Going backstage with Linn da Quebrada
Linn da Quebrada is a Brazilian actor, singer, composer and transsexual activist who uses São Paulo rap, Rio funk and pop.
Video: Dazed, August...
Argentina, we dance
Argentina’s strict lockdown measures have seen an outpouring of solidarity for queer tango in Buenos Aires. Edgardo Fernández Sesma, LGBTQI+ activist and queer tango teacher holds tango classes using none of the heteronormative gender dynamics traditionally assumed by ‘male’ and ‘female’ dancers.
The life of Brazil’s Marielle Franco
Marielle Franco was a rising political star in Brazil: she was an activist, the only Black woman to serve on Rio de Janeiro’s...
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...
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 ...
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