Pilar Lima to Pablo Motos: "The deaf and dyke invites you to the XNUMXst century"

Pilar Lima, the United Podemos candidate in Valencia, will denounce El Hormiguero for making fun of her being deaf and lesbian

"Dear colleagues, especially dear Pillar. You are the mayor that needs Valencia: a deaf woman, dyke, feminist, brave... that he is not going to put himself in profile ». This is how the minister praised Irene Montero to the candidate of United We can to the mayor's office Valencia, the former senator Pilar Lima, at the rally that he held last Tuesday in Valencia. Just a few hours later, that comment was referred to on the show. The Anthill with a vexatious tone.

The program led by Pablo motos mocked the Valencian candidate for her deafness and her sexual orientation, using the presentation she made of her Irene Montero. As a result of this speech, a collaborator of the program, Miguel Lago, said: "As everything goes, start missing: here is lame...”, between laughs on the set.

Lima responds

Deaf, dyke, feminist and stubborn, that's how I am, no matter how much the cave dislikes”. The candidate of United Podem-United Esquerra to the mayor's office Valencia, Pilar Lima, defends himself from the ridicule of The Anthill. Lima has responded to the presenter in a video on his social networks: “Unides Podem was born with the aim of breaking down barriers and also making courageous policies that turn the nose of the powerful. Nothing hurts the patriarchy more than seeing a woman who has had to overcome all kinds of obstacles to reach the top like this". Lima The video ends with a call to attention to the communicator: “Pablo motos, from here, from Valencia, the deaf and the dyke invites you to the XNUMXst century; open your mind dear".

From the purple formation they have charged against the mockery of the program of Antena 3, which they consider a “contempt” towards his candidate: “They laugh at the possibility that a deaf and dyke woman may be mayor”, Has stated Angela Rodriguez, Secretary of State for Equality. Lima He has indicated today that his training is studying legal measures against the program, in addition to measures through the supervisory bodies of the media.

Homophobic and vexatious comments

Through a statement, he points out that "It is worrying that programs in prime time that are watched by millions of families and young people laughingly discriminate against us LGTBIQ + and people with disabilityWe are not the subject of jokes, we are people with all political rights and we can be mayors, of course we can”. The candidate and former parliamentary spokesperson considers that “due to behaviors such as those of these poisoners, there is the bullying and discrimination and we must fight them with all the tools, due to attitudes like this, we must apply the LGBTI law to the maximum and from Valencia ".

Pilar Lima to Pablo Motos: "The deaf and dyke invites you to the XNUMXst century"

Barcelona Pride with LGTBI seniors

Barcelona Pride will take place from July 3 to 16 and focuses on generational transversality

This year Barcelona Pride 2023 focuses on sexual diversity in the elderly. The schedule of the event, which will take place from 3 to 16 July in various spaces in the Catalan capital, will focus on the need to vindicate the needs of the LGTBIQ+ collective at all ages and will place special emphasis on the loneliness of the elderly.

The protest party will address the generational transversality from the little ones and their discoveries of sexual orientation, gender identity, to the challenges of the elderly. In its program of activities, presented this May 17 in a press conference, will promote the dialogue between generations about the vital movement and the experience of each one to put the common all that shared.

The Village in University Square

Pride Barcelona 2023This year's edition incorporates a new space of 5.000 square meters: in the university square there will be a great village with tents where the entities, the stands, the PrideKids, and a complementary scenario to the main one of Maria Cristina. Thursday 13 July the Pride proclamation in the University square, and on the 14th and 15th the main activities of this edition will be concentrated. The LGTBIQ+ Pride event organized by Pride Barcelona will take place on Saturday 15, with his usual route in the Paral·lel avenue, from the Parque de las Tres Chimeneas to Plaza España.

Generational transversality

Under the motto «The Pride of our lives. Having a birthday, accompanying us, is growing" he Pride wants to underline the need to promote empathy and solidarity in each of the stages of people's lives LGTBIQ + so that they live in full rights and free of stereotypes and prejudices. This year's edition promises to be a meeting of people of different ages who enrich each other, causing synergies that amplify the set of experiences of the community LGTBIQ +.

"El aging is a continuous process and it is better to raise the issue in a transversal and intergenerational way. Deepen mutual knowledge and nurture empathy and solidarity”, has recounted Maria Giralt, Director of the Social Area of ​​Pride! BCN. That's why this editionfocuses on people and their life process from the discovery of their sexual orientation” and commitment to end the “stereotypes that provoke discrimination, inside and outside the group".

In presenting the Pride BCN two testimonies have intervened, Sebastian Meyer and Laura Vilar, which have explained some of the difficulties faced by the elderly group, especially those who cannot fend for themselves and enter residences, where they are forced to "go back to the closet"«.

Pride Barcelona 2023

 

 

17M, International Day Against LGBTIphobia

The Trans Law is the most significant advance of the year and places Spain in fourth position in the ILGA Europe ranking

El 17M Is celebrated the International day of the fight against LGBTIphobia since in 1990, the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases (CIE). This fact meant the depathologizing of a sexual orientation that for centuries has been persecuted and condemned by the political, social and medical spheres.

Thirty two years later, the 17M and the International Day Against LGTBIphobia. Still, the WHO did not delete the transsexuality from the ICD to the 2018, and until this 2023, the state law of gender self-determination in Spain.

In 2023, Spain has climbed positions in the ranking LGTBIQ + produced annually by the organization for human rights and LGBTI ILGA Europe. This is a report that analyzes the legal and political situation of people LGBTI en 49 European countries.

Trans Law

Spain rises from number ten to number four, prompted on this occasion by the entry into force of the trans law that recognizes the gender self-determination. But also due to other advances included in this regulation, such as the prohibition of aversion therapies and genital mutilation of intersex minors. In 2011 it was ranked second in this annual index Rainbow Europe.

The call Law for the real and effective equality of trans people and for the guarantee of the rights of LGTBI people establishes that between the ages of 12 and 14, legal sex change may be possible with judicial endorsement; between 14 and 16, with the consent of the parents, and from that age, without conditions.

17M, International Day Against LGBTIphobia

 

A Florida teacher has been sued for showing a Disney movie

A teacher is being investigated for putting on an animated film featuring an openly gay character

The teacher Jenna Barbee has gone viral in TikTok this weekend. The reason: a mother has denounced her for showing a film with gay characters to her students. This school teacher Winding Water K-8 in Brooksville, located one hour north of Tampa (Florida, USA), explained on her social networks that a mother from the school board denounced her and is now being investigated by the Education deparment for screening the film Disney "Strange World".

At the school meeting, which was recorded, the complainant mother alleged the following: “As a leader in this community, I will not stand by and allow this minority to infiltrate our schools.". The animated film is classified as PG, a category indicating that it should be supervised by parents. For that reason, Jenna Barbee explains that, at the beginning of the school year, he asked all parents for signed permission on a form to show his students movies rated PG.

openly gay character

The tape is about a family of legendary explorers. Includes an openly gay character, Ethan Clade, who is in love with another male character in the film. His crush is mentioned once at the beginning of the film and his sexuality is never mentioned again, he claims in his video of TikTok the teacher Barbed.

The teacher explains that she decided to put on this sci-fi movie because it related to her class science lessons, as well as to give her students a break after a day of exams.

