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CENTRAL AMERICA EL SALVADOR INGORES DEADLINE FOR TRANS RIGHTS LEGISLATION
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The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has flagrantly disregarded the Supreme Court’s one-year deadline to establish a formal process for gender recognition that would stop discrimination against transgender people, according to Human Rights Watch.
The constitutional chamber of El Salvador’s Supreme Court concluded in February 2022 that discrimination based on gender identification is prohibited by the constitution. It required the legislature to establish a process by which transgender people can change their names on identification documents within a year.
“The Legislative Assembly’s failure to comply with the Supreme Court’s within the deadline is grave not only for its
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Report Shows Violence Against Lgbt People In Europe At A Decade High
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association Europe (ILGA-Europe) 2023 report claims that anti-LGBT violence has reached a decade-high, and that 2022 was “the most dangerous year for LGBTI persons” in Europe and Central Asia.
The study clarifies how past years’ encouraging trends appear to be reversing themselves and how increased hate speech from well-known public individuals and organizations has detrimental, real-world effects on the equality and human rights of the LGBT community.
The aggressiveness is attributed by ILGA-Europe to the rising trend of hate speech, which is generating a lot of concern because of how quickly it is spreading across internet channels. Luckily, the report also makes note of the growth in judicial reactions to biasmotivated speech and the conviction of those responsible for hate crimes, as well as the fact that the rise in hate speech has been matched by an increase in the judiciary's responses. apparent disregard for the rights of trans people but also for democratic checks and balances and the rule of law, which have come under attack by President Nayib Bukele and his allies,” said Cristian González Cabrera, LGBT rights researcher at Human Rights Watch.
