Civil Registry habilitates appointment request to change name and sex
(Santiago, December 16th, 2019). - Staring from December 16th trans people will be able to request in person an appointment…
OTD Chile continues working for trans community facing COVID-19
In the pandemic Covid-19, from OTD, Chile we decided to continue providing our services to the trans community in terms of psychologic attentions, accompainment between peers, and the trans encounter group (Grupo de encuentro, GET) which are being carried out online. Also our Education, Legislation and Public Policies, Health, Communications, Mapadres and Investigation units are working remotely to keep supporting the trans community and their families.
Census 2022 in Chile Would Include Gender Identity Questions
Representatives of the National Statistics Institute (INE) on a videoconference with OTD gave details about inclusive questions related to gender identity for the next census 2022 in Chile.
Inter-American Court of Human Rights declares responsible to the Republic of Perú for Azul Rojas Marín Human Rights violation based on her sexual orientation and gender expression
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared internationally responsible to the Republic of Perú for personal freedom, personal integrity, private life, to not being tortured, judicial warrantees, and judicial protection human rights violation of Azul Rojas Marín, in relation to the obligation of respect and guarantee said rights without discrimination, and adopting legal measures disposition.
Trans Health Communication in Chile Related to COVID-10 Emergency
The OTD Chile Unit of Health , coordinated by the psychologist Leonel Catoni announced useful information about trans health during the Covid-10 pandemic in Chile for the trans and non-binary community
The LGBTTTI Coalition urge the Secretary General of the OAS Luis Almagro, to carry out his compromises in relation to human rights during his second mandate
As Luis Almagro was reelected as Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), at the Special Session of the March 20th, 2020 General Assembly, the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Trans, Transsexuals, Cros-dressed, and Intersex Coalition (LGBTTTI) of Latin America and The Caribbean that work within the OAS framework, urged him to reaffirm his compromise with human rights of all people without discrimination, based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual characteristics as well as sexual workers human rights, sexual rights, and reproductive rights.
Transfest 2020 gets suspended because of COVID-19 emergency in Chile
Because of the international COVID-19 pandemic, and thinking about the health of everyone, we have decided to suspend the Transfest 2020.