The controversial laws of DeSantis in Florida

The complaint against the teacher coincides with the approval of the governor's bill Ron De Santis that prohibits state colleges and universities from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and further limits how race can be discussed in many courses.

It is the last of his controversial laws. And it is that the governor of Florida already has a great collection, like the law "Don't Say Gay” (“don't say gay"). It has also approved a regulation with prohibited books, the law that takes control of Disney World, the law that allows concealed weapons to be carried without permission or the law known by Republicans as the “Heartbeat Protection Law”, which reduces the prohibition on abortion from 15 to 6 weeks of gestation, among many other laws.

30 Years of the International AIDS Memorial

"The Memorial has a claim and commitment function on the part of the administrations and citizens to reach the end of the pandemic"

GAYLES.TV.- Under the motto «30 years standing up against HIV«, the thirty edition of the AIDS Memorial. An event of remembrance, memory and vindication of the rights of people with HIV. From the NGO Projecte dels Noms, chaired by Ferran Pujol, demand that it stop being treated as a stigma and that aid be reinforced so that everyone can access treatment to prevent infection.

Berdindu! trained 3.800 Basque schoolchildren against homophobia last year.

Berdindu service! also gave workshops to 2.400 teachers and advised 648 LGTBI+ people and their families

En Euskadi there was a last year hate crime related to homophobia every four days. were denounced 96, the "tip of the iceberg", according to him Basque government. More than a decade ago the Executive implemented the program Berdindu! to prevent insults, threats and attacks on the collective LGTBI + and opted for training. Last year the program Berdindu! school gave courses to help combat these behaviors in which more than 2.400 teachers and near 3.800 schoolchildren.

The Minister of Equality, Justice and Social Policies, Nerea Melgosa, has visited this Monday the office in Berdindu's Bilbao!, a service dedicated to serving and advising the group and their families, as well as providing training in schools. In his opinion, "one of the areas” in which he has had "a significant impact" this service is precisely "in the educational field".

Berdindu! trained 3.800 Basque schoolchildren against homophobia last yearAnder Prol, technician of the school program, has indicated that “Violence and discrimination against LGTBI people in schools not only affect their emotional and academic well-being, but also perpetuate harmful stereotypes and prejudices. For this reason, we work with teachers, students and families, to promote an educational environment without discrimination".

What they do is guide in the management of sexual and gender diversity when there are cases of homophobia or when a trans student is in their personal process. In these cases, they work with families and teachers, whom “We attend and advise situations with very specific demands”, has pointed out For.

LGBTIphobia in the classroom

On the other hand, they celebrate the aforementioned workshops in the centers, in which they address “the current situation and the problems of the collective” and in which they transport students and teachers who “diversity enriches us as a society”. It is "important", has underlined, "continue working" in schools, becausewe still find LGTBIphobia in the classrooms” . They are, he has assured, attitudes "more and more residuals” , but it is about “a speech that makes a lot of noiseo ".

Last year in their offices -they have them in the three Basque capitals- they received 648 medical consultations. Most were in Bizkaia, 265, a territory in which the bulk of attention “They have to do with sexual identity”, has explained Sarai MontesResponsible for Berdindu!. The of They are the ones that used this service the most, 54% of the total, and most of the consultations, 31%, were related to sexual or gender identity (31%).

Berdindu! trained 3.800 Basque schoolchildren against homophobia last year

Dressmaker Francis Montesinos arrested accused of sexual assault on a minor

Montesinos filed a complaint last year for extortion and crime against privacy that triggered the entire investigation

Agents of the Servicio Marítimo Guardia Civil They have arrested the Valencian couturier and designer Francis Montesino this monday morning alleged sexual abuse of a minor old. The arrest comes after months of investigations into the violent assault on the home of Montesinos happened last October.

After the arrest, this morning has been released hours later waiting for it to be required by the court investigating this case.

At that time the Servicio Marítimo Guardia Civil arrested a man and investigated another for the event that occurred in his property in Llíria, in which both Montesinos and another man who accompanied him were tied up and immobilized. As a result of it, the 71-year-old designer was treated at the Hospital de Llíria, after suffering an anxiety attack.

From whistleblower to detainee

From the Provincial Command of the Civil Guard of Valencia they have indicated that the investigation of what happened began in 2022 due to his own complaint Montesinos for extortion, against privacy, disclosure of secrets, burglary, illegal detention, robbery with violence and injuries by a child under 15 years of age.

But nevertheless, "As a result of the investigation, evidence was obtained that justified his detention”, specifically, the same accused minor would have shown the agents a video in which the alleged aggression would be appreciated.

Dressmaker Francis Montesinos arrested accused of sexual assault on a minor

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This is the second time that Montesinos has been arrested after the episode in June 2014, when he was also accused by the Servicio Marítimo Guardia Civil de sexual abuse, corruption of minors, child pornography and drugs, in a process that was archived a month later regarding the designer.

Witnesses and psychological experts exonerated him of all charges. The examining magistrate Llíria collected in his car that the testimonies of the relatives of the boy and the girl, allegedly subjected to sexual abuse, dissociated Montesinos of the facts. And he verified that no photographs or computer material with child pornographic content were found in the search of his home.

Francis montesinos received in 2006 the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and his name is among the regulars on the main fashion catwalks in Spain.

Dressmaker Francis Montesinos arrested accused of sexual assault on a minor

Arrested in Segovia for threatening homosexuals with baseball bats

A 19-year-old boy was arrested and two minors investigated for coercing and threatening homosexuals in Segovia with baseball bats

La Servicio Marítimo Guardia Civil has arrested a man 19 years and has investigated two minors, the three neighbors of the province of Segovia, who went to an area where they were homosexual coupless to harass and threaten them with a baseball bat and other objects.

El head of the Command of the Civil Guard of Segovia, José Luis Ramírez, and the Government delegate in the Community, Virginia Barcones, reported this Wednesday at a press conference in Segovia of this investigation for an alleged hate crime, during which the agents themselves infiltrated the area and suffered harassment from the perpetrators.

undercover agents

Ramirez has commented that at first the agents carried out the investigation with “all prudence” due to the nature of the facts, but once the agents themselves experienced the episode of harassment, their “vision" thereof. It was at that moment that they realized that it was not about “a childish”, but it was “a serious thing” which could be the “first steps” towards the commission of more serious acts.

The person who was arrested a couple of weeks ago has gone to court, is free with charges and faces sentences of up to four years in prison, as detailed Ramirez, while the investigated minors have been handed over to the Juvenile Prosecutor's Office.

Hate crime

Arrested in Segovia for threatening homosexuals with baseball batsThe investigation began last February with an anonymous complaint, after which specialized agents of the Crime Response Teams (REDO) of the Civil Guard they carried out the first investigations, which allowed them to focus suspicion on these three people.

As they could verify, they went to a usual meeting point of gay male couples, and with their faces covered, they threatened and coerced them with "blunt objects" how baseball bats.

The investigation is still open, so it is not ruled out that more arrests may occur, while the case is already in the hands of the Court of First Instance and Instruction number 4 of Segovia, which acts in coordination with the Delegate prosecutor against hate crimes and Juvenile Prosecutor's Office.

