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Iraqi Exile Speaks Out Against the Targeting of Gay Iraqis by Shia Death Squads-3/23/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
We speak with a gay Iraqi exile about the systematic targeting of gay Iraqis by Shiite death squads in Iraq. The attacks follow a death-to-gays fatwa issued by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani last October. We also speak with independent journalist Doug Ireland who broke the story. [includes rush transcript]
(PDF - 283 Kb) Document Date: 23 Mar 2006 (Downloads: 489)
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Nigeria to ban same-sex marriage 1/30/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
International News
January 30, 2006
by Rex Wockner<br><br>
The Nigerian government's Federal Executive Council approved a measure banning same-sex marriage Jan. 17 and sent it to the National Assembly for consideration.
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Rights groups cirticize Nigeria-3/27/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
International News #622
March 27, 2006
by Rex Wockner<br><br>
Sixteen human-rights groups wrote to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on March 23 demanding he withdraw legislation that will criminalize gay relationships and same-sex marriage, and ban gay organizations and activism.
(PDF - 64 Kb) Document Date: 27 Mar 2006 (Downloads: 466)
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Shia Death Squads Target Iraqi Gays By Doug Irenand- 3/23/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Three years into occupation, U.S. officials ignore please of repression even worse than under Saddam.<br><br>
by Doug Ireland<br><br>
Following a death-to-gays fatwa issued last October by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, death squads of the Badr Corps have been systematically tageting gay Iraqis for persectuion and execution, gay Iraqis say. But when they aks for help and protection from U.S. occupying authorities in the Green Zone, the secure area officialdom has carved out within Baghdad, gay Iraqis are met with indifference and derision.
(PDF - 218 Kb) Document Date: 23 Mar 2006 (Downloads: 499)
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South African Human Rights Commission supports gay blood donors-1/30/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
International News #614
January 30, 2006
by Rex Wockner<br><br>
South Africa's Human Rights Commission said Jan. 20 that gay men should not be automatically barred from donating blood.
(PDF - 18 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jan 2006 (Downloads: 489)
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Statement issued by the Durban Lesbian & Gay Community & Health Centre: Zulu King Homophobic Comments-9/22/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
September 12, 2005: King Zwelithini-A Sexist Homophobe who is loosing sense of leadership responsibiliy!<br><br>
The Druban Lesbian & Gay Community Centre is appaled at recent comments by King Goodwill Zwelithini. While he is entitled to his opinions, we woud like to argue that it is comments like his that confuse people and tarnish what ever is left of the Zulu image.
(PDF - 46 Kb) Document Date: 22 Sep 2005 (Downloads: 479)
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El Salvador: Luis Reyes Reyes vs Ashcroft- Ninth Circuit 09/13/04 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
384 F.3d 782 Citation<br>
Luis REYES-REYES, Petitioner,v.John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.<br>
No. 03-72100. docket number<br>
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.<br>
Argued and Submitted May 13, 2004.<br>
Filed September 13, 2004.
(PDF - 134 Kb) Document Date: 13 Sep 2004 (Downloads: 383)
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[El Salvador] A Global Gay Report Card- by Richard J. Rosendall www.independentgayforum.com 3/22/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
In El Salvador, "There were no developments regarding the Governance Ministry's 2005 denial of legal status to En Nombre de la Rosa, a homosexual and transvestite advocacy NGO," and no developments in investigations into the 2004 killings of two transvestites.
(PDF - 71 Kb) Document Date: 22 Mar 2007 (Downloads: 349)
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Mexico: Obligan en el Edomex a docente gay a dejar cargo- Teacher is forced to leave job in Edomex- www.notiese.org by Mario Alberto Reyes 3/10/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
México DF, marzo 10 de 2008<br>
"The dog dies, finished off by rabies!" was the phrase that Professor Agustín Estrada Negrete heard when Ernesto Monroy Yurrieta, State Subsecretary of Basic and Teacher Education demanded that he resign when he participated in the March Against Homophobia organized by the Commission of Human Rights of the municipality of Ectapec, in the state of Mexico.<br><br>
"¡Muerto el perro se acabó la rabia!", fue la frase que escuchó el profesor Agustín Estrada Negrete cuando Ernesto Monroy Yurrieta, subsecretario estatal de Educación Básica y Normal, le exigió su renuncia por participar en la Jornada de Lucha contra la Homofobia organizada por la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del municipio de Ecatepec, en el estado de México.
(PDF - 1,116 Kb) Document Date: 10 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 495)
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Mexico: Recurrentes violaciones a derechos de transexuales- Recurring transexual's rights violacions- www.milenio.com 03/03/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 282 Kb) Document Date: 3 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 370)
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Mexico: Recurrentes violaciones a derechos de transexuales- Recurring transexual's rights violacions- www.milenio.com 03/03/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 282 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 359)
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Mexico: Recurrentes violaciones a derechos de transexuales- Recurring violations of transsexual rights- www.milenio.com 03/03/08: http://impreso.milenio.com/node/8028627 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The full English translation for this document was provided by Aubra Fletcher Esq. Office of the Special Master, Farrell v. Cate in San Francisco, CA<br><br> "The CDHDF has received ten complaints for alleged abuse against this sector of society." <br><br> "Recibió la CDHDF diez quejas por presuntos abusos hacia este sector de la población. La PGJDF, reclusorios y el Metro, instancias involucradas en las irregularidades.<br><br>Discriminación, uso desproporcionado o indebido de la fuerza pública y deficiencias en atención médica, son algunas de las quejas más frecuentes que presentan transexuales ante la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal."
