On November 22, the Vance Center organized and led a meeting between Venezuelan human rights organizations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Commissioner and Rapporteur on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Trans, Bisexual, and Intersex Persons, Roberta Clarke, to address urgent issues related to LGBTQ+ rights, including violence against transgender individuals. In the meeting, the representatives of civil society groups, including national organizations Observatorio Venezolano de Violencia contra LGBTQIA+, Defiende Venezuela, and Caleidoscopio Humano, and Okay.no from Zulia state, noted several recent incidents of deadly violence targeting transgender women. The cases included a transgender woman killed by an... read more