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Malawi Parliament Expands Laws Criminalising Homosexuality - by African Activist on 12/3/10: http://www.africanactivist.org/2010/12/malawi-parliament-expands-laws.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Malawi's parliament passed a bill criminalising sex between two women and it now goes
to President Bingu wa Mutharika for his signature. Malawi's penal code currently
prohibits sex between two men and the law was applied in the case of Tiwonge
Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza who were sentenced to 14 years in prison with hard
labour for celebrating their love with a traditional same-sex ceremony. The couple
were pardoned by President Bingu wa Muthairka on May 30th. The expansion of the law
criminalising homosexuality has drawn condemnation from the Association for Secular
Humanism in Malawi and the German government, the Nyasa Times reports.
The Malawian parliament has passed a bill proposed by the Government to criminalize
homosexuality between women which has attracted criticism from Association for
Secular Humanism in Malawi and German government.<br><br>
Unlike homosexual relations between men, female homosexuality was not previously
contained in the penal code. The bill was introduced as a bid to ensure greater equality
between men and women.
(PDF - 88 Kb) Document Date: 3 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 90)
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Zimbabwe: Sixteen Days of Activism Not For All, Say Police - IPS Africa on 12/2/10: http://www.ips.org/africa/2010/12/zimbabwe-sixteen-days-of-activism-not-for-all-saypolice/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Hundreds of residents from civil society organisations marched in the
streets of Bulawayo on Dec. 1 to mark the 16 days of Activism Against Violence Against Women and
Girls. But sex workers and members of gay groups were barred by police from joining the
demonstration.<br><br>Among the marchers were around thirty men and women from the Sexual Rights Center (SRC), an
organisation that advocates for the rights of homosexuals and commercial sex workers. Wearing pink
t-shirts emblazoned "Pink and Proud", they were carrying banners calling for the Zimbabwean
authorities to respect the rights of sexual minorities.<br><br>"After the march, one police officer came to me and told me that someone had brought to their
attention that we were marching with an organisations that promotes sexual diversity," she told IPS.
Police told her that because homosexual acts are against the law in Zimbabwe, they could not be
present at an event where speeches that promote homosexuality would be made.
(PDF - 71 Kb) Document Date: 2 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 78)
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Attack on gays bad for fight against HIV-AIDS Tuesday, December 21, 2010: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/letters/Attack-on-gays-bad-for-fight-against-HIV-AIDS_8246411#ixzz18ldXLPr8 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
JFLAG received information that on December 7, 2010, a gay tertiary student was savagely beaten by his colleagues after being recorded in an intimate conversation with a classmate posing as gay. This latest attack follows the brutal hacking to death of a cross-dresser in Half-Way-Tree on December 3, 2010.
The point has repeatedly been made that this pattern of virulent intolerance and homophobia has dire consequences for the country's fight against HIV and AIDS by driving gays underground, away from effective HIV prevention, treatment, care and support interventions. Many gay Jamaicans refrain from going to pharmacies to buy condoms and lubricants for fear of being "outed", and yet, even the Pope has conceded that condoms are essential in the fight against HIV. The Jamaican government also admitted at the United Nations Universal Periodic Review Session on November 8, 2010 that it recognises that such attacks as described above heighten the vulnerability of LGBT Jamaicans. <br><br>
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/letters/Attack-on-gays-bad-for-fight-against-HIV-AIDS_8246411#ixzz18le4BaRa
(PDF - 417 Kb) Document Date: 21 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 102)
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Brutal asesinato de un joven gay en la capital hondureña / Brutal murder of a young gay man in the Honduras capital- Por Andres Bacigalupo, noticias.universogay.com, 12/21/10: http://noticias.universogay.com/brutal-asesinato-de-un-joven-gay-en-la-capital-hondurena__21122010.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Un joven de 23 años identificado como Luis Alexis Alvarado Hernández fue brutalmente asesinado en el suburbio de Comayagüela, en Tegucigalpa, en lo que podría ser un crimen de odio motivado por la orientación sexual de la víctima. <br><br>
Según la prensa local, el crimen se produjo en la colonia de Villa Unión en horas de la madrugada y la víctima fue sacada de su casa por una o más personas que habrían abusado de él antes de golpearlo con piedras e incendiar su cuerpo. Además del encendedor con el que se inició el fuego, la policía halló dos preservativos en la escena del crimen
(PDF - 208 Kb) Document Date: 21 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 106)
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Mexiclo: Profesor gay pide asilo político a EU / Gay professor seeks asylum in U.S. - by Emilio Fernández Román, ElUniversal.com -Sunday October 24, 2010: http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/718636.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Full translation for this document provided by the Nationalities Service Center, Philadelphia, PA <br><br>
Ante la falta de medidas cautelares del Estado mexicano que garantizaran su vida, recomendadas por la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) en abril pasado, el director de los Centros de Atención Múltiple (CAM) 33 y 34 de Chiconautla, Agustín Estrada Negrete, huyó del país y solicitó asilo político en el extranjero.<br><br>
El profesor, quien asegura sufrir una persecución de parte de las autoridades del estado de México y de algunos habitantes de la comunidad de Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, donde se ubican los planteles para niños con capacidades diferentes, sólo por declararse de manera pública homosexual, fue violado el pasado 15 de septiembre por un grupo de desconocidos en una casa donde se escondía.<br><br> In the absence of precautionary measures from the Mexican State to guarantee his life, which were recommended by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (CIDH) in April, the director of the Multiple Assistance Center (MAC) 33 and 34 of Chiconautla, Agustín Estrada Negrete fled the country and sought political asylum abroad. ??<br><br> The professor, who claims to suffer from persecution by state authorities of Mexico and some people in the community of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, which houses the schools for children with disabilities, just for publicly declaring that he is a homosexual, was raped September 15 by a group of strangers in a house where he was hiding.
