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On April 7, 2010, a 20-year old lesbian, Norma Machado, was abducted from her home in Asunción, Paraguay by five family members and a family friend. She was dragged into a car where she was suffocated, strangled and subjected to multiple blows, resulting in severe bruising to her body. According to multiple news reports, one of her abductors was her uncle, Viviano Machado, former commander of National Police. >>>

SOMOSGAY and the Ministry of Interior signed an agreement, on Monday 22 March 2010, based on their willingness to collaborate in relevant activities to the eradication of all forms of discrimination against gay and transgender people, contributing to the breakdown of attitudes,values and practices that violate the rights of these people and contributing to the construction of a Paraguayan society free of homophobia and discrimination. >>>

On Friday, 23 October 2009, SOMOSGAY PRONASIDA jointly with the Ministry of Health, conducts workshops for volunteer counseling and testing in EL CENTRO SOMOSGAY, called ” TESTFREE in the center.” >>>

Simon Cazal of SOMOSGAY and Camilo Soares the Minister of National Emergency Secretariat welcomed the inclusion of the first gay person and first person with trans identity in public. It is hoped that this fact standing at other levels of government in its three branches, generate equal opportunities for inclusion of people who have been historically discriminated against. >>>

At the location of the Foundation Le Club Francais, SOMOSGAY organized the 1st Gattering/ Discussion on Homophobia and the Media. The table panel included major media journalists in Paraguay, Enrique Vargas Peña (970 AM), Germain Martinez Vierci (Radio 1000), Daniela Candia (SNT, Channel 9), and Judith Mary Vera (Director of National Radio Paraguay). The event sought to reflect on the impact of images and expressions disseminated through the mass media in the fight against homophobia. >>>

On Tuesday, 25 August at 10 am, Simon Cazal and other representatives of the organization SOMOSGAY submitted a letter requesting the Ministry of Public Health recognize homophobia as a public health problem and proposes an approach to this Department of State to develop with her strategies that address the multiple consequences of this problem in the health of LGBT people of Paraguay. The state agency has undertaken to respond to the letter sent, making room for a meeting with the team SOMOSGAY in the coming days >>>

SOMOSGAY shared on “Good Day Paraguay”; Paravision morning program in Paraguay. The main agenda item was the campaign against homophobia: “I AM GAY! MY FAMILY LOVES ME AS I AM!”. In the space program was a fluid exchange between audience and SOMOSGAY activists, and his founder director Simon Cazal, along with their families. >>>