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							<title>Peru&#8217;s Health Ministry Identifies Transgender as Mental Illnesses in New Law</title>
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															<description><![CDATA[Transgender identities are now classified as "mental health problems" in a new law in Peru. ]]></description>
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															<description><![CDATA[Being a queer Latinx can be an alienating and often dangerous experience. As greater Latinx culture places traditional family values on a pedestal and enforces harmful structures like heteronormativity, machismo, and marianismo, many LGBTQIA+ people in Latin America face the risk of being discriminated against and even attacked for their sexuality and gender orientation/expression. Additionally,]]></description>
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							<title>Guatemala Further Criminalizes Abortion and  Bans Same-Sex Marriage</title>
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															<description><![CDATA[[UPDATE 3/11/22]: Since the original publication of this story, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei has threatened the country&#8217;s Congress with a presidential veto on the new legislation unless they reverse it. He has stated that the law, which criminalizes abortion and prohibits sexual diversity education in schools, violates the Constitution and was passed without his knowledge]]></description>
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							<title>11 Transgender Latinas Empowering the LGBTQIA Community</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[In America, 1.4 million people identify as transgender but despite the strength in numbers, the community continues to face harassment and prejudice. Activists have been working for decades to promote trans rights and increasing visibility in an environment where being seen alone is dangerous. This list features some of the most prominent Latinx leaders in]]></description>
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															<description><![CDATA[The advent of social media has given a platform for marginalized communities but the openness found online doesn’t necessarily transfer to the real world and this newly launched Youtube series aims to bridge the gap. For LGBTQ youth of color, conversations surrounding sexuality and acceptance remain difficult and Director of LGBTQ Health and Rights at]]></description>
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							<title>Trans Puerto Ricans Can FINALLY Change Their Gender Markers On Birth Certificates</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Birth certificates have been used to marginalize people in the United States for centuries and we’re still seeing it happen today with the transgender community. Not too long ago—2016 to be exact—North Carolina lawmakers attempted to pass a law that required transgender people to use public bathrooms matching the gender on their birth certificates. The]]></description>
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