Cristian González Cabrera
@cristianfergo.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at @hrw.org focusing on gender and sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Quase 50% dos entrevistados disse que passou por 4+ incidentes que restringiram sua autonomia pedagógica: intimidação ou proibição, por parte de autoridades escolares, pais e políticos, de ensinar temas protegidos pelas leis brasileiras e internacionais de direitos humanos.
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Quase 50% dos entrevistados disse que passou por 4+ incidentes que restringiram sua autonomia pedagógica: intimidação ou proibição, por parte de autoridades escolares, pais e políticos, de ensinar temas protegidos pelas leis brasileiras e internacionais de direitos humanos.
Nearly 1/2 of respondents said that they have experienced 4+ incidents restricting their pedagogical autonomy, including school officials, parents, and political figures intimidating or prohibiting them from teaching topics protected under Brazilian and int'l human rights law.
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Nearly 1/2 of respondents said that they have experienced 4+ incidents restricting their pedagogical autonomy, including school officials, parents, and political figures intimidating or prohibiting them from teaching topics protected under Brazilian and int'l human rights law.
Paraguay 🇵🇾 has banned the word “gender” in educational materials. This doesn’t just limit language. It blocks understanding of human rights, diversity, and real equality among girls, boys, and adolescents. www.theparaguaypost.com/p/paraguay-s...
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Paraguay 🇵🇾 has banned the word “gender” in educational materials. This doesn’t just limit language. It blocks understanding of human rights, diversity, and real equality among girls, boys, and adolescents. www.theparaguaypost.com/p/paraguay-s...
Paraguay 🇵🇾 ha prohibido la palabra “género” en los libros escolares, borrando términos como “igualdad de género” y “perspectiva de género”. Esto socava el derecho de los jóvenes a una educación que les ayude a entender la discriminación y la desigualdad. www.abc.com.py/nacionales/2...
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Paraguay 🇵🇾 ha prohibido la palabra “género” en los libros escolares, borrando términos como “igualdad de género” y “perspectiva de género”. Esto socava el derecho de los jóvenes a una educación que les ayude a entender la discriminación y la desigualdad. www.abc.com.py/nacionales/2...
As Putin’s regime criminalizes LGBTQ+ lives, Argentina has become a rare refuge for queer Russians seeking safety.
But Milei’s attacks on “gender ideology” and cuts to equality programs threaten the very protections that make this refuge possible. archive.is/1FeGA
But Milei’s attacks on “gender ideology” and cuts to equality programs threaten the very protections that make this refuge possible. archive.is/1FeGA
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As Putin’s regime criminalizes LGBTQ+ lives, Argentina has become a rare refuge for queer Russians seeking safety.
But Milei’s attacks on “gender ideology” and cuts to equality programs threaten the very protections that make this refuge possible. archive.is/1FeGA
But Milei’s attacks on “gender ideology” and cuts to equality programs threaten the very protections that make this refuge possible. archive.is/1FeGA
"In the 1970s, the ’80s, Mexico was totally close-minded, machista, conservative. And suddenly this figure appears who begins to liberate himself — and gradually to conquer all these audiences and all these social classes." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"In the 1970s, the ’80s, Mexico was totally close-minded, machista, conservative. And suddenly this figure appears who begins to liberate himself — and gradually to conquer all these audiences and all these social classes." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
The EU’s LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030 reaffirms that equality and democracy are inseparable.
The EU and its member states should now back their words with concrete action—political, legal, and financial—both at home and abroad.
📄 @hrw.org : www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
The EU and its member states should now back their words with concrete action—political, legal, and financial—both at home and abroad.
📄 @hrw.org : www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
October 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The EU’s LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030 reaffirms that equality and democracy are inseparable.
The EU and its member states should now back their words with concrete action—political, legal, and financial—both at home and abroad.
📄 @hrw.org : www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
The EU and its member states should now back their words with concrete action—political, legal, and financial—both at home and abroad.
📄 @hrw.org : www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
It was a pleasure to join today’s discussion on school violence in Brazil at the National Council of the Public Prosecutor's Office.
I spoke about how censorship of human rights education undermines safety and how the Council's Recommendation nº 114 can help prosecutors build protective schools.
I spoke about how censorship of human rights education undermines safety and how the Council's Recommendation nº 114 can help prosecutors build protective schools.
September 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It was a pleasure to join today’s discussion on school violence in Brazil at the National Council of the Public Prosecutor's Office.
I spoke about how censorship of human rights education undermines safety and how the Council's Recommendation nº 114 can help prosecutors build protective schools.
