This is very wrong about Latin America. Peru is much worse than Brazil, they had a law that said LGBTQ+ people, especially trans people, were mentally ill, there is no same-sex marriage or even unions. What's more, they don't allow a trans person to marry a cis person (even in heterosexual relationships).
I agree that Bolivia de jure has really progressive laws regarding trans people, but society is still very conservative. Paraguay is very conservative and is still under a conservative party that ruled it for 65 years (still in power). Chile, Argentina and Uruguay are really progressive, probably the best countries for trans people in South America.
Brazil also has, de jure, many good laws, there are even trans quotas in universities (a number of seats there are reserved for trans people) and the crime of Transphobia is on the same level as Racism. But Brazil suffers from violence that ends up making minorities like trans people the main targets of murders and hate attacks. Brazil is similar to Colombia, but I believe that Colombia has better laws than Brazil.
The case of Venezuela is interesting, Maduro and his party, PSUV, mostly support LGBTQ+ rights and same-sex marriage (mainly because of Maduro's personal support and because he didn't want to make the mistake Chávez made of ignoring LGBTQ+ people and being labeled transphobic by US-funded NGOs). He was going to approve same-sex marriage and transgender rights in 2019, but then Guaido did the whole imaginary government thing, and it was never approved.
Cuba is probably the most socially liberal country when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights in the world, the government has been enforcing the new family code (which allows LGBTQ+ people to get married and receive the treatment they deserve) and promoting Pride Parades.
In South America theres also the whole Travesti identity (people who were assigned male at birth and develop a feminine gender identity) the term used to be a slur, but recently trans and travesti people have been using it in a positive way. Some people consider it a third gender in the context of South American society.
In Brazil I think theres like two trans females politicians (One is in the more radical wing of President Lula da Silva Party, and the other is part of the Trabalhismo/Vargas Party, which is basically Brazil's version of left-wing peronism). In Chile theres Emilia Schneider, In Ecuador theres Diane Rodríguez (She seems to still have a close relation with Leftist Former President Rafael Correa). And in Venezuela there is Tamara Adrián, but she is cringe and part of Anti-Chavista movement, she literally supports zionism and racism against natives.
This is very wrong about Latin America. Peru is much worse than Brazil, they had a law that said LGBTQ+ people, especially trans people, were mentally ill, there is no same-sex marriage or even unions. What's more, they don't allow a trans person to marry a cis person (even in heterosexual relationships).
I agree that Bolivia de jure has really progressive laws regarding trans people, but society is still very conservative. Paraguay is very conservative and is still under a conservative party that ruled it for 65 years (still in power). Chile, Argentina and Uruguay are really progressive, probably the best countries for trans people in South America.
Brazil also has, de jure, many good laws, there are even trans quotas in universities (a number of seats there are reserved for trans people) and the crime of Transphobia is on the same level as Racism. But Brazil suffers from violence that ends up making minorities like trans people the main targets of murders and hate attacks. Brazil is similar to Colombia, but I believe that Colombia has better laws than Brazil.
The case of Venezuela is interesting, Maduro and his party, PSUV, mostly support LGBTQ+ rights and same-sex marriage (mainly because of Maduro's personal support and because he didn't want to make the mistake Chávez made of ignoring LGBTQ+ people and being labeled transphobic by US-funded NGOs). He was going to approve same-sex marriage and transgender rights in 2019, but then Guaido did the whole imaginary government thing, and it was never approved.
Cuba is probably the most socially liberal country when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights in the world, the government has been enforcing the new family code (which allows LGBTQ+ people to get married and receive the treatment they deserve) and promoting Pride Parades.
good to have details
found this in a search and it only has laws and trans murder rates but not much in the way of actual trans experiences
In South America theres also the whole Travesti identity (people who were assigned male at birth and develop a feminine gender identity) the term used to be a slur, but recently trans and travesti people have been using it in a positive way. Some people consider it a third gender in the context of South American society.
In Brazil I think theres like two trans females politicians (One is in the more radical wing of President Lula da Silva Party, and the other is part of the Trabalhismo/Vargas Party, which is basically Brazil's version of left-wing peronism). In Chile theres Emilia Schneider, In Ecuador theres Diane Rodríguez (She seems to still have a close relation with Leftist Former President Rafael Correa). And in Venezuela there is Tamara Adrián, but she is cringe and part of Anti-Chavista movement, she literally supports zionism and racism against natives.