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La Paz, May 17 (EFE).- Access to work, justice, education, health and housing and an end to hate crimes were the demands of the LGBT+ community in Bolivia highlighted during the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on Monday."Gradually we are changing society, but we still have a long way to go," Luna Humérez, president of LGBT+ organization Otraf, told EFE. (Camera: GABRIEL ROMANO).SHOT LIST: A GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM LGBT+ COMMUNITY STAGE A RALLY ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA AND BIPHOBIA IN LA PAZ BOLIVIA.SOUND BITES: PRESIDENT OF LGBT+ ORGANIZATION OTRAF, LUNA HUMÉREZ AND OTRAF ACTIVIST LAURA ÁLVAREZ (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS:1. PRESIDENT OF LGBT+ ORGANIZATION OTRAF, LUNA HUMÉREZ.- Our friends were murdered at the hands of the aggressors only because they're different. Only because they have different gender and different sexual orientation.2. OTRAF ACTIVIST, LAURA ÁLVAREZ.- People are used to see us on the streets, thinking that we're sex workers, when in fact we've skills and a lot of capabilities to pursue other career.
Santo Domingo, Aug 29 (EFE).- The Dominican Republic on Sunday celebrated its annual pride parade, which this year showed its opposition to a proposed law that could leave out protections for the LGBTQ+ community.The parade brought together hundreds of people who drove the main avenues of Santo Domingo in private cars, SUVs and open-top trucks, waving rainbow flags to music. (Camera: MANUEL PÉREZ).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE FROM LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY DRIVE THE MAIN AVENUES OF SANTO DOMINGO IN CARS, TRUCK, IN SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. SOUND BITES: DOMINICAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, LEONARDO SÁNCHEZ; DOMINICAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DOMINICAN DIVERSITY, ROSANA MARSÁN AND KING OF PRIDE 2021, ESTARLIN AGUASVIVAS (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS:1. LEONARDO SÁNCHEZ, DOMINICAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST.- The Penal Code not only threatens the LGBTI community, but it can also become dangerous for the development of the country. Because it can put our country back in medieval times. It is a law that conservatism wants to impose on us, a law that is not in accordance with the moral of times we are living in now.2. ROSANA MARSÁN, DOMINICAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DOMINICAN DIVERSITY.- If the Penal Code is approved without criminalizing discrimination based on sexual orientation, it will legalize what is currently happening in the country, which is the violence and discrimination that we suffer every day.3. ESTARLIN AGUASVIVAS, KING OF PRIDE 2021.-Recently in a survey, 97% of the (people in our) community suffered from violence at some point. What we can say from this (the survey) is that our community has been alienated, stigmatized and discriminated and it is necessary for that to change. The world has changed and we cannot be left behind. We have to keep improving.
Mexico City, May 17 (EFE), (CAMERA: America Neri).- The LGBT community in Mexico demanded on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, the end of hate crimes after the country registered at least 79 murders.
San Salvador, May 17 (EFE), (CAMERA: Vladimir Chicas) .- Collectives of transgender people from El Salvador demanded this Monday guarantees of human rights, especially the right to have a name appropriate to their identity and gender expression.
Manila, Oct 30 (EFE/EPA).- Dozens of people from the LGBT community demonstrated Friday at the University of the Philippines to demand that Congress pass theLGBT equality bill. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: ADVOCATES GATHE DURING A RALLY FOR LGBT RIGHTS AT THE THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (UP) IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
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