(PDF - 282 Kb) Document Date: 3 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 345)
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Mexico: Urgen activistas a autoridades de Guerrero a esclarecer crimen por homofobia- Activists urge Guerrero authorities to shed light on homophobic crimes- zapateando2.wordpress.com 3/3/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
México DF, marzo 3 de 2008 (Mario Alberto Reyes/ NotieSe).<br><br>
Civic organizations in Guerrero which work with sexual diversity issues, demanded that the state congress modify the Penal Code to include the legal phrase "Hate Crimes" for the sake of highlighting the physical aggressions experienced by the homosexual population which end in murder.<br><br>
Organizaciones civiles de Guerrero con trabajo en diversidad sexual, exigieron al congreso de la entidad modificar el Código Penal para incluir la figura jurídica de ?Crímenes de odio?, en aras de esclarecer las agresiones físicas experimentadas por la población homosexual que culminan con el asesinato.
(PDF - 70 Kb) Document Date: 3 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 363)
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Mongolia: RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs) -MNG102126.E- Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa 03/16/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Mongolia: The treatment of homosexuals by authorities and by society in general; recourse available to those who have been harassed based on their sexual orientation (2004 - March 2007)
(PDF - 148 Kb) Document Date: 16 Mar 2007 (Downloads: 460)
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Brazil: Rio's governor requests civil union rights for homosexual couples-ews.xinhuanet.com 03/03/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Rio's State Governor Sergio Cabral on Monday asked the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) to grant civil union rights to public servants with homosexual partners in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
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Brazil: Travestidos podrán usar nombres adoptados en hospitales públicos brasileños- Transvestites will be able to use their adopted names in Brazilan public hospitals- EFE www.estrelladepanama.com 03/04/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(EFE).- Los homosexuales, transexuales y travestidos podrán utilizar los nombres que adoptaron para identificarse socialmente al ser atendidos en los hospitales públicos brasileños, según determinó el Ministerio de Salud.<br><br>
(EFE) - Homosexuals, transsexuals and transvestites will be able to use their adopted names to identify themselves socially in order to be taken care of in the Brazilian public hospitals, as determined by the Ministry of Health.
(PDF - 223 Kb) Document Date: 4 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 376)
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Homosexuales nicaraguenses denuncian la violación a sus derechos de estudiar-Nicaraguan homosexuals denounce the violation of their right to an education-actualidad.terra.es 03/04/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Una decena de homosexuales nicaraguenses denunciaron hoy a tres directores de colegios públicos por impedirles sus matrículas para estudiar, al no vestirse 'como hombres'.<br><br>
La denuncia fue interpuesta en el Centro Nicarag?ense de Derechos Humanos (Cenidh, no gubernamental) por siete de los diez homosexuales.<br><br>
Ten Nicaraguan homosexuals today denounced three directors of public colleges for obstructing their registration to study, because they were not dressed 'like men.'<br><br>
The complaint was made at the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh, ngo) for seven of the ten men.
(PDF - 52 Kb) Document Date: 4 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 477)
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Nepal: The state of homosexuality- HIMAL SOUTHASIAN: COVER FEATURE ? March 2008- By :Diwas Kc www.himalmag.com 3/6/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Nepal has brought about a significant victory in the ongoing push for sexual rights. But in allowing the state to be the final arbiter of these rights, Nepali activist groups have allowed their own local identities to be overwritten by globalised notions of sexuality.<br><br>Yet, despite the recurrent bouts of despotism and fanaticism that Nepal has witnessed, the meti sub-culture has only grown, gradually moving from obscure crannies of Kathmandu to the more visible lanes of Thamel, the city?s youthful, recreational hub. This has allowed for a fertile terrain for transgression and the construction of new self-identities. But if this autonomy comes from being outside the ambit of governance and regulation, it is, nonetheless, merely a provisional one. After all, many in the LGBTI community find fostering the position of transgression and self-invented individuality incompatible with the demand for recognition and tolerance by the institutions of state and civil society. Instead, they would prefer what could be referred to as a language of ?primordial determination?, one that talks about people being inherently something, or a particular identity.
(PDF - 368 Kb) Document Date: 6 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 379)
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Nicaragua:"Nos niegan matrículas en centros del Estado"-We were denied registration in State centers (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Una docena de jóvenes con opciones sexuales diferentes fueron rechazadas por diversos institutos de educación dominical y técnica, donde aseguran que fueron discriminados simplemente por su condición de gays.<br><br>
Marlon Vivas, acompañado de seis personas más, denunció que las actuales autoridades del Ministerio de Educación (Mined) han bajado directrices discriminatorias contra ellos.<br><br>
A dozen youth with different sexual options were turned away by various educational institutes where they assure that they were discriminated against simply for their condition as gays.<br><br>
Marion Vias, accompanied by six more people, denounced that these authorities of the Ministry of Education (Mined) have brought down these guidelines against them.
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Venezuela: TSJ no autoriza ni prohíbe bodas entre parejas del mismo sexo- TJS does not authorize nor prohibits weddings between same gender couples- www.eluniversal.com by JUAN FRANCISCO ALONSO- El Universal 03/05/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Aunque declaró que la Constitución prohíbe "cualquier forma de discriminación, incluso por razones de orientación sexual", la Sala Constitucional del Tribunal Supremo no autorizó la celebración de las bodas gays en el país. La razón: La Carta Magna "no incluyó al matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo" en su texto.
(PDF - 57 Kb) Document Date: 5 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 340)
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