Honduras: Las Hormigas in action against femicide in Intibucá.
The streets witnessed demonstrations against violence against women in Honduras. In La Esperanza, Intibucá, the feminist organization Las Hormigas celebrated this day in the...
Chile: Challenging broadcasting laws to defend community radio
Chile's broadcasting laws criminalise broadcasting without a licence. For six years Radio Aukan has been unable to get a broadcasting licence.
Radio Aukan is a...
Ellen Page confronts Jair Bolsonaro about homophobia, in Rio de Janeiro
In 2016, when he was still just a Congressman, Jair Bolsonaro was interviewed by US actor Ellen Page (star of Juno). Bolsonaro says he...
Marielle and Monica: the LGBT activists resisting Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Marielle Franco, Brazilian LGBT and human rights activist, was killed in March 2018. Her widow, Monica Benicio, continued her fight for better ...
Milongueros Edgardo Sesma y Esteban Mioni at the Queer Tango Festival...
Edgardo Fernández Sesma and Esteban Mioni dance, alternating and mixing up roles without changing their hold. They are dancing a typically Milonguero tango ("Farewell...
Gay Rights in Latin America
A round-up from May 2015 of the legal position in different Latin American countries and in the US.
Video: Global Journalist
Stephen Fry interviews Jair Bolsonaro
British actor, writer, comedian and gay rights activist interviews Brazilian Congressman Jair Bolsonaro in 2014 to try to find out why he opposes legislation...
The gay rights movement has swept Latin America
Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have legalised same-sex marriage. What explains the advance of gay rights in Latin America, and how far will ...
Honduras: Yorleni’s story
Yorleni is one of the women who has benefited from the Legal Advice Centre run by Las Hormigas ('The Ants'), the Intibuca Women's Organization....
El Salvador: from miscarriage to murder
Abortion law in El Salvador recognises no distinction between intentional abortion and unintentional miscarriage, applying jail sentences to both. SBS Dateline investigates...