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ABGLT – Asociación Brasilera de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexules, Transexuales y Travestis, Brasil Aireana - Grupo por los derechos de las lesbianas, Paraguay Asical - Asociación para la Salud Integral y Ciudadanía de América Latina y el Caribe CHA - Comunidad Homosexual Argentina CIPAC - Centro de Investigación y Promoción para América Central de Derechos Humanos, Costa Rica Diverlex - Diversidad e Igualdad a Través de la Ley, Venezuela Fundación Igualdad LGBT, Bolivia GAHT - Grupo de Apoyo a Hombres Trans, Chile GALE - Alianza Global para la Educación en Temas LGBT IGLHRC - Comisión Internacional de Derechos Humanos de Gays y Lesbianas MHOL - Movimiento Homosexual de Lima, Peru MUMS - Movimiento por la Diversidad Sexual, Chile Promsex - Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos, Peru SPW – Observatório de Sexualidad y Política 
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Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, announced the appointment of Carina Vance Mafla, who is openly gay, as Ecuador’s new health minister.
The American-born activist hit the ground running, with an announcement that the health ministry will be working closely with lesbian rights group Fundacion Causana, and other civil rights groups, to shut down the remaining religious clinics which promise to ‘cure’ lesbians.
Fundacion Causana, based in Quito, Ecuador, released a statement on the success (...) 
Ecuador was the first country in 2008 to include in its constitution sexual orientation as one of the explicit forbidden grounds for discrimination.
In line with this position, the government ordered on August 16th the closure of 30 clinics which were offering to ’cure’ homosexuality. The Government’s decision was prompted by heavy advocacy from victims of the clinics so-called ’treatments’ and from sexual rights organisations.
According to syndicated news agency EFE, as many as 200 similar (...) 
A vigil at the Esplanade of the Ministries, in Brasília, celebrated last May 17th the International Day Against Homophobia, Lesbophobia and Transphobia.
Giant photos projected against one of the National Library walls reminded the urgent necessity to approve the bill that makes homophobia a crime similar to racism.
The issue for this year’s campaign was "Cures That Kill". According to the campaign coordinator in Latin America, Jandira Queiroz, the therapies that propose the cures to (...) 
Celebrating the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, trans activists and INADI (National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism) of Argentina presented on May 17th the Administrative Resolution Nr. 60/14 of the Secretary of Justice of Tucuman province about physical appearance.
The Resolution states that from May 17th, 2011 the civil registration offices of Tucumán can provide shifts for changing the photo of civil identity documents to trans people, (...) 
Salazar Germania
Community representatives GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) performed yesterday outside the courthouse, a sit for the International Day Against Homophobia. They rejected all forms of discrimination and sadly remembered their comrades killed by homophobic people, lesbophobic, transphobic, etc. ”No more violence, no more abuse, no more discrimination,” he said dozens of protesters, many dressed according to their sexual orientation and gender.
Gonzalo Abarca, (...) 
In Peru on May 17 there will be a special ceremony to launch an annual report focused on LGBT human rights cases in 2011. The report follows the enforcement of the Peruvian government’s commitments to the Yogyakarta Principles.
In Peru on May 17 there will be a special ceremony to launch an annual report focused on LGBT human rights cases in 2011.
The report follows the enforcement of the Peruvian government’s commitments to the Yogyakarta Principles. It includes a denouncement of the (...) 
Traditionally, celebrations against homophobia and transphobia in Peru range from May 17th to May 30th, the National Day against Violence and Hate Crimes against Lesbians, Trans, Gays and Bisexual people. This year, events where particularly marked by the “Cures that Kill” campaign, as dogmatic religious influence still strongly prevails. Events included a national scientific seminar on Sexual Orientation and Mental Health, at which all mental health practitioners’ associations reaffirmed the (...) 
In Peru, more activities are announced within the “Cures that Kill” Campaign. The Homosexual Movement of Lima (MHOL) and the Peruvian Network or Masculinities get together to run a series of events about sexual diversity and to remind the injustices historically commited against LGBTs. On May 15th, at 5pm in the Plaza San Martín, in Lima, there will be an event, “Hands given against Homophobia”, which consist’s of inviting people to join the group and wear pink and black triangles as badges, (...) 
Tomado en cuenta que el 17 se conmemora el Dia Internacional contra la Homofobia, durante mayo el Movimiento Homosexual de Lima (MHOL) dedica 2 de los 4 jueves del mes a un ciclo de películas en las que se enfoca las supuestas "curaciones" de la homosexualidad.
CURAS QUE MATAN en el cine...
Cada año son más los casos de personas internadas en “clínicas psiquiátricas” donde se busca "curales" de la homosexualidad a la que se considera una “desviación de la personalidad” que es posible “corregir” a (...) 
