained security forces in human rights and prevention of institutional , as well as the first-ever conviction of dictatorship criminals for kidnapping and torturing eight trans likewise celebrated the conviction of a man for the aggravated homicide of Tehuel de la Torre , a young trans

relations are explicitly banned in 72 countries, according to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans