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Iranian LGBT: Persecuted, harassed, raped, tortured, threatened with death, forced into operations - By Paul Canning on madikazemi.blogspot.com on 03/02/10: http://madikazemi.blogspot.com/2010/03/iranian-lgbt-persecuted-harassed-raped.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"However many transgender surgeries are actually performed on gay men who report being coerced. They and actual Iranian transgendered people report being persecuted, tortured and coerced to undergo sex reassignment procedure." <br><br>
"Many of those Iranians undergoing operations end up far worse off because of carelessly performed or even incomplete reassignment procedures and absent pre-surgery counseling." <br><br> " Despite the government's theoretical acceptance of transgender people, like gays and lesbians, they are always in danger of getting beaten and arrested by the unaccountable Basiji forces (a paramilitary volunteer militia). Transgender people have been deemed 'criminal by the Basiji and delivered to Mafased, the organization responsible for dealing with 'moral corruption', which can imprison people for days and subject them to physical and psychological torture."
(PDF - 838 Kb) Document Date: 2 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 189)
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Jamaica: Asylum Win for Gay Pro Bono Client- by www.proskauer.com on 12/15/09: http://www.proskauer.com/news/december-15-2009/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"As part of the asylum process, it is necessary to prepare a "declaration" or life story. This was very difficult for the man, whose memories of life in Jamaica were deeply suppressed and painful to discuss. Through hours of interviews and numerous meetings, Ms. Lerner was able to convince him to share his story for the declaration and in preparation for the hearing. Two weeks after the hearing, he learned that he had been granted asylum."
(PDF - 93 Kb) Document Date: 14 Dec 2009 (Downloads: 164)
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OBSTACLES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LESBIAN, TRANSVESTITE AND BISEXUAL WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA- by Colombia Diversa on 03/05/10: http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/mjMbW7R1aE (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"There is little information regarding the status of human rights of lesbian and bisexual women in Colombia. Difficulties related with the inexistence of state information systems or human rights organizations that include variables on the sexual orientation and gender identity of the victims, prevents the work of human rights defenders to shed some light on the real situation of this population." <br><br> Violence and police abuse<br>
For the years 2006- 2007 Colombia Diversa reports the murder of at least 17 transvestites dedicated to prostitution. These women are also the main victims of police abuse together with people who make their sexual orientation evident in public, such as same sex couples.
(PDF - 162 Kb) Document Date: 5 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 163)
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Gay Panama Life 2010- By Richard Ammon, Globalgayz.com, on 03/30/10: http://globalgayz.com/country/Panama/view/PAN/gay-panama-life-2010 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Homophobia runs high but gay life carries on openly, hidden or appreciated in different parts of the country. But only one LGBT organization stands against HIV and discrimination." <br><br> Not unlike other Latin American countries, Panama has a strong prejudice against homosexuality. ?There are no gay rights here,? declared Ricardo Beteta, director of Panama?s only LGBT advocacy organization, AHMNP (Asociación Hombres y Mujeres Nuevos de Panama, ?New Men and Women of Panama?).
(PDF - 3,251 Kb) Document Date: 30 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 206)
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HIV prevention hampered by homophobia - by www.unaids.org on 01/13/09: http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/Resources/FeatureStories/archive/2009/20090113_MSMLATAM.asp (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Many Latin American countries boast socially advanced legislation when it comes to defending sexual freedom and orientation. With law reform in Nicaragua and Panama over the past 12 months, there are now no states in Latin America which criminalize homosexual relations, for example. <br><br>
"Yet perhaps influenced by a lingering ?machismo?, prejudice and discrimination continue to flourish, whatever the laws say. Latin America is widely regarded as having a long way to go to successfully counter homophobia, or ?fear or hatred of homosexuals.? <br><br>
?There is a real contrast between reality and theory. This is the developing region of the world with the highest number of laws against discrimination based on sexual orientation,? says Dr. Ruben Mayorga, UNAIDS Country Coordinator for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay."