Balaclavas and baseball bats

According to the colonel, there is no record of physical attacks or injuries by these perpetrators and he has called other possible victims to denounce, since everything indicates that there have been "enough” episodes of this type until the intervention of the Civic Guardl.

The delegate of Government in Castilla y León has shown its concern, has firmly condemned these events and has drawn attention to the two minors.

He has wondered how it is possible for both of them to have “that dose of hate inside the body” as for “look for places where homosexual couples meet"And"ski mask, put on, bat in hand”, dedicate themselves to “sow terror and hatred” to other people just because of his homosexuality. “I believe that we also have a pedagogical obligation of what education we are transmitting or what is in our next generations”, he reflected.

Arrested in Segovia for threatening homosexuals with baseball bats

Fernando Tejero: "They sexually abused me"

Fernando Tejero opens up on the channel about his tough childhood: “I was a borrowed child. I suffered bullying and sexual abuse”

This Tuesday, May 2, was celebrated the International Day Against Bullying. Fernando Tejero, the well-known protagonist of the mythical series 'The one that is coming', opened on the channel in the program 'Window' full SER chain, presented by charles francino. The actor talked about the problems he had in his childhood due to his homosexuality and revealed the sexual abuse suffered.

weaver he remembered how as a child he lived with his aunt in Cordova because that's how their parents decided to be a large family. “I was a borrowed child. When I was 14 years old, my aunt got cancer and I had to go back to my parents' house. For me it was another abandonment that has taken its toll on me over the years”, has indicated.

Bullying

The actor has recognized that his childhood and adolescence were marked by numerous episodes that would serve “to write a movie. One of the delicate moments of the interview came when weaver claimed to have been a victim of bullying because of their sexual orientation. "I lived through a screwed up time, very screwed up, ten years of franc, the transition, and I wasn't me until I got to Madrid because I was homosexual, when I was little I had a lot of pen, and they already insulted me, they called me fagot". 

And then the actor brought to light something he had never spoken about publicly. “This is the first time I've told it in my life”, he assured before dropping the bomb. “They abused me. I was sexually abused by a guy older than me"He said.

“And of course, I didn't want to accept myself either by society, by my family… And, then, I took my pen away by correcting myself. My voice is hoarse today and I stutter for not being able to express myself as I was”, assured the Cordovan.

Fernando Tejero: "They sexually abused me"

The first major trans fallera makes history at the age of 24

Lía Sánchez, the first major trans fallera, makes history in the Fallas at just 24 years old

Lia Sanchez Carballo, a 24-year-old transgender girl, will be the greater fallera of the commission Doctor Manuel Candela-Avenida del Puerto in 2024, and with it it becomes the first trans woman to be a major fallera, at least publicly. He will share his year with the children's president, Iker Pena, and two presidents of the commission, Andrea Barrachina and Maria Toledo.

She has been a lifelong fallera and before her transition, she was children's president with her twin brother. Currently, she feels supported by her family and by her commission: «I want it to be known why I am one privileged: I have a life with few complications. With a family that supports me, with a failure that has seen me grow and has supported me unconditionally. I could not have had a more favorable or understanding environment and not all of them have been that fortunate. My life is simple, I am happy with my body, with my work, with my failure... but not all of them are the same and I don't want anyone to be excluded. Because of that I want support my collective showing that it is possible«.

She admits that her decision to be the first trans major fallera It can raise some controversy, but that "I would invite people to meet me, to know what I've been through. I don't know. Maybe I would tell them that live let live thing. And also, not for me, but for all the others.

The first major trans fallera makes history at the age of 24

Defense of the trans collective

That is why he does not hesitate to externalize it. «Because for a long time we have been cornered. We have been told what could be and what could not. And we live in a time of equal opportunity«. And the keys that open locks are useful"so that more people are encouraged. In the Fallas there are many people LGTBI They don't have to see their dreams come true. Above all, because they are superfalleras. The only thing we want is to be one more, who has the illusion of living the party as a major fallera because they already live it in their usual commissions«.

A Lees The transition caught him in the middle of the pandemic. «The truth is that it came to me suddenly, but we were able to do practically everything through telecare. But it wasn't that complicated either. The DNI procedures, the paperwork, were worse than the personal matter. Now, with the new law, it would have been easier", recognize.

The first major trans fallera makes history at the age of 24

"Indeterminate gender", a pioneer sentence in Europe

A Sevillian lawyer gets Andrea Speck recognized as a non-binary person on her ID

A Sevillian lawyer has obtained a pioneer judgment in Europe for the people non-binary. Bill Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia obliges the ministry to include in Andreas Speck's documentation, a German citizen living in Sevilla, put «indeterminate gender«, as he does in his Germanic ID.

Andreas, has lived in Seville for ten years and since he arrived he has persisted in his fight to defend the non-binary gender. On your German ID, in the gender box, there is a X, Meaning indeterminate gender.

To get to Central Registry of Foreigners to get your European residence card they forced him to check the box for "man«. And so, in all official documents. tells us that he wants to stop lying: he is neither a man nor a woman.

En Estate consists as "man" in the Social security as "Woman«. and in the Andalusian Health Service, after four years of legal battle, managed to be named "unspecified gender".

"indeterminate gender"

"Indeterminate gender", a pioneer sentence in EuropePeople non-binary have been left out of the recently approved Trans Law Spanish. Above all, they demanded third box in official documents that did not oblige them to identify themselves as male or female.

In countries like Germany, Austria, Malta, Argentina, India or Nepal This is possible. In fact, in Andrea's German passport, there is an X, but she couldn't register like that in Spain.

But neither Andreas nor his lawyer were satisfied. Thus began a legal battle that has reached the Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia that has given them the reason: Spain You have to recognize the documentation of the country of origin. He TSJA It has taken four years to issue a final sentence that establishes a European precedent.

"Indeterminate gender", a pioneer sentence in Europe

The European Commission rewards Catalonia for its LGTBI+ diversity policies

The Xarxa SAI LGBTI of Catalonia receives the silver award in the special category of promotion of LGTBI+ inclusion and diversity, the municipalities of Terrassa (Barcelona) and La Zarza (Badajoz) have won the European Capital Award for Inclusion and Diversity 2023

La European Commission has distinguished al Government of the Generalitat with the European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award for his policies in favor of equality of LGTBI+ people.

Specifically, it has taken silver award for the special category of promotion of LGTBI+ inclusion and diversity and has received special recognition for his LGTBI+ comprehensive care service network (Xarxa SAI LGBTI), born in 2017, and created to offer local care to the LGBTI community.

The Spanish municipalities of terrace (Barcelona) and Zarza (Badajoz) have won the European Capital Award for Inclusion and Diversity 2023, which recognizes the work carried out by cities, towns or regions of Europe to promote inclusion and create societies free of discrimination. In this year's call, there were 74 projects of all the European Union, of which twenty were finalists.

At the opening of the awards ceremony, held this Thursday in Brussels, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, recalled -in a recorded video- that in the last three years Brussels has promoted initiatives for equal rights in the European Union (EU), against racism and to promote the rights of minorities, people LGTBI + and people with disabilities.