I spoke about how censorship of human rights education undermines safety and how the Council's Recommendation nº 114 can help prosecutors build protective schools.
Academic freedom is a cornerstone of human rights. In Central America, autocrats are erasing it: purges in Nicaragua, punitive laws in El Salvador, and student repression in Guatemala threaten free thought and civic space. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
August 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Academic freedom is a cornerstone of human rights. In Central America, autocrats are erasing it: purges in Nicaragua, punitive laws in El Salvador, and student repression in Guatemala threaten free thought and civic space. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
Cerrar el Plan ENIA en Argentina vulnera el derecho de lxs adolescentes a la salud, la educación y a vivir libres de violencia. ENIA redujo en 50% el embarazo adolescente y protegió a miles de niñas. Su cierre es un retroceso en derechos y dignidad. elpais.com/actualidad/n...
August 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Cerrar el Plan ENIA en Argentina vulnera el derecho de lxs adolescentes a la salud, la educación y a vivir libres de violencia. ENIA redujo en 50% el embarazo adolescente y protegió a miles de niñas. Su cierre es un retroceso en derechos y dignidad. elpais.com/actualidad/n...
With this ruling, Saint Lucia joins Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis in affirming that criminal laws against same-sex intimacy are unconstitutional. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
August 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
With this ruling, Saint Lucia joins Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis in affirming that criminal laws against same-sex intimacy are unconstitutional. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Budapest Pride sent a powerful message: scaring people into silence won’t work. Visible resistance is key to dismantling authoritarian power. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
July 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Budapest Pride sent a powerful message: scaring people into silence won’t work. Visible resistance is key to dismantling authoritarian power. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Despite threats, fines & facial recognition, Hungarians flooded the streets. Pride wasn’t only about LGBTQ+ rights—it was a fight against authoritarianism. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
July 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Despite threats, fines & facial recognition, Hungarians flooded the streets. Pride wasn’t only about LGBTQ+ rights—it was a fight against authoritarianism. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Budapest Pride 2025 defied Hungary’s March law banning LGBTQ+ assembly, drawing record crowds as a stand for democracy, dignity & freedom of assembly. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
July 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Budapest Pride 2025 defied Hungary’s March law banning LGBTQ+ assembly, drawing record crowds as a stand for democracy, dignity & freedom of assembly. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
This weekend we witnessed Budapest transform into a beacon of resistance.
Pride was more than a celebration of LGBT rights; it was a clear and courageous stand for democracy, dignity, and the rule of law.
Rea more here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Pride was more than a celebration of LGBT rights; it was a clear and courageous stand for democracy, dignity, and the rule of law.
Rea more here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
June 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This weekend we witnessed Budapest transform into a beacon of resistance.
Pride was more than a celebration of LGBT rights; it was a clear and courageous stand for democracy, dignity, and the rule of law.
Rea more here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Pride was more than a celebration of LGBT rights; it was a clear and courageous stand for democracy, dignity, and the rule of law.
Rea more here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
A hooded gunman in the southern Philippines carried out an apparent targeted killing on June 23 of Ali Macalintal, a transgender rights activist who worked as a radio commentator.
Authorities should conduct a full, swift, and impartial investigation. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Authorities should conduct a full, swift, and impartial investigation. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
June 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
A hooded gunman in the southern Philippines carried out an apparent targeted killing on June 23 of Ali Macalintal, a transgender rights activist who worked as a radio commentator.
Authorities should conduct a full, swift, and impartial investigation. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Authorities should conduct a full, swift, and impartial investigation. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Another day, another right thrown under the bus in Hungary.
Budapest Police banned LGBT people and their supporters from peacefully assembling to celebrate Pride...
...while instead allowing a hate group to march on the same day. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Budapest Police banned LGBT people and their supporters from peacefully assembling to celebrate Pride...
...while instead allowing a hate group to march on the same day. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
June 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Another day, another right thrown under the bus in Hungary.
Budapest Police banned LGBT people and their supporters from peacefully assembling to celebrate Pride...
...while instead allowing a hate group to march on the same day. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Budapest Police banned LGBT people and their supporters from peacefully assembling to celebrate Pride...
...while instead allowing a hate group to march on the same day. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
The world needs more brave elected officials like this.
Budapest's mayor says the city will organize Hungary's Pride march as a municipal event celebrating freedom in a move to circumvent a law that allows police to ban LGBTQ marches. www.reuters.com/world/budape...
Budapest's mayor says the city will organize Hungary's Pride march as a municipal event celebrating freedom in a move to circumvent a law that allows police to ban LGBTQ marches. www.reuters.com/world/budape...
