by admin_HRWF | Aug 25, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
In Mexico, LGBT+ people often are subjected to conversion therapy aimed at trying to change their sexual orientation or gender identity, but now lawmakers want it to stop. By Oscar Lopez Thomson Reuters Foundation (17.08.2020) –...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 10, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Unfurling a sprawling LGBT+ Pride flag, protesters packed a shopping mall in Mexico on Sunday after security staff banned a gay couple from kissing and holding hands. By Josh Milton Pink News (02.03.2020) – https://bit.ly/3cOsqHK – “Love is love!” the...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 25, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The murders of Ingrid Escamilla, 25, and Fátima Aldrighett, 7, are forcing a reckoning in a country that has wrestled with violence against women. The president’s response has been harshly criticized. By Kirk Semple and Paulina Villegas The New York...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 11, 2019 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
By Associated Press The LA Times (09.09.2019) – https://lat.ms/2m5wei0 – Months after Kenya Cuevas’ friend was killed in front of her, a funeral wreath with Cuevas’ name on it arrived at her doorstep. The implication was clear: Keep making noise...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 6, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Some states previously allowed girls as young as 14 to marry Mexico News Daily (05.06.2019) – https://bit.ly/2EV3XkW- A decree published on Tuesday by the federal government banned marriage for children under 18 in 31 out of 32 states. The decree...
