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'Engaged' gay couple jailed in Malawi - Rex Wockner International News # 820 01/11/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The couple pleaded not guilty in a Dec. 30 court appearance, after which
prosecutors threatened that medical tests would be performed to prove the
couple had sex together. They remain jailed at Chichiri prison. <br><br>
Gay sex is banned in Malawi under threat of up to 14 years in prison.
(PDF - 23 Kb) Document Date: 11 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 153)
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Brazil: Gaza Strip on the beach -Faixa de Gaza na praia-by OGlobo Online-01/16/07-http://www.oglobo.oglobo.com/blogs/reporterdecrime/post.asp?cod_post=48640 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document and translation was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> Those criminals want to impose a ?Gaza Strip? in a public beach, limiting what they call ?their territory? and threatening the homosexuals with physical punishment if they cross the strip?s line.<br><br> Esses criminosos querem impor uma ?Faixa de Gaza? na praia publica, limitando o que chaman de seu territorio e ameacando os homossexuais com agreeoes fisicas caso estes a ultrapassem.
(PDF - 185 Kb) Document Date: 6 Jan 2007 (Downloads: 125)
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Chile: Transgender murders go unpunished-By Benjamin Witte-06/06/07-http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transgendernews/message/21026 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> Ana Sánchez, a middle-aged woman from Santiago?s impoverished La Granja district has neither read nor even heard of the recent Human Rights Committee report. Without realizing it though, she is familiar with its contents. After all, it was her son ? Calama resident Andrea Sánchez (born Fernando Andrés) ? who on Nov. 12, 2004 was brutally beaten to death by a man who bought her sexual services for 2,000 pesos, less than US$4.<br> The attacker, later identified as Víctor Vicencio Marín, was arrested at the scene of the crime. He spent the next three days in jail, but then went free on bail. ?Turns out it?s cheap to kill a faggot,? he was quoted as telling reporters upon his releas
(PDF - 48 Kb) Document Date: 6 Jun 2007 (Downloads: 206)
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Cross-dressers arrested in Bahrain - Rex Wockner International News # 820- 01/11/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Gulf News reported Jan. 4 that nine cross-dressers were arrested at a
hotel discothèque in Manama, Bahrain, on New Year's Eve and charged with
public debauchery. The report said the men were of differing Arab
nationalities."
(PDF - 22 Kb) Document Date: 11 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 222)
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El Salvador: No es Bonito-Its Not Nice-By Omar Banos-El Faro.net-01/21/05-www.elfaro.net/secciones/opinion/20050131/opinion4_20050131.asp (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document and translation was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> "No te acerques a mis hijos; no me beses; no me toques; no contratamos a sidosos; me vas a contagiar; vete de la casa; eres la vergüenza de la familia; eres un sidoso maldito; maricón, mal viviente, degenerado, pecador, sidoso, lacra; te lo mereces".<br>No es bonito, ¿verdad?<br>Por su puesto que no lo es, pero a diario, las personas que viven con el Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana y el Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida (VIH y SIDA) de una u otra forma escuchan estas frases hirientes o viven experiencias dolorosas de rechazo y hasta violencia física de parte de familiares, amigos y desconocidos por ser portadores del virus.<br>El estigma marca, corroe como moho y lentamente carcome las vidas de las personas infectadas..<br><br> ?Do not get close to my children, do not kiss me, do not touch me, we do not hire AIDS infected people, I am going to get it from you, leave this house, you are a disgrace to this family, you?re a faggot, degenerate, sinner, sidoso [coming from AIDS] LACRA, you deserve it. <br< That?s not nice, is it? Of course it is not, but day to day, people who live with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, (HIV and AIDS) hear these hurtful phrases or experience this type of rejection and even physical violence from family members, friends and even strangers because they carry the disease. <br> There is a stigma present, it marks people?s lives and slowly eats away infected people.