(PDF - 167 Kb) Document Date: 13 Jan 2009 (Downloads: 143)
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Hombres y mujeres nuevos de Panamá denuncian maltrato - New Men and Women of Panama denounce mistreatment- by www.tvn-2.com on 07/22/09: http://www.tvn-2.com/noticias/noticias_detalle.asp?id_news=19287 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
La asociación de hombres y mujeres nuevos de Panamá denuncian discriminación y prejucios en su contra los que terminan en actos violentos, ya la Defensoría del Pueblo investiga. <br><br>
Crímenes de odio, discriminación laboral y social y maltrato son aspectos que se desprenden del tercer informe sobre derechos humanos de la población gay, lesbiana, bisexual y transexual en nuestro país. <br><br> La asociación de hombres y mujeres nuevos de Panamá asegura que las golpizas, ataques violentos y arrestos injustificados se han incrementado en los últimos 6 meses. La discriminación, aseguran también los alcanza en las universidades y colegios. Estudiantes que son acosados abandonan sus estudios y no se atreven a denunciarlo.<br><br>
The Association of New Men and Women of Panamá denounce the discrimination and prejudices against them which end up in violent acts, finally being investigated by the Public Defender.<br><br>
Hate crimes, work and social discrimination and mistreatment are aspects which come out of the third report about human rights of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual populations in our country.<br><br>
The Association of New Men and Women of Panamá states that the beatings, violent attacks and unjustified arrests have increased in the past 6 months. The discrimination, they state, also reaches the universities and colleges. Students who are harassed leave their studies and don't dare to denounce it. <br><br>
(PDF - 318 Kb) Document Date: 29 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 152)
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Morocco clamps down on gays, Shiites - By The Associated Press on www.365gay.com, 03/25/09: http://www.365gay.com/news/morocco-clamps-down-on-gays-shiites/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"(Rabat) Morocco?s government is clamping down on homosexuality and alleged Shiite propaganda, saying it will tackle any group that threatens moral and religious values in the Sunni Arab kingdom." <br><br> "Several independent media last week urged Morocco to grant more freedom of speech to gay activists. "
(PDF - 47 Kb) Document Date: 25 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 157)
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Panama: Homosexuales piden seguridad: son víctimas de la violencia - Homosexuals ask for security: they are victims of violene- by www.tvn-2.com on 06/22/09: http://www.tvn-2.com/noticias/noticias_detalle.asp?id_news=17844 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Los niveles de violencia que se registran en el país van en ascenso y también alcanza a la población homosexual, aunque los casos no son nuevos, representantes de ésta comunidad solicitan a las autoridades más apoyo."<br><br>
"The levels of violence which are registered in the country are on the increase and also reaches the homosexual population, even though the cases are not new, representatives of this community seek more help from the authorities."
(PDF - 325 Kb) Document Date: 22 Jun 2009 (Downloads: 174)
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Panama: Piden ley contra discriminación homosexual-A Law is Sought Against Homosexual Discrimination - by www.tvn-2.com on 04/13/10: http://www.tvn-2.com/noticias/noticias_detalle.asp?id_news=30781 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Beteta dijo que sí hay discriminación por orientación sexual en Panamá, porque algunos ministros han pedido que ?limpien las instituciones de homosexuales y lesbianas?, cosa que la gente no se atreve a denunciar."<br><br>
"Beleta said that if there is discrimination based on sexual orientation in Panama, it is because some ministers have asked that institutions be cleared of homosexuals and lesbians, something whtich the people don't dare denounce."
(PDF - 391 Kb) Document Date: 13 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 124)
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Amid family pressures, gays in China turn to marriages of convenience In China, where homosexuality remains taboo, many gays enter marriages of convenience to satisfy family pressure to wed and have children. While they act like a couple in front of their families, many don't live together.- By Zhang Yajun on www.csmonitor.com/ on 04/13/10: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0413/Amid-family-pressures-gays-in-China-turn-to-marriages-of-convenience (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The pressure to marry is greater in rural areas, such as in Xiaojian?s home village on the outskirts of Beijing, where his relatives and neighbors keep close watch. Stay single too long, and gossip begins to spread about possible physical or mental disabilities. Constant questioning ensues. For some jobs, such as in the military and civil service, marriage is a requirement for promotion. <br><br>
Adding to the pressure to obey, many young adults rely on their parents for financial support. The average Beijing salary of 3,700 yuan (about $550) is barely enough to live on in the increasingly expensive capital.
(PDF - 388 Kb) Document Date: 13 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 143)
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Aumentan las muertes de trans y gays en Honduras- Deaths of trans and gays increase in Honduras/ by www.elheraldo.hn/ on 10/11/09: http://www.elheraldo.hn/layout/set/print/content/view/print/319123 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"El total de víctimas reportados por Cattrachas está basado en reportes noticiosos, comenzando con la muerte a tiros de un transgénero el 30 de junio durante un toque de queda." <br><br> "La violencia y la falta de garantías constitucionales tras los hechos del 28 de junio han dejado un saldo mortal de 15 transgéneros y homosexuales en tan sólo cuatro meses, casi la misma cantidad de travestis asesinados en los últimos cinco años, denunció el lunes una activista hondureña." <br><br> "Cuatro gays y 11 transexuales han muerto desde el 28 de junio, cuando Manuel Zelaya fue derrocado, explicó Indyra Mendoza Aguilar, miembro de la Red Lésbica Cattrachas, con sede en Tegucigalpa, que lleva cuenta de violaciones a los derechos humanos y civiles de homosexuales, lesbianas y transgéneros."<br><br>
"The total number of victims reported by Cattrachas is based on informed reports, beginning with the death by gunshot of a trans-gender on June 30 during a curfew."<br><br>
"The violence and the lack of constitutional guarantees following the incidents of June 28 have left a mortal balance of 15 trans-genders and homosexuals in only four months, almost the same number of transvestites murdered in the last five years, reported a Honduran activist on Monday."<br><br>
"Four gays and 11 transsexuals have died since June 28, when Manuel Zelaya was overrthrown, explained Indyra Mendoza Aguilar, member of the Lesbian Network Cattrachas. with its headquarters in Tegucigalpa, which maintains a count of human and civil rights violations against homosexuals, lesbians and trans-enders."
