FILE PHOTO: People participate in a protest against the murders of transgender people in Colombia, in Bogota, Colombia July 3, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa GonzalezAt least 63 members of Colombia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community were killed in the first eight months of this year, the Andean country’s human rights ombudsman said on Tuesday, while other acts of violence also increased. Among those killed were 17 transgender women, 12 gay men, six lesbian women and one transgender man, as well as others whose sexual orientation and gender identity could not be specified, although they belonged to the LGBT and intersex community, the organization said. Intersex refers to people who have reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not conform to typical definitions of male or female. From January to August, the organization reported 388 cases of violence against LGBT and intersex people, mostly in the form of physical and psychological aggression, up from 309 cases in the whole of last year.

Source: Standard Digital September 16, 2020 03:56 UTC