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LGBTI community battles discrimination, violence
Jennifer Ávila

Organizations defending sexual diversity demand justice for victims of discrimination and hate crimes.

“It’s difficult to have a different sexual preference or gender identity in this country, it’s a daily battle,” says Indyra Mendoza, of the Gay-Lesbian Organization Cattrachas in Honduras, a country ranked as one of the most violent in the world, and one where the LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual/transvestite and intersex) community is doubly at risk.see more

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