Los Derechos Humanos y los Debates en torno a la Comunidad LGBTIQ+

Abstract

This article analyzes the multiple forms of structural violence, discrimination and exclusion faced by the LQBTIQ+ community, particularly in the Colombian context and in the locality of Chapinero, Bogotá. Using a qualitative approach, based on a documentary review, content analysis and case study, it examines the tensions between the official discourse of inclusion and institutional practices that still reproduce stigmas and barriers to the full exercise of rights of this community. The paper focuses on the situation of ASOCOE, an organization of LQBTIQ+ merchants that has denounced institutional persecution, selective operations and lack of administrative guarantees for the economic development of its members. Through a national and international normative framework that supports the rights of this community, the article exposes how, despite legislative advances, a gap persists between the norm and the daily reality.

The article shows that it is urgent to strengthen the implementation of public policies with a differential approach, to promote real spaces for dialogue with the authorities and to guarantee the active participation of this community in decision-making. Finally, it also points out the need to recognize the LQBTIQ+ population not only as subjects of rights but also as fundamental economic, social and political actors for the construction of a more inclusive and just city.