(PDF - 69 Kb) Document Date: 11 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 101)
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Brazil gay man wins U.S. asylum - By 365gay Newswire on http://www.365gay.com on 02/08/10: http://www.365gay.com/news/brazil-gay-man-wins-u-s-asylum/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"(New York) Columbia Law School?s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic has won asylum for a gay man who feared persecution because of his sexual orientation if forced to return to his native Brazil.
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The grant, issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, comes at a time when conditions for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals in Brazil are becoming more dangerous." <br><br>
"Brazil has one of the highest rates of hate crimes against GLBT people in the world. Grupo Gay da Bahia, the leading GLBT rights organization in Brazil, reports that between 1980 and 2009 there were 2,998 reported murders of homosexuals in Brazil. In 2008 alone, over 190 GLBT people were murdered, and the actual number is likely to be much higher since many of these killings go unreported."
(PDF - 41 Kb) Document Date: 8 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 170)
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Brazil: Gay-Bashing Murders Up 55 Percent - by Fabiana Frayssinet on http://ipsnews.net on 04/22/09: http://ipsnews.net/print.asp?idnews=46596 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 22 (IPS) - In 2008, 190 homosexuals were killed in Brazil, one every two days, representing a 55 percent increase on the previous year ? a veritable "homocaust" according to gay rights activists. <br><br>
The Annual Report on Murders of Homosexuals, produced by the Grupo Gay da Bahia (GGB), says that 64 percent of the victims were gay men, 32 percent were transvestites, and four percent were lesbians. <br><br>
"A transvestite is 259 times more likely to be murdered than a gay man," says the study which is based on media reports, since there are no official statistics on hate crimes in Brazil. <br><br>
The findings in GGB?s 2008 report, which has been cited by institutions like the government?s National Secretariat for Human Rights and the U.S. State Department, are "disturbing," says the head of the gay rights group, Marcelo Cerqueira
(PDF - 105 Kb) Document Date: 22 Apr 2009 (Downloads: 99)
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España concede asilo por discriminación sexual a homosexual colombiano - Spain grants asylum based on sexual discrimination to a Colombinan homosexual- By Manuel Velandia on www.agmagazine.info: http://www.agmagazine.info/2010/04/12/espana-concede-asilo-por-discriminacion-sexual-a-homosexual-colombiano/print/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Manuel Antonio Velandia Mora es un reconocido líder homosexual, cofundador en 1976 del Movimiento de Liberación Homosexual de Colombia, quien luego de un atentado con granada en contra de su vida y de múltiples amenazas de muerte que se extendieron a su familia, decidió huir de su país y solicitar a España el refugio y asilo político por discriminación sexual. La Subdirección General de Asilo, Oficina de Asilo y refugio, de la Dirección General de Política Interior del Ministerio del Interior de España reconoció a Manuel Antonio Velandia Mora la ?condición de refugiado y el derecho de asilo? el pasado 8 de abril."<br><br>
"Manuel Antonio Velandia Mora is a recognized homosexual leader, co-founder in 1976 of the Homosexual Liberation Movement of Colombia, who later, due to an attempt on his life with a grenade and multiple death threats which were made against his family, decided to flee his country and to seek refuge and political asylum in Spain
based on sexual discrimination. The Deputy General of Asylum, Office of Asylum and Refuge, of the General Office of Internal Matters of the Ministry of the Interior of Spain, granted to Manuel Antonio Velandia Mora the "position of refugee and the right of asylum" this past April 8.