(PDF - 210 Kb) Document Date: 21 Jan 2005 (Downloads: 126)
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El Salvador: Vengo de un Lugar- I Come from a Place-By Omar Banos-El Faro.net-09/21/04-http://archivo.elfaro.net/secciones/opinion/20040621/opinion4_20040621.asp (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document and translation was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> Yo y muchos salvadoreños venimos de un lugar donde somos los gays más gay y sin embargo vivimos en el armario más oscuro de nuestra existencia. En este armario nos han hecho creer que los homosexuales somos pervertidos, irresponsables, degenerados, invertidos, raros, solitarios, ?sidosos? y que nosotros nunca podremos vivir vidas saludables. Nos hemos creído el cuento que somos unos buenos para nada, que sólo somos perdición, que nos debe dar vergüenza sentir amor por otros hombres. Lo hemos creído hasta el punto de darnos vergüenza de ser gay. Demasiadas veces decimos ?soy discreto, no tengo plumas, no soy obvio, no soy del ambiente gay, no soy loca,? aunque a leguas se nos note lo maricón en cada gesto y palabra que musitamos.<br><br> I and many Salvadorians come from a place where we are the most gay of the gays and despite this we live in the darkest closet of our existence. In this closet they would have us believe that homosexuals are perverted, irresponsible, degenerate, inverted, weird, solitary, ?AIDS ridden and that we will never be able to live healthy lives. We have believed this that we are good for nothing; that we will only lead to perdition, that we should be ashamed of ourselves fro being gay. Too many times we say ?I?m discreet, I do not have feathers, I?m not obvious, I do not belong to the gay scene, I am not crazy? even though by far one can notice with each gesture and word that we are gay.
(PDF - 260 Kb) Document Date: 21 Sep 2004 (Downloads: 149)
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Iran: AIDS is not a Crime- by Hossein Alizadeh, IGLHRC on 12/01/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"On the front page of his public education site on HIV, Dr. Hekmat reminds his visitors that " AIDS is a health problem, not a crime. Learn how to protect yourself against HIV and if you meet people with HIV, don't treatment as criminals, but as people with health issue"." <br><br> On Saturday, Dr. Minoo Moharaz, the head of the society for the prevention of infectious disease criticized the government for not
promoting safe sex in school and in the media. She said, "80 percent of people who hear the word condom on TV had no idea what a it is."
(PDF - 500 Kb) Document Date: 1 Dec 2009 (Downloads: 104)
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Iranian transgenders reclassified- Rex Wockner International News # 820 on 01/11/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Chelk said Jan. 6 that putting such a determination on transgender
people's military discharge papers creates problems for them. <br><br>
From now on, transgender people being separated from the military will be
labeled as "diabetics" or "people with a hormonal imbalance," he said.
(PDF - 22 Kb) Document Date: 11 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 204)
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LGBT Rights in Djibouti- by Wikipedia 05/05/09 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Djibouti (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The laws regarding homosexuality in Djibouti are vague and can sometimes be confusing, but it is generally understood that homosexuality is de facto illegal.[2] <br><br>
Most people interpret the Constitution of Djibouti as decriminalizing homosexuality, but the government tends to adhere to Islamic law more than constitutional law, rendering homosexuality illegal."
(PDF - 148 Kb) Document Date: 5 May 2009 (Downloads: 202)
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Policy Documents Djibouti : situation des homosexuels à Djibouti; traitement par la population et les autorités; protection offerte par l'État (2002-2004) 16 December 2004, Citation / Document DJI43218.F: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/category,COI,,,DJI,42df60db21,0.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Djibouti : situation des homosexuels à
Djibouti; traitement par la population et les autorités; protection offerte par l'État
(2002-2004) , 16 December 2004, DJI43218.F , available at: http://www.unhcr.org
/refworld/docid/42df60db21.html <br><br> "
Officiellement, la constitution djiboutienne indique que la discrimination fondée sur la langue,
l'origine, la race, le sexe et la religion est interdite (Djibouti 4 sept. 1992; Country Reports 2003
25 févr. 2004, sect. 4). Cependant, en pratique, le gouvernement porte atteinte aux droits de la
personne (Country Reports 2003 25 févr. 2004, introduction). Plusieurs violations par le
gouvernement dans les domaines de la liberté de presse et de la liberté d'association persistent
également (Country Reports 2003 25 févr. 2004, introduction; Freedom House 14 sept. 2004).