Xarxa SAI LGBTI of Catalonia

The European Commission rewards Catalonia for its LGTBI+ inclusion policiesEl European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award for his policies in favor of the equality of people LGTBI + has recognized the Xarxa SAI LGBTI. This network Created in 2017, and with 114 services distributed throughout Catalonia, provides information on the rights of individuals LGTBI +, guidance for job placement, support in gender transition processes, referral to health services, and accompaniment to victims of discrimination or aggression, also when this discrimination or aggression occurs from institutions.

La Minister of Equality and Feminism, Tania Verge, has received the award, along with Xavier Flores, in a ceremony was chaired by the Equality Commissioner, Helena Dalli, the Vice President of the European Commission, Vera Jourova, and the representative of the Committee of the Regions, Kate Feeney.

Xavier Florensa, General Director of LGTBI+ Public Policies of the Generalitat de Catalunya has stated that «The Government of the Generalitat values ​​very positively that the European Commission has recognized the work done on policy LGBTI +, And especially Xarxa SAIa pioneering and unique initiative in Europe«. "We are very happy with the award. Equality and Diversity Award, which is a recognition of the work carried out in terms of policies LGTBI + from the Government of the Generalitat». Undoubtedly a success for all entities and the entire team LGTBI + with Mireia Mata Solsona y Lluïsa Jiménez Gum They started building the network from scratch.

The European Commission rewards Catalonia for its LGTBI+ inclusion policies

Terrassa intersectional strategy

terrace has received the first award in the category of local authorities from more than 50.000 inhabitants for its strong intersectional and transversal strategy around inclusion and diversity in all its policies and departments.

When collecting the prize, the deputy mayor of Terrassa, Lluïsa Melgares, recalled that this city was the first municipality in Spain in launching a department focused on gender and feminist policies, and asked not to be "a single anecdote on the map» and that diversity and inclusion policies are multiplied.

» For Terrassa, it is a satisfaction and a pride as a city to have received this recognition from the European Commission and to be a benchmark city in the promotion of inclusion and diversity. From the City Council we have been working transversally for years with the complicity of municipal services and hand in hand with the entities and people of our city to implement a strategy that allows us to incorporate intersectionality in each axis of discrimination«.

In addition, Melgares has considered that «It is a pleasure to share our experiences and projects with the rest of the cities and entities in Europe, based on shared values ​​for a more social, more sustainable and more inclusive Europe, in accordance with the principles of the European pillar of social rights and committed with the United Nations 2030 Agenda.

La Zarza, prize for less than 4.000 inhabitants

For its part, Zarza, a town in Extremadura less than 4.000 inhabitants, has won the first prize in the category of local authorities of less than 50.000 inhabitants for his initiatives around communication, employment and accessibility.

«En Zarza the only thing we have done is launch a shared project and do politics, but politics with a capital letter, that is, transform people's lives and try to achieve the greatest of rights, which is to be happy"said its mayor, Francisco Jose Farrona, at the awards ceremony.

Fine Hazte Oír for the transphobic bus

The Generalitat de Catalunya fines the ultra group Hazte Oír with 20.000 euros for its transphobic bus

La Generalitat de Catalunya has fined with $20.000 to the platform ultra-Catholic and extreme right Make yourself heard to walk the streets of Barcelona with its transphobic bus. Bill Govern considers that the organization attacked in this way"against the dignity of trans and non-binary people«.

Last November, an orange vehicle with messages like "the children do not exist»Or«#StopTransLey» circulated through the center of the Barcelona. The Catalan Executive considers that Make yourself heard committed a «Serious offense» for your messages «discriminatory» and decided to open a disciplinary file against the collective.

The Mossos d'Esquadra immobilized at the time the controversial bus, created to tour the main Spanish cities with the excuse of protesting against the trans law. It is not the first time that the ultra group has mobilized against social advances. In 2017, a similar vehicle with homophobic comments crossed some of the country's capitals.

"Hate speech has no place in Catalonia"

Fine Hazte Oír for the transphobic busThis Tuesday, the Catalan Office for Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination has communicated its decision to sanction with $20.000 to the organization for considering that the supposed act of protest was aimed at "create a discriminatory climate or rejection» towards the trans collective.

The resolution prohibits the far-right group from receiving public aid or subsidies from any Catalan administration for the next five months. In addition, you will not be able to access public contracts during the time that the penalties last.

This is the second fine that Generalitat interposes against Make yourself heard, after the first one was annulled by Justice. According to the government spokesperson, Patricia Plaja, the bus "undermines” the dignity of trans people and is an attack on the right to gender identity. The Executive wanted to send a firm message against the ultra entity: “Hate speech has no place in Catalonia".

Fine Hazte Oír for the transphobic bus

 

 

On Lesbian Visibility Day, let's kiss more!

Lesbian Visibility Day, let's celebrate that we have each other and let's kiss more

April 26 is a day to claim that lesbians exist and are visible. But the fight for equal rights and opportunities for lesbians is daily. Those of us who suffer discrimination know that the difference is expensive, that the pen is punished and that real equality is still far away. Meanwhile, let's celebrate that we have each other and kiss more.

Elon Musk removes protection policies for trans people from Twitter

The latest version of the Twitter rules no longer includes the prohibition of referring to a user by their previous name or wrong pronouns

The latest update of the policy of use of Twitter has eliminated the rules that prevented practicing "deadnaming”, as the practice of mentioning a user is known tranny by his former name. that policy, approved in 2018, made it possible to delete messages that abused trans users in this way, so that five years later, the network may be a less safe place for them.

This is the latest change to the terms of use of the platform, transformed since its acquisition by Elon Musk. The mogul has advocated in the past to remove previous restrictions on behalf of the freedom of expression, even if that means removing the protections that users used to enjoy. The last modification, above all, draws special attention for covertly attacking one of its daughters.

It is curious that the businessman has changed a policy that allowed reporting messages that violate gender identity, when his daughter vivian jenna wilson (18) is a transgender person. It is not surprising that she does not want to have any relationship with her father and has disowned him.

A discreet change that facilitates the harassment of trans users

Elon Musk removes protection policies for trans people from Twitter

"The decision Twitter to quietly reverse its old policy is the latest example of how unsafe the company is for both users and advertisers”, he stated in a statement Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of advocacy group GLAAD, the world organization for LGTBI rights.

Ellis added that the policy change Twitter takes you away from other platforms like TikTok, Pinterest or Meta, who maintain policies “to protect its transgender users at a time when online rhetoric against this group is leading to real-world discrimination and violence".

The previous policy of Twitter prohibited other users from attacking with “repeated slurs, tropes, or other content that is intended to dehumanize, demean, or reinforce negative or harmful stereotypes about a protected category”. But, after removing a line that specifically alluded to "misgendering or deadnaming”, the company of Musk has left trans users unprotected.

Twitter has taken a step back as far as security for trans users is concerned and is on par with platforms such as Instagram, Facebook or YouTube They also lack this type of security measures.

Elon Musk removes protection policies for trans people from Twitter

MrBeast defends his friend Chris Tyson after defining himself as non-binary

The transition of one of the collaborators of the youtuber MrBeast has created a wave of transphobic comments

MrBeast is youtuber more followed by the internet, has defended his friend chris tyson of the attacks of Transphobia that he has suffered after defining himself as non-binary. On April 6, the collaborator of MrBeast explained in Twitter who has been on hormone replacement therapy for two months and who defined himself as non binary.

