"I think that for all of us members of the LGTBIQ+ community this day is important, because on this day we feel proud of who we really are, and this helps us to be more visible in society amid the vulnerable situation we are in under this government," says one participant in El Salvador's annual pride parade. In February, the Ministry of Education, following the guidelines of President Nayib Bukele, stated that "all traces" of the gender perspective had been removed from school curricula, a decision criticized by human rights organizations and praised by conservative groups. Bukele also announced the dismissal of 300 employees of the Ministry of Culture for promoting "agendas" incompatible with the vision of his government, and which would be related to the gender approach according to critics and officials. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES