Yren Rotela, Paraguayan trans activist and founder of Casa Diversa, reflects on religious conservatism in the South, state policies and how trans people of faith find affirmative spaces.NOTE: This article is available in Spanish only.
This summary report makes part of a broader mapping project commissioned by Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE). The project was focused on the United Kingdom (UK) as one of various global hotspots, where anti-gender movements have enjoyed increased efficacy in the past few years.
The UN Human Rights Council once again reaffirms its commitment to combating discrimination and violence on the grounds of SOGI, and reminds all States of their obligations towards LGBT and gender-diverse people.
The fundamental aim of this project is twofold. First, to develop a comprehensive and thorough understanding of the intersection of gender and other inequality axes with de-democratisation processes taking place on a local, national, and regional level in the European Union, in order to devise common strategies against them. And second, to build alliances across various domains by forging a solid network of expert scholars, politicians and civil society organisations engaged with the matter, in order to put such strategies into practice.
