Sexual minorities are denied essential services such as education and healthcare,[1] and the Guatemalan State has done very little to provide aid to LGBTQ individuals, insinuating that Guatemala is an anti-LGBT country.
The State is portrayed as not providing enough aid to protect the well-being of the LGBT community from discriminatory rhetoric and violence.
In fact, the State refuses to acknowledge the identities of many transgender people under Article 1 of the Civil Code of Guatemala.
Based on two studies, Briggs (2010) and Horridge (2011), the neo-liberalization that occurred in Guatemalan politics benefited gay and lesbian adopters.
In Guatemala, a neo-liberalization of child welfare occurred because state provisions failed and as a result had to abandon services such as subsidized health care and staple foods.
[4] However, because gay and lesbian couples were matched with adoptees rather than providing aid to impoverished families, the neo-liberalization did not help resolve issues such as race, class, and gender inequalities.
[1] However, these statistics are deemed to be inaccurate because the family members of LGBT victims did very little to intervene or properly report the hate crimes made towards the sexual minorities.
However, gay individuals are more likely to be targeted by groups because sexual minorities can be attacked or killed with near-impunity by the state prosecution.