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Ghana: Julius Amoako Bekoe: Story as a person Living with HIV/AIDS-By GATAG-09/08/07-http://www.gatag.org/julius.php (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> was a victim of unauthorized disclosure of sero-status, when the medical personnel's disclose my sero-status to my parents before letting me know.<br>I lost my job at Afgo Cargo at the Airport, due to the doctor sending my test report to the office.<br>After it became a public notice that I was HIV+ in my company, When I went out for launch in the company?s canteen, anywhere I sat to take my meal, my co - workers would leave me alone on that table (Isolated) as if I was an outcaste.
(PDF - 452 Kb) Document Date: 8 Sep 2007 (Downloads: 125)
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Peru: La Mayoria de peruanos rechaza las propuestas de Gobierno de Jaime Bayly-The majority of Peruvians oppose the proposals for Government of Jaime Bayly-By El Comercio-02/13/10-http://elcomercio.pe/noticia/414638/mayoria-peruanos-rechaza-propuestas-gobierno-jaime-bayly (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
La propuesta que más rechazo tuvo fue la de legalizar la comercialización de drogas (89%), seguida en igual porcentaje por su intención de permitir el matrimonio gay y la de legalización del aborto (75%). Posteriormente, están las propuestas de conformar un estado laico que no dé privilegios a ninguna religión (57%) y la de convocar a una consulta popular para indultar al ex presidente Alberto Fujimori (51%).<br><br>
The proposal most highly opposed was that of legalizing the commercialization of drugs (89%), followed with equal percentage by his intention to permit gay marriage and the legalization of abortion (75%). Subsequently, there are the proposals to creat a secular state which does not give privileges to any religion (57%) and the one to convene a popular conference to pardon ex-president Alberto Fujimori (51%).
(PDF - 336 Kb) Document Date: 13 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 199)
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Peru: Monsenor Bambaren:"Homosexuales pueden convivir pero no casarse porque matrimonio es sagrado."- "Gays can live together but they can't marry because matrimony is sacred." (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
El ex presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal Peruana aceptó que hereden bienes entre ellos, aunque consideró que la propuesta del congresista Carlos Bruce degenerará a nuestra juventud.<br><br>
The ex-president of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference accepted that they inherit advantages amongst themselves, even though he considered that the proposal of the member of congress, Carlos Bruce, will degenerate our youth.
(PDF - 62 Kb) Document Date: 24 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 184)
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Russian gay marriage group denied registration - Rex Wockner International News # 827 03/01/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Russia's Justice Ministry on Feb. 22 refused to register the activist
group Marriage Equality Russia. <br><br>
The ministry said the group's aims contradict a law that defines "marriage
as a union between a man and a woman." <br><br>
The organization will appeal as far as the European Court of Human Rights,
if necessary, said spokesman Nikolai Alekseev.
(PDF - 22 Kb) Document Date: 1 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 196)
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Colombia: Prejuicios contra la diversidad sexual todavía persisten en Medellín-Prejudices against sexual diversity still persist in Medellin - by ElTiempo.com on 02/16/10: http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/antioquia/ARTICULO-PRINTER_FRIENDLY-PLANTILLA_PRINTER_FRIENDL-7304450.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Pero existe otro que sobrepasa lo simbólico y se torna más agresivo: en el periodo entre 2007 y 2009 ocurrieron en la ciudad cerca de 50 muertes con pruebas claras de haberse cometido por la condición sexualmente diversa de las víctimas. <br><br>
Y todo ello ocurre a pesar de las iniciativas que las autoridades locales han implementado en los Planes de Desarrollo 2004 - 2007 y 2008 - 2011, para mejorar las condiciones de exclusión, discriminación y agresión, "cambiar la mentalidad, la cultura de ciudadanos y autoridades toma tiempo", expresa Humberto Tobón, empresario y directivo del Grupo LGBT de Antioquia.<br><br>
But there exists another which surpasses the symbolic and it takes a more aggressive stance: in the period between 2007 and 2009 there occurred about 50 deaths in the nearby city with clear proof of their having been committed due to the diverse sexual condition of the victims.<br><br>
And all of this happens in spite of the initiatives which the local authorities have implemented in the Development Plans of 2004-2007 and 2008-2011, to improve the conditions of exclusion, discrimination and aggression, "to change the mentality, the culture of citizens and authorities takes time," expresses Humberto Tobón, businessman an director of the LGBT Group of Antioquia.
(PDF - 65 Kb) Document Date: 26 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 142)
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ACTIVISTS IN HONDURAS TELL AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF HIDDEN HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS - Amnesty International 12/04/09: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/activists-honduras-tell-amnesty-international-hidden-human-rights-crisis-2009120 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Donny Reyes: "Most crimes against LGBT people are lost in limbo"<br><br>"According to information published by the organization Donny works for, the Rainbow Association, killings of transsexual people have also increased sharply since the coup d'etat." <br><br>
"Research conducted by Rainbow found that there were 12 killings of gay, lesbian, trans sexual and transgender people in Honduras in the whole of 2008. In the four months since the coup d'etat, that figure reached 14."
(PDF - 188 Kb) Document Date: 4 Dec 2009 (Downloads: 213)
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Colombia, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada: Treatment of homosexuals; especially in Bogota and Cali, availability of state protection and support services, 14 April 2009, COL103021.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a7040a8c.html [accessed 26 February 2010] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"While the homosexual community has seen an expansion of its rights through court rulings, especially with regard to same-sex partner rights (IPS 2 Mar. 2009; see also EFE 29 Jan. 2009; 365gay 29 Jan. 2009), traditional attitudes of intolerance and reports of mistreatment persist (Colombia Diversa 2006-2007; IPS 2 Dec. 2008; El Pais 30 July 2006; EFE 19 Dec. 2008)."
(PDF - 128 Kb) Document Date: 14 Apr 2009 (Downloads: 109)
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En Bogotá, los transexuales le temen a "limpieza social"-In Bogotá, transexuals fear "social cleansing" from armed groups-AFP, 3/12/2009 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Amenazas ha habido siempre. Pero ahora la situación está muy crítica. A nosotros nos mataron una compañera hace unos días, Catherine. Le metieron cinco tiros", relata. <br><br>
"Es gente que viene en carros negros. Que se viste con pasamontañas. Siento miedo, porque uno no sabe. Le puede llegar la hora inesperada". <br><br> "Según Ortiz, una reconocida líder de la comunidad 'trans' de la capital colombiana también ha recibido amenazas, así como otra activista que ha tenido que dejar la ciudad."<br><br>
"There have always been threats. But now the situation is very critical. A few days ago they killed one of our companions, Catherine. They filled her with five shots," it has been related.<br><br>
"It's people that come in black cars. They dress with balaclavas. I'm afraid, because one doesn't know. They can arrive for you at any time."<br><br>
"According to Ortiz, a well-known leader of the "trans" community of the Colombian capital has also received threats, just like another activist who has had to leave the city."
(PDF - 169 Kb) Document Date: 3 Dec 2009 (Downloads: 196)
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Gay men in hiding - Avoiding health care because of stigma, survey suggests - by Petrina Francis, Staff Reporter, www.jamaica-gleaner.com on 04/11/09: http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090311/news/news4.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"AS DEBATE stirs over the Jamaican Government's insistence on retaining legislation against buggery, homosexual men continue to suffer from discriminatory acts which make it difficult for them to seek health care in the country, a study has indicated." <br><br> "Our main problem is that based on the law, we have problems interacting with each other. There are no safes spaces," the source said."
(PDF - 306 Kb) Document Date: 11 Apr 2009 (Downloads: 189)
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Homophobic law to enter into force in Lithuania - Amnesty International PRESS RELEASE- 02/26/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"This law will violate the freedom of expression and will directly discriminate against people on account of their sexual orientation or gender identity," said John Dalhuisen, expert on discrimination at Amnesty International. <br><br>
?It will stigmatize gay and lesbian people and exposes advocates for their rights to the risk of censorship and financial penalties.? <br><br>
?This law is an anachronism in the European Union.?
(PDF - 45 Kb) Document Date: 26 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 179)
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Las golpean, insultan y finalmente les impiden entrar al plantel Estudiantes de Morelos, víctimas de discriminación sexual en escuela - They hit them, insult them and finally do not let them enter the school / Students in Morelos, victims of sexual discrimination in school.- by Rubicela Morelos Cruz, La Jornada, 11/27/09: http://www.lajornadasanluis.com.mx/2009/11/27/pol11.php (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Cuernavaca, Mor., 26 de noviembre. Desde el miércoles pasado, a Kimberly García Balderas y Lucía Ballesteros Ocampo, alumnas de la preparatoria federal por cooperación Valentín Gómez Farías, ubicada en el municipio de Emiliano Zapata, se les impide la entrada a su escuela por ser lesbianas y, según denuncia, maestros y alumnos las agreden física y verbalmente." <br><br> "Kimberly narró que las agresiones en su contra comenzaron hace un año, luego que se hizo novia de Lucy. ?Al mes que comenzamos nuestra relación nos comenzaron gritar que éramos una pareja gay, que no somos normales, que estamos mal educadas, nos avientan piedras, papeles, vasos, nos pegan."<br><br>
"Cuernavaca, Mor. Nov. 26. Since last Wednesday, Kimberly Balderas and Lucia Ballesteros Ocampo, studens of the federal high school Valentin Gómez Farías, located in hte municipality of Emiliano Zapata, have not been allowed to enter their school for being lesbians and, according to their accusation, teachers and students attack them physically and verbally."<br><br>
Kimberly related that the aggression against her began about a year ago, after she became Lucy's girlfriend. "A month after beginning our relationship, they began to shout at us that we are a gay couple, that we aren't normal, that we are poorly educated, they threw stones, paper, glasses at us, the hit us."
(PDF - 77 Kb) Document Date: 27 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 173)
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Public tolerance needed for Chinese gays to tackle AIDS - by www.chinaview.cn on 12/07/10: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/07/content_12605812.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Gays and lesbians as a group still face stigma and discrimination, and that is why those volunteers are afraid of exposing themselves to the public," said Wei Jiangang, a gay rights advocate who writes the popular "Queer Comrades" blog."
(PDF - 79 Kb) Document Date: 7 Dec 2009 (Downloads: 194)
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The Kotis of Lucknow; an insider perspective - Part 2 by Ila Nagar, Ohio State University, Pukaat, The Journal of Naz Foundation International 01/30/10: http://www.nfi.net/pukaar.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Kotis have to engage in constant ? ght to ? nd an identity and a
voice. This does not come easy for them. Kotis, like many other
marginalized communities like them, have devised ways to show
their distinctness. These ways are manifested in different ways in
different communities and for kotis these ways are primarily linguistic.
Scholars of language around the world have repeatedly shown that
there is an undeniable connection between the way we talk and who
we are. The means by which communities develop a distinct identity
for themselves are varied but such practices invariably develop in
what are called communities of practice. A community of practice
is a group of people who have similar circumstance, choices and life
experiences. Members of a community of practice, more often than
not, de? ne each other against the rest of the society. Their de? nition of
themselves is not necessarily opposed to the larger societal practices
and expectations but is de? nitely marked by certain negotiated goals
and rules. Many linguistic practices develop as a result of membership
into communities of practice.
(PDF - 398 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 185)
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Anti-AIDS Campaigner Serving 7-Year Sentence In Uzbekistan - by www.rferl.org on 02/14/10: http://www.rferl.org/content/Uzbeks_Give_AntiAIDS_Campaigner_SevenYear_Sentence/1967550.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Evidence has emerged that an anti-AIDS campaigner in Uzbekistan was sentenced to seven years in prison after authorities deemed his brochure incompatible with local traditions.<br><br>
Twenty-eight-year-old Maksim Popov, who heads anti-AIDS nonprofit Izis, was arrested in January 2009 and sentenced in September. <br><br>
But details of the sentencing, in a country where information is tightly controlled, have come to light only recently.<br><br>
RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports that Popov is currently serving his jail term in Uzbekistan's Navoi prison.
(PDF - 64 Kb) Document Date: 24 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 108)
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China's gay rights revolution: Despite periodic state crackdowns, increasing education and debate are bringing China's gay community out of the shadows - David Bartram guardian.co.uk, 01/19/10 : http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/19/china-gay-rights-state (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"It's a peculiarly Chinese way of dealing with things, the last-minute cancellation. Now China's gay community have learned, just like music festival organisers before them, that even licences and assurances can't protect a controversial event from a late knock on the door from the police. But Friday's cancellation of China's first official gay pageant, hours before it was due to begin in Beijing, will sting more than most government interventions. This was supposed to mark a new dawn for China's LGBT population. Instead, after a decade of mixed signals, China's gay community just wants the government to talk straight for once." <br><br> "Yet still, as events on Friday showed, there is a strong enough reactionary presence within the party to clamp down on what it sees as politically sensitive. The cancellation will serve as a warning that while homosexuality is now tolerated, the government continues to have the final say on what is and what isn't allowed to be publicly promoted. For the time being China's gay community will remain in the shadows, but as a sexual revolution approaches, it might not be long before a Chinese man is proclaimed Mr Gay World."
(PDF - 102 Kb) Document Date: 19 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 182)
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Comienzan actos violentos por homofobia en Michoacan - In Michoacan violent acts start due to homphobia - by JaliscoInforma on jaliscoinforma.com.mx on 01/23/10: http://jaliscoinforma.com.mx on /comienzan-actos-violentos-por-homofobia-en-michoacan.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"De acuerdo con la agencia Quadratin, trascendió, que al ?Chavita?, célebre gay entre la cofradía de homosexuales de la costa michoacana y el estado de Colima, llegaron a buscarlo a su casa a la que se introdujeron sin encontrarlo porque acababa de salir, y lo levantaron en la calle." <br><br> "
Hasta las primeras horas de este sábado no se había presentado la denuncia penal correspondiente ante el agente del ministerio público, por lo que se desconoce su paradero y motivos que llevaron a su desaparición, oficialmente"<br><br>
"According to the agency Quadratin, it was discovered that "Chavita," a gay celebrity among the sisterhood of homosexuals of the Michoacan coast and the state of Colima,
they arrived looking for him at his home where they entered without finding him because he had just left, and they picked him up in the street."<br><br>
"Until the early hours of the morning this Saturday no suitable penal accusation had been made before the agent of the public ministry, for which they were unaware of his whereabouts and the motives which caused his disappearance, officially."
