A Special Pride Month Episode
This special Pride Month episode brings together the voices of six LGBTIQ+ activists from across Latin America—Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, and El Salvador—who share their experiences as leaders in the fight for equality and justice. Through their stories, we explore what Pride means in contexts of resistance, the state of LGBTIQ+ rights across the region, and the ongoing work to build more inclusive societies.
Featuring:
• Yendri Velásquez – Venezuela: Yendri serves as coordinator of Venezuela’s LGBTIQ+ Violence Observatory, documenting discrimination and violence while advocating for LGBTIQ+ rights in an increasingly restrictive civic environment.
• Nicole Cerrato – Honduras: Nicole works with Cattrachas, a leading lesbian feminist collective, coordinating the monitoring of violent deaths in a country with one of the world’s highest femicide rates.
• Wilson Castañeda – Colombia: Wilson directs Caribe Afirmativo and works at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and peacebuilding, having played a key role in Colombia’s peace negotiations and ongoing truth commission process.
• Ari Vera Morales – Mexico: Ari founded Almas Cautivas to support LGBTIQ+ people in prison systems, drawing on her own experience of wrongful incarceration to advocate for dignity and human rights.
• Eduardo Madrid – El Salvador: Eduardo directs the Santa Marta Center, which provides trauma-informed services to LGBTIQ+ individuals and migrants fleeing persecution across the region.
• Matilda González Gil – Colombia: Matilda works at Colombia’s Search Unit for Missing Persons, conducting forensic investigations for marginalized communities who were disappeared during the armed conflict.
