ESCER and poverty: Discrimination and violence against LGBTIQA+ people in Chile

Abstract

This article will address the relationship between access to the exercise of Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (ESCER) of LGBTIQA+ people, with situations of poverty and social inequality, and the discriminatory and violent acts of which they are victims. The group of LGBTIQA+ people in vulnerable situations will be analyzed, and it will be studied the relationship between the exercise of the ESCER by this group of people, with the poverty and vulnerability, considering the contexts of violence and discrimination that are part of their experiences. At last, the situation of the ESCER of LGBTIQA+ people in Chile will be observed based on information obtained from several studies prepared by civil society organizations, and the exposition of cases of violence based on discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.