El Salvador

Trump denied a trans woman asylum & deported her. She was killed when she returned.

A trans woman came to America because threats were made against her, but immigration authorities didn't believe her. Now she's dead.

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Dozens of LGBTQ asylum seekers in the migrant caravan have arrived at the border

“People wouldn’t let us into trucks, they made us get in the back of the line for showers, they would call us ugly names.”

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Landmark court case brings marriage equality to 20 countries with one ruling

Costa Rica has already said it will comply with the ruling.

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El Salvador approves measures banning same-sex marriage, gay couple adoption

A package of constitutional reforms approved Thursday night would ban same-sex marriage in El Salvador and also bar same-sex couples from adopting children.

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IDAHOT celebrated around the world: Images from El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Members of El Salvador's LGBT community on Saturday celebrated the International Day Against Homophobia And Transphobia, the largest anti-discrimination solidarity action in the world with activities taking place in 120 countries.

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El Salvador parliament rejects constitutional ban on same-sex marriage

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- The Salvadoran Parliament has again failed in its attempt to approve a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

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Senate confirms pro-gay U.S. ambassador to El Salvador

The U.S. Senate broke an impasse on Thursday to confirm a U.S. ambassador to El Salvador who had previously been denied the position in part of because of a pro-gay editorial she wrote in one of…

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Senate GOP blocks appointment of LGBT ally as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans on Monday blocked efforts to confirm Mari Carmen Aponte, a Washington D.C.-based attorney, as the permanent ambassador to El Salvador, because, according to one source, Aponte is an LGBT advocate who has…

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