(PDF - 125 Kb) Document Date: 12 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 120)
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Sistematización de Hechos de agreción a la comunidad de Lesbianas, Gays Bisexuales y Trans de El Salvador- 2009- by Alianza por la Diversidad Sexual LGBT- 09/30/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
En este documento se recogen algunos hechos de agresión sufridos por la comunidad LGBT de El Salvador entre los meses de Enero y Septiembre de 2009./In this document some facts have been gathered regarding aggression suffered by the LGBT Community of El Salvador between the months of January and September, 2009.<br><br>
ÍNDICE/INDEX<br>
Contenido /Table of Contents Páginas/Pages <br>
Introducción/Introduction 3 <br>
Normativa Internacional/International Regulations 5 <br> Otros documentos internacionales/Other International Documents 6 <br> Reforma a la Constitución/ Constitutional Reform 6 <br> Cronología de los hechos/Chronology of the facts 9 <br> Notas de prensa/Press Notes 12 <br> Asesinatos, desapariciones y demás hechos de agresión/Murders, disappearances and other acts of aggression 14 <br> Postura de los diferentes actores/ Position of the different actors 19 Incidencia política de la Alianza por la Diversidad Sexual LGBT/Political Impact of the Alliance for Sexual Diversity 27 <br> El movimiento social y popular/The Popular and Social Movement 29 Conclusiones y recomendacione/Conclusions and Recommendations 30 Anexos /Attached 33
(PDF - 574 Kb) Document Date: 30 Sep 2009 (Downloads: 139)
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Philippines: Bishop hits ruling allowing "Ang Ladlad" to participate in polls - by www.gmanews.tv on 04/19/10: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/188103/bishop-hits-ruling-allowing-ang-ladlad-to-participate-in-polls# (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iniguez said on Saturday allowing a
party-list group for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT)
in Congress is pushing for ?abnormality." <br><br>
?We recognize them, respect them, but their situation is an
abnormality. The person is approving and encouraging an abnormality,
which is unnatural," "
(PDF - 50 Kb) Document Date: 10 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 178)
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Senegal: Even after death, abuse against gays continues - By Associated Press on http://news.bostonherald.com on 04/11/10: (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"THIES, Senegal ? Even death cannot stop the violence against gays in this corner of the world any more. <br><br>
Madieye Diallo?s body had been in the ground for only a few hours when the mob descended on the weedy cemetery with shovels. They yanked out the corpse, spit on its torso, dragged it away and dumped it in front of the home of his elderly parents." <br><br>In the past two years, at least four men suspected of being gay have been exhumed by angry mobs in cemeteries in Senegal. The violence is especially shocking because Senegal, unlike other countries in the region, is considered a model of tolerance. <br><br> "In the last year alone, gay men have been arrested in Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. In Uganda, lawmakers are considering a bill that would sentence homosexuals to life in prison and include capital punishment for "repeat offenders." And in South Africa, the only country that recognizes gay rights, gangs have carried out so-called "corrective" rapes on lesbians."
(PDF - 128 Kb) Document Date: 11 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 167)
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US State department report may help Iraqi LGBT asylum applicants - By Bruce Leimsidor on http://madikazemi.blogspot.com on 04/12/10: http://madikazemi.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-state-department-report-may-help.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Hence, its language tends to be guarded, and it goes even out of its way to avoid antagonizing the target government or incurring criticism of bias. For example, it does, in fact, state that the Iraqi MOI considers the killing of LGBT as murder, but it helpfully goes on to say that despite many documented cases, ?Authorities had not announced any arrests or prosecutions of any persons for killing, torturing, or detaining any LGBT individuals by year's end.?
(PDF - 363 Kb) Document Date: 12 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 174)
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"Walk for Tolerance" Calls for End to Bigotry in Jamaica - by AIDS Free World on 04/08/10: http://www.aids-freeworld.org/content/view/367/135/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"If anyone is in doubt about the significance of this event, we would like to point out that it is the first of its kind in Jamaica, a country internationally notorious for its vicious homophobia. If anyone is in doubt about the courage of the people who participated, we would like to point to Jamaica?s abysmal human rights record with sexual minorities. Five years ago, Steve Harvey, a senior JASL employee, was murdered for being gay. Jamaica is one of the 79 countries with homophobic laws, and public figures spew hateful anti-gay diatribes with impunity. Just last year the Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, made disparaging remarks about gay people and announced that he has no intention of repealing the country?s sodomy laws."
(PDF - 47 Kb) Document Date: 8 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 153)
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US reports harassment and rape of gays in Zimbabwe - By ANGUS SHAW (AP) on 04/07/10: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j9fW9HViWKPeEmzMW-hz1pHnR3BAD9EUA8I00 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"HARARE, Zimbabwe ? Gay Zimbabweans face widespread harassment and some have even been raped by those intending to convert their sexuality, the U.S. State Department said in a discussion of its annual human rights report in Zimbabwe. <br><br>
Gay men were forced into heterosexual acts and lesbian women were raped, sometimes by male relatives, to teach them to change their ways, said Amanda Porter, political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Harare and compiler of the report."
(PDF - 80 Kb) Document Date: 7 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 103)
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