June 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The world needs more brave elected officials like this.
Budapest's mayor says the city will organize Hungary's Pride march as a municipal event celebrating freedom in a move to circumvent a law that allows police to ban LGBTQ marches. www.reuters.com/world/budape...
Budapest's mayor says the city will organize Hungary's Pride march as a municipal event celebrating freedom in a move to circumvent a law that allows police to ban LGBTQ marches. www.reuters.com/world/budape...
Hungary's Supreme Court reversed the Budapest police ban on a march for LGBT+ equality, originally scheduled for June 1, but now rescheduled to June 28.
Freedom of assembly is a key human right, not least when used to defend nondiscrimination & the rule of law. kuria-birosag.hu/hu/gyulhat/k...
Freedom of assembly is a key human right, not least when used to defend nondiscrimination & the rule of law. kuria-birosag.hu/hu/gyulhat/k...
June 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hungary's Supreme Court reversed the Budapest police ban on a march for LGBT+ equality, originally scheduled for June 1, but now rescheduled to June 28.
Freedom of assembly is a key human right, not least when used to defend nondiscrimination & the rule of law. kuria-birosag.hu/hu/gyulhat/k...
Freedom of assembly is a key human right, not least when used to defend nondiscrimination & the rule of law. kuria-birosag.hu/hu/gyulhat/k...
Glad to see the UN Comm. on the Rights of the Child highlight Brazil's "absence of a national policy on sexual and reproductive rights & sexual and reproductive education."
It also calls out the barriers to abortion for girls & discrimination against LGBT+ kids. tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...
It also calls out the barriers to abortion for girls & discrimination against LGBT+ kids. tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...
June 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Glad to see the UN Comm. on the Rights of the Child highlight Brazil's "absence of a national policy on sexual and reproductive rights & sexual and reproductive education."
It also calls out the barriers to abortion for girls & discrimination against LGBT+ kids. tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...
It also calls out the barriers to abortion for girls & discrimination against LGBT+ kids. tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...
Europe is Watching
Am 28. Juni 2025 soll in Budapest die Pride stattfinden –trotz offiziellen Verbots und wachsendem Druck auf queere und trans Communities in Ungarn.
th-entertainment.de/budapest-pride
Am 28. Juni 2025 soll in Budapest die Pride stattfinden –trotz offiziellen Verbots und wachsendem Druck auf queere und trans Communities in Ungarn.
th-entertainment.de/budapest-pride
June 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Europe is Watching
Am 28. Juni 2025 soll in Budapest die Pride stattfinden –trotz offiziellen Verbots und wachsendem Druck auf queere und trans Communities in Ungarn.
th-entertainment.de/budapest-pride
Am 28. Juni 2025 soll in Budapest die Pride stattfinden –trotz offiziellen Verbots und wachsendem Druck auf queere und trans Communities in Ungarn.
th-entertainment.de/budapest-pride
Thousands of cases of sexual violence go unaddressed, but Peru's Congress focuses on restricting identities and ideas. Survivors need justice, not scapegoats. This new discriminatory law should be revoked. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
May 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Thousands of cases of sexual violence go unaddressed, but Peru's Congress focuses on restricting identities and ideas. Survivors need justice, not scapegoats. This new discriminatory law should be revoked. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Peru 🇵🇪 El Congreso debe derogar esta nueva ley y priorizar políticas basadas en evidencia para prevenir el abuso infantil y proteger sin discriminar. La niñez peruana merece más que pánico moral. www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
May 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Peru 🇵🇪 El Congreso debe derogar esta nueva ley y priorizar políticas basadas en evidencia para prevenir el abuso infantil y proteger sin discriminar. La niñez peruana merece más que pánico moral. www.hrw.org/es/news/2025...
Vague bans on “sexualized” content can silence teachers, artists, and journalists. Children need information to stay safe, not censorship wrapped in moral panic.
Peru's new law takes a misguided approach and it should be revoked: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Peru's new law takes a misguided approach and it should be revoked: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
May 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Vague bans on “sexualized” content can silence teachers, artists, and journalists. Children need information to stay safe, not censorship wrapped in moral panic.
Peru's new law takes a misguided approach and it should be revoked: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Peru's new law takes a misguided approach and it should be revoked: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
Peru 🇵🇪 Banning trans people from public bathrooms based on “biological sex” is discriminatory. It fuels stigma, not safety, and puts already vulnerable youth at greater risk. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
May 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Peru 🇵🇪 Banning trans people from public bathrooms based on “biological sex” is discriminatory. It fuels stigma, not safety, and puts already vulnerable youth at greater risk. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...