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00:00Festive music echoes through the streets of Buenos Aires, but the slogans that follow
00:05it have a more serious tone. Crowds carry messages targeting some of Javier Mele's policies,
00:12which the LGBTQ community considers discriminatory.
00:15It's a privilege that we can march in the streets with the government we have, given
00:20the way the state represses us.
00:22When there's no message to help counter all this hate and instead it's being encouraged,
00:29it's when we need to unite and advocate for our rights and for a bit more acceptance.
00:33We must be able to exist freely.
00:38Javier Mele's government, which has been in power since December, has been turning
00:43its back on the progressive Argentinian society, dissolving the Ministry of Women, Gender and
00:48Diversity, the National Institute Against Discrimination and making budget cuts directly
00:54targeting the LGBTQ community.
00:56Today they don't provide HIV drugs, they don't distribute condoms. This takes us back
01:06to a time of great intolerance that should no longer exist.
01:13The government has proposed a 2025 budget, currently being debated in Congress, suggesting
01:19a 76% cut in funding for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV, hepatitis and
01:27tuberculosis.
01:29NGOs have denounced this proposal saying public spending cuts already resulted in a shortage
01:35of condoms, pregnancy tests and medications.