A couple of weeks ago, CC fellow blogger Audrey M. DaCosta wrote about Tamara Adrian, Venezuela’s fist-ever transgender candidate for public office. Her story made headlines and shone a much needed spotlight on the LGBT agenda in Venezuela. Now, thanks to Chavismo’s handling of their own gay and transgender candidacies, Adrian’s run for office has…
Following Tuesday’s National Assembly plenary session, I keep hearing people say that focusing on the homophobic statements made by chavista parliamentarians does a disservice to the public debate, because the whole spectacle is but another smokescreen promoted by the Government to divert attention from other more pressing issues like incompetence, corruption, the economy, and municipal…
In Spanish, Moraima told us about the Tourism minister that insists that Venezuela is safe, that all the stories about crime, murder and robberies are just a nasty war against war against the Homeland. And he is right. I mean, crime must be fully under control: how else can the Aragua police be harassing gay…
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