El Salvador

The victim, who immigrated to America to escape violence and abuse in his home country, had to quit work because he is suffering from anxiety and depression.

After a member of the MS-13 gang threatened him & his mom disowned him, he came to the U.S. But he was sent to Guatemala instead.

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

“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.”

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

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.

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.

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

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 the country’s newspapers.

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 previously called for the “elimination of prejudices” against LGBT people.