The messages transphobes were not long in coming, especially after many discovered that Chris had been married and had a young son. Since then, the discourse that trans people are dangerous for children has not stopped being repeated in a country where the anti-trans law.

MrBeast:  "All your transphobia is making me sick"

 "This is getting more and more absurd", wrote MrBeast:  "Chris is not a 'nightmare', he is my friend and everything is perfect”.  "All your transphobia is making me sick", has concluded, trying with his words to make the haters stop and reflect on the nonsense they have written in recent days on the internet.

Moreover, Chris He has continued to defend himself on his account Twitter where he has assured that he will not allow statements such as  "He has abandoned his son." “He is my only priority and I am doing it for him. If this confuses you, educate yourselves. If he angers you, go away ”, has said.

Despite the criticism, there have been many signs of support that he has received chris tyson. El Rubius, who made his bisexuality public some time ago, has also wanted to manifest publicly:  "There are people who are throwing shit at Chris (from the MrBeast videos) for going trans. What the hell is wrong with people getting so upset about what someone else does with their fucking life? Live and let live".

Tyson He has been part of the team for a long time. MrBeast. In addition to being featured helping out on some of the funniest posts, he is also the host of his own channel, Beast Reacts, where he comments on videos of YouTube with MrBeast.

He has not hesitated to recall that the  "rights of trans people are human rights” on their social networks and declare over and over again that their presence is not a risk to young children.

 "Just let people make informed decisions about their own bodies.", has asked, remembering that it is  "a great father." of a little boy who is delighted that he is  "better and happier."

Are Dulceida and Alba back?

All the indications indicate that Dulceida and Alba Paul could have returned

The separation of Dulceida and Alba Paul It was one of the most famous in the world an influencer. The couple decided to put an end to their relationship in October 2021, after they had gone through a great sentimental crisis.

They began their relationship in the year 2014. when the two met at a clothing store event. There love arose and two years later they starred in one of the wedding most anticipated and commented on social networks. After that, their distance grew bigger and bigger, until they announced the confirmation of their breakup with some emotional messages on their Facebook profiles. Instagram.

Dulceida: "She is the love of my life"

Neither of them came to explain what was the reason for their separation, but from what we have been seeing on the networks they have continued to maintain a more than cordial relationship as confirmed Dulceida en Calleja Planet.

In the program he was honest: “He is the love of my life and I think I am his. Now we have a very good relationship.". Jesús Calleja made Aida open her heart to talk about her personal life and even asked her to send him a message. “That I love her"Said Aida, who revealed that he had been talking to her that day: “Today I have told her a little about the experience, I am talking a little about the trip with her”.

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Are Dulceida and Alba back?Another proof is that Dulceida has appeared in several stories with a red and black jacket, very characteristic. The same one that appeared in stories of Alba Paul put on a chair. Alba went up a TikTok with the song Tiny's Cupid, which talks about couples that no longer work. A video to which a follower commented “come back" y Alba Paul he liked it.

Also Alba also uploaded a storie with Madame de Rosa having dinner in a place Madrid, in which shortly after was also found Dulceida. The tiktokers He also said that they have seen the two together in the snow this past eastern. Each one was in a different house but her information assured her that they could have been one night together.

"My heart is very well and very happy"

In a recent interview with Nil Ojeda, Dulceida He assured that he was in a good moment. “My heart is very well and very happy", declared. “What is clear is that if the heart of Aida He is very pleased and very happy and with that smile of love if it belonged to another person he would not spend so much time with his ex and these hints ", said the tiktoker.

They have also been seen kissing on a friend's birthday and also going shopping together.

We don't know what will happen, but what we do know is that there is still a very special relationship between them, that only time will tell if they will be able to give themselves a second chance.

Are Dulceida and Alba back?

 

Two men rape a young man in a storage room in Lleida

Investigators have already identified one of the perpetrators of the sexual assault in a storage room in Lleida

The Mossos d'Esquadra They have opened an investigation after a boy reported having been raped by two men last morning April 14 in Lleida. The victim met the alleged attackers at the doors of a nightclub on the street Riu Essera, and they made him go to a nearby storage room, where they forced him to have sexual relations and give them fellatio.

In his statement, the victim explained that while they were talking outside the nightclub, the alleged attackers made him leave the premises against his will, and took him to a nearby building. They made him enter the storage room of the house and, once inside, between the two of them they forced him to perform fellatio on them.

In the complaint, he also specified that, before leaving him, the two men stole the money he had on him.

The young man denounced the same day of the attack

The young man went to the police station Mossos d'Esquadra the same night of the events, and gave a statement about what happened. The Investigation Unit of the Mossos d'Esquadra has taken over the case and has opened an investigation that is still ongoing.

Between Monday and Tuesday, they questioned several people who could be involved in the alleged attack, and took their statements. In addition, one of the men has already been identified, although his whereabouts are unknown and at this point there is no record of any arrests. Catalan police continue to search for the second man accused of raping the young man over the weekend.

Two men rape a young man in a storage room in Lleida

Homophobic attack in the middle of Times Square

One of the victims of the brutal homophobic beating in Times Square required maxillofacial surgery

Una gay couple suffered a homophobic attack in full Times Square (New York) as the crowd watched and did nothing to stop him. The events occurred last Saturday. April 8 around half past ten at night. The couple was rebuked by four men who began to insult them for holding hands.

The attackers pushed them and told them that they had to leave. One of the victims took out his mobile phone and started recording the attack. The video has been used for the subsequent lawsuit that they have filed. According to the police of New York the attackers fled the scene and are currently not located. There are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing.

The victims were transported to the Mount Sinai Hospital and one of the victims required maxillofacial surgery. Both were frightened by the attack suffered.

nobody did anything

Homophobic attack in the middle of Times SquareDespite the large crowd that was in Times Square at the time of the attack, the couple claims that no one tried to help them. The assault has left the two men fearful, and they requested anonymity from the media to avoid retaliation from their attackers.

They asked the police to investigate the attack as a hate crime as the couple has stated that some of the insults focused on their sexual orientation.

The attack on Times Square was just the latest in a series of anti-gay incidents in New York. Raphael Ribot, 44, was beaten and stabbed by a group of people shouting anti-gay slurs on Wednesday night April 5. He said two strangers stopped the attack and saved his life by applying a tourniquet to what he described as "a large puncture wound, four inches deep" In your leg.

Viktor Orbán targets gay families

The far-right Viktor Orbán, a Vox partner in the EU, approves a law in Hungary that favors anonymous complaints against homosexual families

Hungary goes one step further to limit the rights of homosexual couples in the country. This week, the hungarian parliament has passed a law that allows any citizen anonymously report same-sex couples who have dependent children. This new norm follows the conservative ideals promoted by the Government of Viktor Orbán, which are located far from the community LGTBI with the excuse of protecting the rights of children.

The text, endorsed this week by the deputies, authorizes citizens to alert the authorities of those behaviors that allegedly violate "the role of marriage and the family recognized in the Constitution» and that do not take into account the rights of children to identify themselves «with birth sex«.