(PDF - 253 Kb) Document Date: 4 Sep 2004 (Downloads: 132)
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Violations of the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Persons in RUSSIA - A Shadow Report by Global Rights, ILGA-Europe and the International Human Rights Clinic at the Harvard Law School.- 10/31/09: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/ngos/JointStatement_Russia97.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This shadow report on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights in Russia was coordinated
by Global Rights, ILGA-Europe and the International Human Rights Clinic at the Harvard Law School. In preparing this report, contributions were provided by: Global Rights, ILGA-Europe, Russian LGBT Network, FtM Phoenix Group an theRussian Transgender Fund <br><br> "There are pervasive examples of the Russian culture of discrimination based on sexual
orientation, gender identity and gender expression. The government run HIV/AIDS programs
largely ignore the LGBT community. Russian faith and public officials regularly engage in
intolerant language and the Russian media publishes hate speech, disseminates misleading
information, and incites discrimination against the LGBT community. Individuals face regular
discrimination in the work place and in education based on sexual orientation, gender identity
and gender expression. Russian teachers are unequipped and uneducated in how to teach
transgendered students. There are reports that LGBT individuals in Russia are victims of extra-
judicial killings due to their sexual orientation."
(PDF - 412 Kb) Document Date: 31 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 110)
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Director of the Lawyers Collective (India) and UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, by www.aidslex.org on12/15/09: http://www.aidslex.org/English/Ask-The-Experts/Experts-Details/?&rid=23 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Can you discuss any other challenges ? current or upcoming ? to Section 377 by activists and organisations in other parts of India?<br><br>
"Just because the Delhi High Court has decriminalized ?unnatural sex? does not mean that stigma and discrimination relating to LGBT groups is over. The battle is won but the war for equality is going on. Thus, some police officers are still arresting gay men on the basis of public nuisance laws. Sensitizing the different sectors of the state and, for that matter, different sectors of society, will take time."
(PDF - 140 Kb) Document Date: 15 Dec 2009 (Downloads: 122)
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Homeless gay Muslims flee marriages - By Poonam Taneja , BBC Asian Network, news.bbc.co.uk on 01/11/10: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8446458.stm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"A UK charity is dealing with an increasing number of young gay Muslims becoming homeless after fleeing forced marriages and so-called honour violence." <br><br> "Forced marriage by its nature is an underground practice and the cases often go unreported. <br>
"The individuals involved may be reluctant to mention sexuality when they ring us or when they bring their case to the attention of the authorities," he said."
(PDF - 52 Kb) Document Date: 11 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 155)
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Philippines: Ang Ladlad, No longer on the margins of the page- By Danton Remoto, Philippine Daily Inquirer on 01/09/10: http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/talkofthetown/view/20100109-246416/Ang_Ladlad (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"MANILA, Philippines?Suddenly, we are back in the middle Ages! The resolution of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) denying Ang Ladlad accreditation to run under the party-list system is an example of society?s marginalization of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT)." <br><br> "In its resolution, the second division said that although the group had complied with all the requirements for accreditation under the party-list system, Ang Ladlad was being denied accreditation because it tolerates immorality. Proof? The division cited passages from the Bible and the Koran, adding that Ang Ladlad offended religious beliefs."
