sentences:  Hugo Salinas, former Mayor of Intipucá (2009-2012), is the only known openly gay person to have held public office in El Salvador.The end of the Civil War and the democratization paved the way for NGOs and private citizens to campaign for HIV/AIDS education.Yet, since the 1990s, people working for such groups, most notably The Oscar Romero AIDS Project, have faced harassment and death threats.