La Constitution specifies that marriage is a union"between a man and a woman» and adds that «the mother is a woman and the father is a man«, which implies prohibiting by law any model of adoption or fostering by homosexual couples.

limitation of rights

Viktor Orbán targets gay families

It is not the only measure taken by the Orbán government to restrict the rights of the community in the country. It has also taken measures to limit content or allusions to the community LGTBI in schools, arguing that it is up to families to decide the education of their children. However, his policies have raised doubts among organizations defending rights. Human rightsas well as in the European Commission.

The policies established by the country are in the spotlight of the international community. The Community Executive has led Hungary before him Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) by the controversial law against pedophilia and child protection, under the premise that it is discriminatory and violates the rights of the collective LGTBI.

 

Viktor Orbán targets gay families

 

Filibusterism against the anti-trans law in the United States

A United States senator has been speaking for seven weeks to block an anti-trans law

for almost two months machaela cavanagh has paralyzed the parliamentary activity of the state of Nebraska, in the United States using the practice of filibuster. It is a legal resource to obstruct the treatment of a law, in this case the senator of the Democratic Party has monopolized the word in sessions of up to 12 hours to avoid a law against the trans community.

«I will continue to do everything I can for our children. Whatever happens today, I will continue to fight. I'm sorry there's nothing more I can do about it, I'm doing my best“Said the legislator on April 14 on the podium.

Filibuster

The Nebraska Republicans They introduced the bill in January. Reform forbids care for all minors under 19 years of age in terms of gender identity and penalizes doctors that they take care of them

cavanaugh she has blocked all bills from being considered in this state legislature and is the first female legislator to do so. Nebraska it has a chamber of 49 senators, of whom 32 are Republicans and 17 are Democrats. A law is approved by a simple majority, but an act of filibustering requires 33 votes, one more than the Republicans have, which has allowed the parliamentary blockade of cavanaugh.

legislate hate

«I'll talk about all I want"said the state senator. So her speech is not only about the trans issue, but also about her family and the animated movies her children watch. Anything necessary to obstruct the anti-trans law.

«This bill does not come from a place to uplift a specific community, but rather to try to eradicate its existence.", he claimed cavanaugh. "And all I can think is that this is a very hateful way to do public policy. So, to be concise, that's legislating hate."He added.

The legislator estimated thatthey are choosing to prioritize legislating hate over the economic well-being of the state«. "ANDThat is a choice that you are making. They have the power and ability to discuss bills that will move our economy forward, addressing child care subsidies, food insecurity, and education«, Denounced cavanaugh.

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So far in 2023, there have been 136 bills in state legislatures to prohibit or limit care for minors in matters of gender identity. A total of 13 states have enacted laws banning medication and surgical care for trans youth. In addition to Nebraska, the states of Arizona, Texas, and Missouri they have restricted the care of trans youth without making those limitations law.

Anti-trans filibustering in the United States

Meet Lux Pascal, the actress and trans sister of Pedro Pascal

Lux Pascal champions non-binary identities and trans activism

Lux Pascal She is 28 years old, she is a Chilean actress recognized for her roles in "The pack" Y "Los 80. In addition, she is the actor's sister Peter Pascal, protagonist of «"The Last of Us". In the magazine Ya Luxury He talked about how his transition has been and what process of hormonal treatment he has received in recent months to become what he really always felt was his authentic way of being.

«My sister, my heart, our Lux", wrote Pedro Pascal, supporting his little sister with all his love. She confesses in that same interview that "his transition has been something very natural»for her entire family and that since she was little everything was clear to her that sooner or later she would take the big step. In addition, in that same meeting, she explained that her life dream is the same as her brother's: to become a movie star. For this reason, she now dedicates herself to studying interpretation in New York.

About Pedro Pascal He said the following: "He is also an artist and has served as a guide for me. He has been one of the first people to give me the tools to shape my identity«. When she decided to make her transsexuality official, the first thing she did was call him, she knew she would find unconditional support.

trans activism

Meet Lux Pascal, the actress and trans sister of Pedro PascalLuxury narrates that although it is "easier” move in the world since he adopted the feminine gender, he still defends the nonbinary identities which, according to her, deserve "a space in society”. In addition, it underlines the importance of trans activism"We need trans activists who are good, smart, informed, and role models to speak out against transphobia, homophobia, and racism.".

Lux is the youngest of the doctor's four children. Jose Balmaceda and the psychiatrist Veronica Pascal, who died in the year 2000. Supporters of the government of the socialist president Salvador Allende, they had to leave Chile during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochetshortly after the birth of Pedro. After receiving a first political asylum in Denmark, finally settled in California, where they were born Lux and Nicholas, the third child in the family. They both returned to Chile with his parents in the mid-XNUMXs and grew up there.

Meet Lux Pascal, the actress and trans sister of Pedro Pascal

Vox appeals the Trans Law

Vox has filed an appeal for unconstitutionality against the Trans Law because it considers it to be "abhorrent" and "unprotects" women

Vox has presented this Wednesday at the Constitutional Court a resource against the entire Trans Law. The challenge, signed by the parliamentary group, maintains that the aforementioned norm raises numerous reasons for unconstitutionality and what with her "freedom of expression, ideological freedom and even freedom of business are limited in an unbearable way in our rule of law”. This initiative of Vox It represents the appeal number 47 that he presents in the current legislature against all kinds of laws promoted by the Government and approved by the Parliament.

The appeal disputes that the Law for the real and effective equality of trans people and for the guarantee of the rights of LGTBI people allow the decision of the minor from 12 to 16 years old “without permission or advice from their parents (nor from a medical report and advice) in a matter of such importance as the removal or modification of the genital apparatus”; and he adds that with this not only "prevents parents from exercising their right and duty to guide, advise and accompany their minor children, but also their right to receive that help and assistance”. This is, however, a matter not contemplated in the law, which only talks about the administrative procedures to change the sex and name box in the Civil Registry and does not extend to the health field.

Vox Resource

Vox estimates that the law supposes “the absolute interference of the State in spheres that should remain strictly personal”, because it suggests that the refusal of the parents “to assume uncritically the vision of their children is considered as an indication of risk for the minor”. The challenge is also based on the consideration that "It is not for teachers, editors, or the Administration to determine, but rather for parents (...) the incorporation of materials on LGTBI sexual orientation in school material".

Self determination

Vox appeals to the Constitutional Court the Trans LawThe ultra-right also considers the content of article 44.3 of the law particularly serious, since “allows any person to request a registry change of their sex without having to prove anything in this regard, except their mere willingness to do so". Vox considers that this violates the principle of legal certainty, with consequences such as those of "a surprising increase in requests to change the registered sex, among others, in the prison population”. So far, officially, it consists a request to the management of a penitentiary center by an inmate, in Asturias.

Vox considers that the new legislation infringes “the principle of legal security and criminal legality, the right to equality, freedom of thought or ideology, academic freedom" And the expression freedom, "as an institutional guarantee of other rights".

The PP will resort to the Constitutional the 'trans law' to the slipstream of Vox

El PP will also appeal the Trans Law of the Government in the Constitutional Court. The party's legal services are currently drafting the appeal, which they will make public when it is completely ready. The match of Alberto Nunez Feijoo has been very critical of this rule, which together with the law of 'only yes is yes'', constitute the main flags of the Ministry of Equality directed Irene Montero.

