Does the U.S. deny foreign emissaries other rights denied them in their own countries? Of course not. Then why are we doing it to LGBTI couples?
Emissary hypocrisy: The U.S. State Department refuses to recognize same-sex partners of envoys
By Christopher Sabatini / chrissabatini /
LGBT Rights
The 2015 Top 10 Events in LGBT Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Despite legal setbacks in Peru and El Salvador and retrograde rhetoric from the newly-elected President of Guatemala and the Catholic cardinal of the Dominican Republic, overall LGBT civil, human and political rights continued to make gains across the region.
Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations
What’s left? Venezuela and Ecuador
By Christopher Sabatini / chrissabatini /
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and Rafael Correa exhibit none of the characteristics of the modern, progressive left—such as, support for indigenous communities’ land rights or LGBT rights—so why are they still called leftists? Because they say so.
Social Inclusion, Minority Groups & Discrimination
When will Latin America stop excluding its Indigenous and LGBT populations?
By Carl Meacham and Robert Funk /
Structural violence is the social, political, and economic disempowerment of particular social groups—racial, sexual, religious, ethnic, etc. How Latin American governments treat groups subject to structural violence says much about the progress made—and how much work is left to be done. And this concept, ultimately, carries implications for rule of law in the region.
LGBT Rights
Undocumented LGBT immigrants in the U.S.
By Kirsten Cowal /
Undocumented LGBT immigrants are doubly discriminated against in the United States, often facing job insecurity, low wages, and lack of access to healthcare. Immigration procedures and processes for asylum also remain unfair and unclear.
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