(PDF - 37 Kb) Document Date: 23 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 224)
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Death of Gay Activist Brings Turkey's Attitude Toward Gays Into Focus - by www1.voanews.com/ on 01/21/10: http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Death-of-Gay-Activist-Brings-Turkeys-Attitude-Toward-Gays-Into-Focus-82239372.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"For 26-year-old Ahmet Yildiz, the choice to live openly as a gay man in Turkey proved deadly. Prosecutors say his father, charged with allegedly killing his son in what is being dubbed as the first gay honor killing, traveled more than 900 kilometers from his hometown to shoot his son in an old neighborhood of Istanbul." <br><br> "Can says before the shooting, Yildiz had repeatedly filed complaints at the local prosecutor's office that he was receiving death threats from his family. Gay rights groups claim the prosecutor's office did not investigate or provide Yildiz with protection. "
(PDF - 95 Kb) Document Date: 21 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 111)
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Diversidad sexual: entre avances y retrocesos - Sexual Divesity: between advances and set backs- on www.rebelion.org, 02/02/10: http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=99716 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Entre los crímenes vigentes de la homofobia, Bronfman mencionó la intimidación, el encarcelamiento, las amenazas y los asesinatos, "que son, desgraciadamente, cada vez más frecuentes". <br><br> ""Estamos conscientes de que trabajamos en sociedades conservadoras, tradicionales, donde todavía la Iglesia Católica tiene considerable importancia --lamentablemente creciente-- en los asuntos políticos y sociales, poniendo en entredicho, en algunos casos, la supervivencia del Estado laico", precisó."<br><br>
Among the homophobic crimes in use, Bronfman mentioned intimidation, incarceration, threats and murders "which are unfortunately each time more frequent."<br><br>
"We are aware that we work in conservative and traditional societies where the Catholic Church still has importance - regretfully growing - in political and social matters, calling into question, in some cases, the survival of the secular state," he stated.
(PDF - 37 Kb) Document Date: 2 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 106)
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Dominican Republic; Alto discrimen policial contra los gays- Stop police discrimination against gays- by Panky Corcino, www.impre.com, on 02/04/10: http://www.impre.com/eldiariony/noticias/nuestros-paises/2010/2/4/alto-discrimen-policial-contra-171685-1.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Santo Domingo/CORRESPONSAL EDLP ? Integrantes de organizaciones de trabajadoras sexuales, transgéneros, travestis, transexuales, usuarios de drogas, hombres que tienen sexo con otros, gay, inmigrantes y personas privadas de la libertad denunciaron que son sometidos a altos niveles de discriminación cuando demanda al Estado servicios de salud, educación o seguridad policial. <br><br>
Las organizaciones, 14 en total, denunciaron que sólo en 2009 se reportaron ocho asesinatos de ciudadanas trans que ejercían el trabajo sexual o que producto de la marginalidad social vivían en situación de calle."<br><br>
"Santo Domingo/Corresponsl EDLP" Members of organizations of sex workers, transgenders, transvestites, drug users, men who have sex with other men, gays, immigrants and private persons of liberty reported that they are submitted high levels of discrimination when they demand health servies, education or police security from the Government.<br><br>
The organizations, 14 in all, reported that in 2009 alone 8 murders of trans citizens who practice sex work or that are a product of social marginalization and live on the street, were reported.
(PDF - 164 Kb) Document Date: 4 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 190)
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Haiti earthquake crushes bisexual and gay support group - by Sheela Lambert, The Examiner, on 01/15/10: http://www.examiner.com/x-17829-Bisexual-Examiner~y2010m1d15-Haiti-earthquake-crushes-bisexual-and-gay-support-group (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"According to Cary Johnson, executive director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), LGBT people in Haiti and countries like it, especially trangender people, are particularly vulnerable in times of crisis because they are often already leading a more marginal existence with less resources. More likely to be unemployed or underemployed and less likely to have family members to look out for them. They are also more at risk of violence, when tempers flare. There is no governmental recognition of same-sex relationships such as Marriage, Civil Unions or Domestic Partnerships for same-sex or LGBT couples. Most LGBT people in Haiti stay in the closet because coming out isnt very safe. That creates additional barriers to searching for a same-sex partner or LGBT friends. "
(PDF - 245 Kb) Document Date: 15 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 107)
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