In December, with the first approval of the law in Congress (later it went to the Senate and in February it returned to the Lower House for its final green light) the main conservative leaders already launched very harsh reproaches, assuring that they saw "unconstitutional” various issues included in the standard that recognizes the gender self-determination for the first time in Spain.

Vox appeals to the Constitutional Court the Trans Law

Carla Antonelli signs for Más Madrid

The activist Carla Antonelli is number five on the Más Madrid list

The former deputy of PSOE Carla Antonelli has joined More Madrid to concur in the lists to the Assembly of the elections of the next 28-M. This is a renowned signing that will accompany the candidate Monica Garcia for the regional elections after the activist LGTBIQ + left the socialist group a few months ago due to differences in the party with the Trans Law and his confrontation with Carmen Calvo.

Antonelli abandoned the PSOE in october 2022 as a protest against the party's position regarding the trans law, which was definitively approved in the Congress in February. Then he cited as a reason for his decision "the deep disappointment and emptiness with the procedure in the comprehensive trans and LGTBIQ+ law".

«I am where they love me, where they respect me and where they also welcome you with open arms.", has declared Antonelli from the Chueca Square, accompanied by García and for number four on the municipal list of Más Madrid, Eduardo Fernandez Rubino.

Desired by the left parties

Carla Antonelli signs for Más MadridThe return of Antonelli to the regional Assembly, where she was already a socialist deputy between 2011 and 2021, comes after long months of courtship by all left-wing formations.

The own García He has confirmed it this Tuesday in his account Twitter where he welcomed him, assuring that "It is a pleasure" count on her, "always all the fighters, with an eye on the future and who work for a Madrid diverse, free and happy", He has written.

On April 2, he attended the presentation of the vice president Yolanda Diaz (Add) as a candidate for the presidency of the Government of Spain (“It's time for a woman president”, he said then). And now he makes official the signing of him as a member of the team of García, which in the elections to be held in May faces the revalidation exam of the results of 2021.

Antonelli She was the first trans person to hold a parliamentary position (Madrid Assembly, 2011-2021) and, so far, the only one. Now, if the forecasts of the surveys are met, she will return to the Parliament region by the hand of More Madrid.

Carla Antonelli signs for Más Madrid

Homophobic aggression during the Nazarene procession in Bilbao

During the procession of the Nazarene in Bilbao, two men have been arrested after insulting and threatening a couple of boys in Bilbao

A couple of boys was attacked by two men during the procession of the Nazarene last Monday as he passed through the neighborhood of San Francisco Bilbao. The Municipal Police have arrested the aggressors reported for threats and insults, aggravated by hate crime, as confirmed by sources from the Bilbao City Council.

The asociación Bilbao Bizkaia HARRO, dedicated to recognizing and spreading the struggle of the movement LGTBIQ +, has issued a statement in which it expresses its firm and resounding condemnation of the aggression suffered by the couple and states "at the disposal of the person attacked all the resources at our disposal that may need help, support and accompaniment in this situation«.

Hate crime

Homophobic aggression during the Nazarene procession in Bilbao

In addition, it asks the institutions to pronounce themselves on what happened. «This is a matter of human rights and there is no other position. In the face of aggression, silence is not worth it. We ask that they promote, together with the associations, mobilization protocols in cases of LGBTIphobia while reinforcing policies aimed at prevention and action in the face of aggressions«.

Finally, the association urges the prosecutor's office "to act in the face of this aggression, which is a clear hate crime based on sexual orientation."

Homophobic aggression during the Nazarene procession in Bilbao

 

The fight of a 100-year-old woman against the censorship of LGTBIQ+ books in Florida

The fight of a 100-year-old woman against LGTBI book censorship in Florida: "It's what the Nazis did"

Grace Linn, a 100-year-old female widow of a veteran who died during the World War II, has compared the regulations of Ron De Santis with the Nazi book burning. linn attended the meeting of Martin County School Board to protest against this new regulation in Florida that censors gender discourse and critical race theory in the classroom.

"I am 100 years old and I taught some computer skills to the older students in a high school", Points out City in a speech in which he criticized the policy of banning DeSantis. "My husband, Robert Nichols, was killed in World War II at just 26 years old, defending our democracy, constitution and freedoms. One of the freedoms that the Nazis massacred was to read books, which they banned and burned.".

receding freedom

The fight of a 100-year-old woman against the censorship of LGTBIQ+ books in Florida"The freedom to read, which is protected by the First Amendment, is an essential right and duty of our democracy. However, it is being attacked by public and private groups who think they have the truth. In response to this, last year I made this quilt”, Linn pointed out while a man showed the cloth sewn with different book titles. “I have made it to remind all of us that these few of the many books that are being banned have to be protected and read by whoever chooses.”. The quilt, the woman explained, appeared on national television as part of a campaign against the book ban.

"Burning books and banning books is the same. Both things are done for the same reason: fear of knowledge. Fear is not freedom, it is control. My husband died as the father of freedom. I am a mother of freedom. Banned books should be proudly displayed and protected from school boards like this”, He said.

Fines up to $5.000

Under the law that censors books, all school materials must be authorized in advance by a “expert”. Otherwise, teachers who break the law could face fines of up to U.S. dollar 5.000 or even jail terms of up to five years. Since it was approved, several classrooms have emptied their shelves, as can be seen in some publications that parents and teachers have shared on social networks.

the republican governor Ron De Santis is establishing itself as an institutional champion of the American neoconservatism. This kind of parental pin that censors certain titles in schools is part of a series of laws that violate the rights of minorities. Some measures against what he and the groups conservative and ultra-catholic call the thought Woke (which could be translated as 'progress'). DeSantis It also proposes further restrictions on abortion, attacks on freedom of the press or permission to carry weapons without licenses. He has not yet announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican primary, but it is an open secret that could overshadow Donald Trump.

ILGA World launches a global LGBTIQ+ database

ILGA World launches its Database with key data on the human rights situation of people LGBTIQ + Worldwide

La International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World) has launched a free and interactive database to access up-to-date information on sexual diversity around the world: legislation, advances and setbacks, opportunities for activists and news focused on human rights LGBTIQ +.

“We have made this database for facilitate access to information. The intention is to bring it closer to activists, journalists, academics, to people who are working for the cause in different fields, to reduce the total time it takes to systematize that information”, declared Lucas Ramón Mendos, Research coordinator and project manager for the database of ILGA World.

“A powerful source of information for activism"

Among the objectives of the base is also to expedite action and that, based on the accessibility of the data, people can not only access systematized and current information, but also use that time in “strategize, achieve more analytical work, see trends”added Mendos.

The base will also be very useful for the production and news analysis, and for research, it is a valuable tool for activism. “Organizations in the territories often have only scant resources to keep up with global developments,” he said. Julia Ehrt, Executive Director of ILGA World. "At the base you can find information that you can use in your activism or campaigns. It is a powerful source of information in your hands”.

A worldwide database

ILGA World launches a global LGBTIQ+ databaseThe information can be filtered into 18 legal categories and more than 100 topics and can be viewed on interactive maps. Every state and jurisdiction in the world has its own profile with laws, upcoming activism opportunities for human rights defenders and a selection of the latest news. LGBTIQ +.
Allows you to follow the evolution of all the human rights bodies of the ONU, monitor deadlines for engaging with them, and integrate any input into research or policy papers.

