Several key elections with LGBTQ candidates on the ballots are playing out in Chile, Mexico, and Vietnam just in time for Pride Month. ChileChilean voters last month ousted the right-wing coalition Chile Vamos, backed by President Sebastian Pinera, a relic of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorial grip on the South American country.
Instead, voters approved progressive platforms proposed by a new-left coalition, Apruebo Dignidad (I Approve Dignity). It was a blow to Pinera's party, which won only 37 of the 155 seats for the Constitutional Convention.
The I Approve Dignity coalition elected 28 representatives and numerous independent candidates who had been active in the 2019 protests.