\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t On the eve of the November 1 Pride March in Buenos Aires, Amnesty International has warned of \u201can accelerated rollback of LGBTI+ rights\u201d in Argentina under President Javier Milei\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n
According to the human rights organization, a process of \u201cinstitutional and speech regression\u201d began in Argentina in 2023, jeopardizing the progress made in gender and diversity in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In its new report The Offensive Against LGBTI+ Rights in Argentina, Amnesty described how \u201chateful narratives\u201d have translated into concrete measures that \u201cdismantle state structures of protection and inclusion,\u201d creating a climate of \u201cincreased hostility.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis offensive is not unique to Argentina. Globally, there is a clear organized backlash against the advancement of human rights, especially those related to gender equality and sexual diversity,\u201d said Mariela Belski, executive director of Amnesty International Argentina.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis phenomenon, known as backlash, is not an isolated event, but rather a reactive, coordinated, and well-funded response, with institutional and ideological ties, to the progress of agendas that have historically challenged privileges and power structures surrounding gender and sexuality,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Government hate speech<\/p>\n
The government\u2019s anti LGBTI+ speech was institutionalized in August 2024, when Justice Minister Mariano C\u00faneo Libarona stated that the government rejected \u201cthe diversity of sexual identities that don\u2019t align with biology.\u201d In a hearing before Congress\u2019 Commission on Women and Diversities, he dismissed trans and nonbinary gender identities as \u201csubjective fabrications\u201d, while also playing down gender-based violence by stating violence should be punished \u201cregardless of gender.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three months earlier, a man had set two lesbian couples on fire in the boarding house where they lived in the Barracas neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The man, a neighbor, threw a homemade firebomb into the room while they were sleeping and later tried to prevent them from escaping by beating them. The sole survivor of the attack, a 51-year-old woman, spent over a month in hospital.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 2025, the outspoken rhetoric against LGBTI+ rights peaked with Milei\u2019s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos in late January. He accused \u201cthe LGBT agenda\u201d of trying to \u201cimpose on us that women are men and that men are women just because they perceive themselves that way\u201d. Milei went on to say that \u201cin its most extreme version, gender ideology simply and plainly constitutes child abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n
His words prompted a nationwide protest. Milei claimed that he had been misquoted, that the video footage of his Davos speech had been edited, and that protesters had been used for political gain, reposting dozens of X posts that mocked them.<\/p>\n
Amnesty\u2019s report also details setbacks in public policies on LGBTI+ rights in Argentina since Milei took office. These include the elimination of state institutions like the ministry of health\u2019s Directorate of Gender and Diversity and the National Institute Against Discrimination (INADI, by its Spanish initials).<\/p>\n
The list also mentions the banning of inclusive language and inclusion of the gender perspective across all national administration offices, as well as the presidential decrees that amended Article 11 of the Gender Identity Law, restricting access to healthcare for transgender adolescents. According to Amnesty, the decree imposed a total ban preventing minors under 18 years of age from accessing hormonal treatments and\/or surgical interventions linked to their self-perceived gender identity.<\/p>\n
A series of attacks<\/p>\n
In the weeks following the Davos speech, more violent attacks against lesbians, trans people, travestis (a diverse gender identity that, unlike its English equivalent, is worn with pride in Argentina), non-binary people and gay men took place.<\/p>\n
On January 29, six days after Milei\u2019s speech, a man in Ca\u00f1uelas, in Buenos Aires province, set fire to the house where a lesbian couple lived with their daughter, who had previously reported the man for harassment.<\/p>\n
In early February a man in Or\u00e1n, Salta, stabbed a 32-year-old lesbian activist after breaking into her home at night, while the victim was sleeping.<\/p>\n
On April 3, Afro-travesti artist Joy Hoyos reported on social media that she had been assaulted by a group of men in the street who insulted her and left without robbing her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cExtreme violence against LGBTI+ people, whether in public discourse or in general, coupled with the dismantling of prevention and protection policies, has a direct impact on daily life,\u201d Amnesty\u2019s report stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDehumanization, misinformation, and the lack of comprehensive response mechanisms create an enabling climate of exclusion, aggression, and even murder against LGBTI+ people,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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