(PDF - 226 Kb) Document Date: 24 Oct 2010 (Downloads: 119)
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Mexico: Exigen aclarar homicidio de líder de comunidad gay en Matamoros / Murder of leader of gay community in Matamoro needs resolution- by Alejandro Velazquez, www.cronica.com.mx, 01/22/07: http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=281922 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Full translation for this document provided by the Nationalities Service Center, Philadelphia, PA <br><br> Ernesto Leal Rodríguez, líder gay en Matamoros, denunció en noviembre de 2006 ?a nombre de 300 homosexuales y lesbianas? detenciones arbitrarias por el simple hecho de manifestar una orientación sexual y por eso negociaba con diputados para impulsar en el Congreso local la Ley de Sociedades de Convivencia. La madrugada del lunes 15 de enero amaneció degollado en su casa. <br><br> Pero su activismo se acabó cuando fue encontrado su cuerpo sin vida. Según el reporte policiaco, Leal fue golpeado, apuñalado y degollado con un cuchillo cebollero en su domicilio durante la madrugada. Pero para la procuraduría del Estado está descartado que se tratara de un crimen de odio por homofobia y señalaron que el motivo fue ?pasional?, pues el asesinato fue perpetrado dentro de la casa de la víctima, cuya puerta principal estaba resguardada por tres candados, razón por la cual se supone que el homicida no era un desconocido. <br><br>
Ernesto Leal Rodríguez, gay leader in Matamoros, denounced in November 2006, on behalf of 300 gays and lesbians, arbitrary arrests for the simple fact of expressing sexual orientation and because of this was negotiating with representatives in the local Congress to boost the Society Coexistence Act. In the dawn of Monday morning of Jan. 15, he was slain in his home. ?
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?But his activism ended when his body was found lifeless. According to the police report, Leal was beaten, stabbed and beheaded with an onion knife-at his home in the night. But the state attorney has ruled out that it was a homophobic hate crime and noted that the motive was "passion" because the murder was committed inside the house of the victim whose door was guarded by three padlocks, so it was assumed that the murderer was not a stranger.
(PDF - 337 Kb) Document Date: 22 Jan 2007 (Downloads: 100)
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Jamaica: letter to PM Vote on Dec 20- By J-FLAG on 12/16/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Regrettably, on November 16, 2010, Jamaica voted with a number of states to remove the
reference to sexual orientation from this 10 year old resolution. J-FLAG is especially
concerned about Jamaica?s negative vote given the fact that more than thirty Jamaicans
have been murdered since 1997 on the basis of their sexual orientation, including Ashawn
"Charm" Williams who was murdered on Half Way Tree R
(PDF - 97 Kb) Document Date: 16 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 88)
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Lesbians in Indonesia: Out of the closet and into public life By Eren Cervantes, November 22, 2010 : http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/print/4052/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Lesbian women are some of the most affected members of the LBGT community in Indonesia. Lesbian women, as gay men, experience extreme social cohesion; however, they are usually more excluded from public life than men. In addition, they not only face the same challenges that heterosexual women face, but also suffer from sexuality-based stigmatization, discrimination, violence, etc. <br><br>
Evelyn Blackwood explains that while gays and lesbians are usually considered to be ?sick,? women suffer more religious and social stigmatization due to notions of femininity and motherhood. Although lesbian movements were able to flourish after the fall of Suharto?s regime, Islamic interpretations of femininity and female duties have driven lesbian women outside of the public sphere and have condemned them as "abnormal." <br><br>
Lesbian women may even have a harder time fulfilling the roles of a dual identity that has been pre-conceived by Islamic traditional notions of femininity and social homophobic attitudes. In this sense, lesbian women may have difficulties finding women?s groups that are not homophobic, feminist groups that promote different types of feminism, or gay groups that are willing to share leadership.
