What happens next for human rights in Colombia after Gustavo Petro? The LMC looks for answers by spending the hour with human rights activist Nestor Andres Moreno Rios to discuss the new challenges ahead in the face of new right-wing president Abelardo de la Espriella.
Interpretation for this interview was conducted by Charlie Roberts from the Colombia Human Rights Network.
In the latest installment of the Undocumented & LGBTQ series, the LMC spends the hour with Malú Machuca Rose to discuss the unique challenges of Peru’s LGBTQ community and how the country’s civil war from generations ago still hinder the struggle for equal rights.
Malú Machuca Rose is a PhD Candidate in Performance Studies at Northwestern University.
With the dark shadow of a second Trump administration on the horizon, the LMC spends the hour with Karma Chavez to discuss the whirlwind of anti-LGBTQ legislation that will impact public health, education, workplace discrimination, even family separation.
Karma Chavez is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Queer Migration Politics: Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities.
