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Voting 5 against and only 1 in favour, Costa Rica's lawmakers reject law 23809, "Ley de Reconocimiento de Identidades Trans, No Binarias, de Género Diverso e Intersex", effectively killing it. Calling it "weird ideology", linking it to pedophiles, accusing it of going against women&
This website is a compilation of news, articles, interviews and reports concerning violence against trans, nonbinary and gender diverse people specifically in Costa Rica. It is maintained by a transperson who left the country looking for a life with dignity for them and their family. There's the widespread
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Activist for trans population human rights. No news coverage. Link in Spanish: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1033538565466816&id=100064320476993&rdid=V4gRa59W1Tx2GrPv News article from 2016 where she talks about her experience being a sex worker: ‘¿Qué sienten al dañarnos? ¿Satisfacción? ¿En serio?’Tiffany Ortega
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Laisa died after being stabbed multiple times early on the morning of Sunday 27th October. The identity of her killer(s) and motive for the attack are not known. Link in English: Remembering Our Dead - Laisa Camacho (27 Oct 2024)Laisa Camacho was 56 and was stabbed in El
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Dayana Hernandez, one of Costa Rica’s most important trans-rights activists, dies at age 40. She died from long-term complications caused by biopolymer injections. She was an activist, and the first trans woman to stand as a deputy to the Legislative Assembly in 2018. Lacking support for gender affirming care
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2024 June 30 In June 2024, the government of Costa Rica fired two officials after they signed a declaration of cultural interest for the country's LGBT Pride March.The government claimed the march did not have the necessary permits, but the event organizers denied it. The Pride March
2024 May 17 Government doesn’t commemorate day against homophobia, lesbophobia and transphobia for the third year in a row.
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2023 December 31 Trans woman and activist Juliana “Gata” Elizondo was murdered. No news coverage. Links in Spanish: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsol.fp%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0eRrTR8LALBmsmUWbhdBJcTq9udHA3MwMeDnpktScUfUk9CcH4zadESnpiLPFB6H8l&show_text=true&width=500 https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?
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2023 September 9 Trans rights activists physically attacked by police in Costa Rica while at a public demonstration. Links in Spanish: Activistas de protesta contraatacan y ahora son ellos los que denuncian violencia policial • Semanario UniversidadActivistas y fotoperiodistas aseguran que fueron víctimas de empujones, golpes, insultos y otros abusos por
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2023 July 6 Law proposal 23.809, colloquially called “trans rights law” proposed by one minority political party. Its goal is to recognize the identity, rights to education, family, health services, and work for trans, nonbinary, intersex and gender-diverse people, both adults and minors. Costa Rica’s president declared that
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2023 June 28 “We won’t let it go even one step forward.” News article in Spanish with video: https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/videos-llenan-de-criticas-proyecto-que-permite-a-ninos-de-12-anos-cambiar-su-genero/
2023 May 17 Government doesn’t commemorate day against homophobia, lesbophobia and transphobia for the second year in a row.