"Without data, states can deny the existence of LGBTI+ people or downplay how violence affects us. We often say that the data speaks for itself but first we have to find it in order to say something. Myths can go a long way without real data to counter them.", he pointed Daniele Paletta, ILGA World Communications Manager.

“This data speaks volumes and provides the world with missing evidence of how lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex people continue to be displaced in many walks of life,” said Luz Elena Aranda and Tuisina Ymania Brown, Co-Secretaries generals of ILGA World. And they highlighted that with them you can advocate for programs and services to make the world a better place for our communities. LGBTIQ +".

International Day of Transgender Visibility: dismantling hoaxes

We dismantle one by one the main hoaxes about the Trans Law

El Winners will be announced in March the world is celebrated International Day of Trans Visibility, which aims to make visible the discrimination suffered by trans people. The anniversary was created in 2009 by the trans activist Rachel Crandall as a reaction to the lack of visibility of trans people to raise awareness.

According to Amnesty International, from 2008 to 2021, at least 4.042 trans people They were victims of hate crimes. At the work level, the European Agency for Fundamental Rights points out that 1 in 3 trans people in Europe She has felt discriminated against when looking for work. In addition, trans people face institutional discrimination. Today, 28 countries Europeans demand a mental health diagnosis for legal gender recognition.

Spain It has been the tenth European country to approve a trans law that includes the gender self-determination. With her, anyone over the age of 16 can change her sex in the Civil Registry, those over 14 years of age need parental authorization, and those over 12 years of age, a judicial one. After their approval the hate speech against trans people and hoaxes They have not stopped circulating.

Neither the legal sex can be changed by going to a civil registry for a single day nor does the trans law touch on aspects related to sport. These are the hoaxes frequent about the trans collective:

Changing legal sex for “benefits”

A user of Twitter encouraged cis men to change their registry sex to benefit from “all tax reductions, exemptions, grants and fees” because, according to him, “Spain is one of the countries in the world that discriminates against men the most”. In these situations, people who try to circumvent the purpose of a rule "could commit a law fraud”, which would mean that the act that has been committed fraudulently is annulled.

Change legal sex in one day

It is not possible to go to a civil registry one day and leave with the legal sex changed in the birth registration that same day. The system contemplated by the norm obliges to appear even in two occasions to ratify the decision. From the application to the second appearance, they can spend up to three months maximum. And from the second appearance until the person in charge of the Civil Registry resolve the request there is a period of up to one month.

Genital modification of 'mature' minors from 12 to 16 years old

International Day of Transgender Visibility: dismantling hoaxesStrictly speaking, what has been approved in this law is that the intersex minors can modify their genitals when, “because of his age and maturity”, can “consent in an informed manner to the performance of such practices” and so request. The law establishes that intersex minors between the ages of 12 and 16 can undergo genital modification if they request it and are sufficiently mature. In fact, the law prohibits genital mutilation of intersex babies. To affirm that “the trans law approves the genital modification of 'mature' children from 12 to 16 years old” is misleading, since this measure is directed at the intersex collective and not at the trans collective.

Hoaxes in sports competitions

Many hoaxes and misinformation on transgender people focus on their participation in sports competitions. For example, one of them is based on a video of a Brazilian jiu-jitsu match between two female fighters. Some users claimed that one of the female fighters was actually a "man" who claimed to be trans woman. The objective was to criticize the participation of trans women in sports competitions as a result of the approval of the trans law. However, those who participated in this fight were two cis women.

International Day of Transgender Visibility: dismantling hoaxes

Nearly 70% of LGTBI people in Palma have suffered discrimination

In the case of the Trans collective, 70% of women do not have a job, which is 40 points more than the rest of the population

El Present in several = 69,6% of LGTBI people from Palma de Mallorca They have suffered discrimination because of their sexual condition. This percentage increases until it reaches Present in several = 81,81% in the case of trans people. These are the main conclusions of a study carried out by the entity Ben Amics, with financial support from Palma City Council in which they have participated 280 people of the collective

jan gomez, VP Ben Amics, has stated that it is aware of the study limitations, since it has been able to leave out the elderly and that the majority of those who have responded to the survey are young and educated. Despite this, he has considered that it is «of a representative sample of the opinion and situation of the collective in our city» which, in addition, has the advantage of. be the first study or diagnosis that is made of Palma de Mallorca.

The results of the study have put on the table «alarming data» since it is found that the 70% LGTBI people claim to have suffered discrimination at some point in their lives due to their condition and, furthermore, in 50% of cases they have suffered it in Palma de Mallorca.

Discrimination

Nearly 70% of LGTBI people in Palma have suffered discriminationIt is also revealed that 20% of the trans people they stop carrying out bureaucratic procedures, such as renewing the registration, the citizen card or the intermodal card, because they do not have to suffer discrimination due to the lack of sensitivity or training on the part of certain public officials and due to the inadequacy of the administrative forms that often do not recognize the different types of family for gender determination.

Furthermore, 52,8% state that they have suffered bullying. At the labor level, a third of Trans women are without work.

The diagnosis also reveals that very few complaints are filed regarding situations of violence and discrimination that they suffer (barely a Present in several = 10%), since many of them occur in close environments, work and even family. In this regard, it has considered that the reception area for people LGTBI mistreated can be a boost to change this situation.

Future LGTBI Center

One of the conclusions of the initiative highlights the lack of Palma de Mallorca of places for socialization and has announced that it hopes that before the end of this mandate, its department will have approved the bases for the management of the future LGTBI Center that will be installed in flassaders which, in principle, will be open to the entire population and will serve, among other things, as a meeting place for the elderly in the group.

Nearly 70% of LGTBI people in Palma have suffered discrimination

Madonna defends drag queens

Madonna adds Nashville to her tour in protest of new anti-drug laws drag queens

Madonna has decided to add one more date to his tour The Celebration Tour en Nashville, Tennessee to raise funds for organizations that defend the rights of trans people. The choice is not accidental, on the contrary. He does it to denounce the new legislation approved on March 3 that restricts the actions of drag queens in public spaces and in places where they can be seen by minors.

"The oppression of the collective LGTBIQ + is not only unacceptable and inhumane, but it is creating an unsafe environment and making United States a dangerous place for our most vulnerable citizens, especially black trans women”, wrote the queen of pop in her account Instagram, with almost 19 million followers. A portion of the proceeds from the concert will go to organizations that defend women's rights. trans people.

Madonna defends drag queensThe artist described as “pathetic" and of "unfounded” this new law that will enter into force on July 1 and assured that he will dedicate his presentation in the city of Nashville, next December 22, to celebrate "the beauty of the queer community".

Tennessee restricts shows drag

The new Tennessee law defines drag queen numbers as “cabaret for adults”, and equates them to performances by strippers and topless dancers, and extends to these shows the same regulations that prohibit their performance in public spaces or in the presence of adolescents.

The first time this law, passed by the Republican governor of Tennessee Bill Lee shall be considered a misdemeanor, with a penalty of up to U.S. dollar 2.500 or imprisonment for one year. A second violation would be considered a crime, with more serious penalties, so much so that it could mean six years in jail.

Madonna defends drag queens