Vicky Hern News Today

In many parts of the world, transgender people are still denied the right to have their gender identity legally recognized or are forced to make impossible choices between full participation in society and other basic human rights. But many countries have also seen recent advances in legal gender recognition, an important area of transgender rights. Let’s examine the signs of

A number of important achievements in the fight for LGBTQ rights took place in the region in 2022, especially in countries with lagging records in this area.

We write in advance of the 83rd Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (“the Committee”) and its review of Honduras to highlight areas of concern regarding the government of Honduras’ compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

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I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch to congratulate you on your election as president of Honduras and to share with you a briefing paper that contains our assessment of the main human rights concerns in the country, together with recommendations to contribute to your administration’s rights agenda.

Honduras has taken a notable step forward in recognizing the rights of transgender people and contributing to a more just and equitable society. Countries in the region lagging on trans rights should take note.

The Washington Blade reports that the government of Honduras on Monday publicly acknowledged it is responsible for the 2009 murder of Vicky Hernández, a trans activist and sex worker with HIV who worked with Colectivo Unidad Color Rosa, an advocacy group that is based in San Pedro Sula, the coun ...

“We recognize before the international community, the Honduran people, and the family of Vicky Hernández, the responsibility of the Honduran state in the events that led to her death,” President Xiomara Castro said on May 9.

/PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, representatives from Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights joined the family of slain trans activist Vicky Hernández in San Pedro Sula as...

Thalía Rodríguez, a trans woman and "warrior" trans rights activist, has been shot dead outside her home in Honduras.