(PDF - 102 Kb) Document Date: 9 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 133)
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Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill 09/25/09: http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:m72bRC8do9AJ:www.chr.up.ac.za/press%2520releases/Bill%2520No%252018%2520Anti%2520Homosexuality%2520Bill%25202009.pdf+the+uganda+gazette+No+47+25th+september+2009&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
By Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner
London, UK - 11 January 2010 <br><br>
Below is a full and comprehensive briefing on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which is currently before the Ugandan Parliament and which proposes the death penalty for certain consenting homosexual acts.
(PDF - 1,540 Kb) Document Date: 25 Sep 2009 (Downloads: 189)
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Malawi: Letters to the WGAD, SR on Torture, SR on Freedom of Expression, SR on HR Defenders, and SR on Health. - by Jan Borgen, Director, International Commission of Jurist - 01/08/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The ICJ would like to call your to your attention recent events in Malawi that pose severe threats to the human rights of people who are being targeted on the basis of their sexual orientation, as well as those who advocate on their behalf."
(PDF - 363 Kb) Document Date: 8 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 201)
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HIV experts call for declassification of transgenderism as mental illness- By Jessica Geen -Pinknews.com.uk- December 29, 2009 : http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/12/29/hiv-experts-call-for-declassification-of-transgenderism-as-mental-illness/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"An international meeting of experts on HIV has called for transgenderism to be reclassified as a medical condition, rather than a mental illness." <br><br> "A report, called Moving from Intentions to Action, has now been published and calls for change in how trans people are treated." <br><br> "Instead it should be classified as a medical condition. This would provide a diagnostic category in the ICD that would accommodate the needs of those gender identity variant people who require medical care for their condition, but without the stigma attached to mental disorder."
(PDF - 47 Kb) Document Date: 29 Dec 2009 (Downloads: 123)
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Human rights organisations call for end to 'police abuse' of trans people in Guyana - By Jessica Geen ? www.pinknews.co.uk, March 6, 2009: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-11488.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Human rights organisations in Guyana have called for an end to the arrest and abuse of trans people for not conforming to gender-typical dress codes." <br><br> ?Police are using archaic laws to violate basic freedoms,? said Scott Long director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Programme at Human Rights Watch. <br><br>
?This is a campaign meant to drive people off the streets simply because they dress or act in ways that transgress gender norms.?
(PDF - 182 Kb) Document Date: 6 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 166)
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Iran: Transgender People are No longer classified as "Mentaly Sick" - by www.bbc.co.uk, 01/07/10: http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2010/01/100106_l07_transsexual_iran_sarbazi_armyexemption.shtml (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Document trasnlated by Hossein Alizadeh
Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission <br><br> The Director of Socially Vulnerable groups at the State Agency for National Well-bring says that the Iranian Military will no longer classifies the transgender people (who are eligible a for medical discharged from the compulsory military service) as "people with mental disorders". <br><br>
In his Jan 6 interview, Mr. Hasan Mousavi Chelk said: "so far, transgender people were exempt from military based on their situation as "mentally disturbed". But by including this classification in their discharge paper, they have faced numerous problems. Therefore it was decided to end the practice."
(PDF - 147 Kb) Document Date: 7 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 211)
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SASOD accuses state of sanctioning homophobia ...as UNAIDS calls for end to laws against homosexuality- By knews, www.kaieteurnewsonline.com on 05/17/09:http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2009/05/17/sasod-accuses-state-of-sanctioning-homophobia/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"According to UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation, 21 percent of men who have sex with men in Guyana are HIV-positive, as compared to 2.5 percent in the general population.
Human rights activists and organisations such as the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) have argued that this out-law of intimate same gender relations, helps to fuel the HIV epidemic.
In Guyana, violence and discrimination against transsexual, transgender and intersex (Trans) people came in for much attention a few months ago when a group of people verbally and physically attacked some ?cross-dressers? in the vicinity of Stabroek Market."
(PDF - 188 Kb) Document Date: 17 May 2009 (Downloads: 104)
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