Key public policies depend on the presidency and from SOMOSGAY we demand the full application of human rights from the next head of State. Thus we present demands in healthcare, education, work, social security, housing and transport.

LESVOS, SOMOSGAY and general public held a first meeting on Thursday October 19th at 6 pm at LGBT Community Center to devise actions for the promotion of LGBTI human rights.

Saint Valentine’s celebration has roots in a legend where couples married secretly because of a Roman emperor’s prohibition. Every day we celebrate February 14th and this is the best opportunity to remember the diversity this powerful feeling evokes: in our families -that are unique each one of them- and our partners. As the legend teaches us: love triumphs over adversity.

The LGBT Community Center is finally owned completely by SOMOSGAY, a milestone for empowerment in the country. “We made it with a lot of will, sacrifice and mainly conviction from the part of those who believe this cause must exist beyond our lifetimes”, were the words expressed by executive director Simón Cazal when informing the last payment made for the first house of the organization located in Independencia Nacional casi Manduvirá.

This is the country where I live but it is not an isolated case, this is just part of a conservative onslaught in the West and in Latin America, specifically. We are witness of a paroxysm that threatens to return to dark ages of torture, disappearances and blatant, unpunished and even celebrated genocides.