top of page

LGBTQ+ Community

Argentina is well known for its people tolerance and the defense of all the human beings rights. It is one of the most advanced countries in the world regarding on the LGBTQ+ community rights.

  • Carlos Jauregui is one of the most prominent LGBTQ+ rights activists in Argentina in the 80s-90s. He led the 1st Pride parade in Buenos Aires in 1992, helped found queer liberation group the Homosexual Community of Argentina and was loud and open about being gay despite the danger  it puts him in

​​

  • Gay Pride is a big event in Buenos Aires as well, with a parade attended and celebrated by tens of thousands of people every year

​​

  • 2010 : Argentina is the first Latin America country to allow nationwide same-sex marriage – a milestone for a Catholic country in Latin America

  • 2012 : First time in the world that a child was born and had two fathers listed on the birth certificate

  • 2012 : Gender Identity Law passed, allowing trans people to transition without the fear of being diagnosed with some sort of psychological abnormality

       (cf. https://tgeu.org/argentina-gender-identity-law/)

  • 2012 : legislation was introduced adding life imprisonment to hate crimes based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression

  • 4 September 2020 : Argentina's President approved a decree stating that at least 1% of public sector jobs must be for transsexuals, transvestites, and transgender people

lgbt11.jpg
Gay Pride in Buenos Aires (2014)
Carlos Jauregui
Carlos Jauregui
abortion right.webp
Thousands of women rallied in Buenos Aires last February to call for abortion to be legalised.

Nevertheless, Abortion was illegal across most of Latin America. In a predominantly Roman Catholic region of 21 countries, it is legal only in Cuba and Uruguay, with populations of 11.2 and 3.4 million respectively. It is also legal in Anglican Guyana, population 780,000.

Should congress approve the bill, Argentina – with a population of 45 million – will become the first major nation in the region to legalise the practice.

​

Before the 30th December 2020, abortion in Argentina is considered a crime against a life and a person, and it can be punished with one to fifteen years of prison for anyone that induces an abortion.

​

The 30th of December 2020 has been a key date for the fight for women's rights.

References :

THE CULTURE TRIP, A Look at the Progressive LGBTQ Rights in Argentina, [online], 75 Davies St, London, W1K 5JN, [9 October 20], Available on : <https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/argentina/articles/an-lgbtq-guide-to-living-in-argentina/>

TELESUR, Argentina Passes Labor Decree That Benefits LGBTQ+ Community, [online], Av. de los Shyris N34-422, y Portugal, Quito- Ecuador [4 September 2020], Available on : <https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Passes-Labor-Decree-That-Benefits-LGBTQ-Community-20200904-0008.html>

FEDERACIÓN ARGENTINA LGBT, [online], C1150AAE, Cochabamba 477, 1150 Buenos Aires, Argentina, [2020], Available on : <http://falgbt.url.ph/>

IGLTA, South America – Argentina, [online], Available on : <https://www.iglta.org/Country/Argentina>

INDEPENDENT, Argentina, with its first-class LGBTQ+ rights and its failure to legalise abortion, proves an uncomfortable theory about progress, [online], [9 August 2018], Available on : <https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/argentina-abortion-referendum-lgbtq-a8484726.html>

THE GUARDIAN, Argentina set to become first major Latin American country to legalise abortion, [online], The Guardian, 61 Broadway, New York, NY, 10006, [1 March 2020], Available on : <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/argentina-set-to-become-first-major-latin-american-country-to-legalise-abortion>

bottom of page