(PDF - 153 Kb) Document Date: 22 Nov 2010 (Downloads: 100)
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"We Are a Buried Generation" Discrimination and Violence against Sexual Minorities in Iran - HRW, December 15, 2010: http://www.hrw.org/node/94978 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Table of Contents <br><br>
- "We Are a Buried Generation" <br>
- Terminology<br>
- Summary<br>
- Recommendations<br>
- Methodology<br>
- I. Legal Framework under International Law<br>
- II. Legal Discrimination against Sexual Minorities<br>
- III. The Death Penalty for Same-Sex Acts<br>
- IV. Family, School and Society<br>
- V. Government Harassment and Abuse in Public Space<br>
- VI. Government Abuse Stemming from Invasions of Privacy<br>
- VII. Ill-Treatment and Abuse by Security Forces during Detention<br>
- VIII. Abuses during Administration of Justice<br>
- IX. Lesbian and Bisexual Women<br>
- X. Transgender and Transsexual Iranians<br>
- XI. Restrictions on Human Rights Defenders Working on Issues Affecting Sexual Minorities<br>
- XII. The Situation of Iranian LGBT Refugees and Asylum Seekers<br>
- Acknowledgments<br>
- Appendix 1: Letter from Human Rights Watch to the Iranian Government requesting information for this report<br>
- Appendix 2: Follow-up Letter from Human Rights Watch to the Iranian Government requesting information for this report
(PDF - 914 Kb) Document Date: 15 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 108)
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Ghana must clarify stance on same sex marriage - by www.ghanaweb.com, on 12/14/10: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=199419# (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The National Coordinator for Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF Ghana), Bernice Sam, is proposing to the Constitution Review Commission to use the opportunity to clearly define Ghana?s stance on same sex marriages. <br><br> The Constitution Review Commission should make proposals that clearly define marriage such that we do away with the possibilities of people bringing up arguments that say that our Constitution is gender neutral so we can now make the argument that same sex marriages are allowed. We don?t want same sex marriages in Ghana? she said. <br><br>
There have been debates that the criminal code of the 1992 constitution does not clearly interpret what homosexuality means, thus making it almost impossible for the act of homosexuality to be considered criminal.
(PDF - 85 Kb) Document Date: 14 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 80)
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Guarded Lives in Cameroon- , by Juliana Cano Nieto , HRW, on 07/30/10: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/08/04/guarded-lives-cameroon?print (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
In the brief interview I was able to conduct under the menacing eyes of a police officer, Ewane expressed fear of once again being incarcerated. He went on to describe the severe beatings and abuse by police, prison guards, and fellow prisoners the first time he was detained, in July 2007, on charges of homosexual conduct, a crime in Cameroon. Now he feared a reprise. The penalty for homosexual conduct is from six months to five years in prison and a fine of 20,000 to 200,000 Cameroonian francs (US$ 40-400). <br><br> "Everyone in my neighborhood calls me pédé [faggot]," he told us. "They [the police] can use this, as they have before, to detain me and harass me at any time." He said that he lives in fear that even a casual conversation with another man could lead to another arrest and possible prosecution.
(PDF - 152 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jul 2010 (Downloads: 77)
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Homosexuales piden cese a la homofobia del país Denunciaron el asesinato de 29 miembros a manos de escuadrones de la muerte / Homosexuals ask for an end to homophobia in the country - The murder of 29 members at the hands of the Death Squads were denounced. - by Lapresna.hn, on 12/13/10: http://www.laprensa.hn/Sintesis/Lo-ultimo/Ediciones/2010/12/14/Noticias/Homosexuales-piden-cese-a-la-homofobia-del-pais (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Full translation of article included <br><br>
En la protesta se expusieron detalles de las 29 muertes de homosexuales y transexuales, entre otros, registradas a partir del 29 de junio del año anterior. <br><br>
?Fueron asesinados cruelmente, con disparos, deshechos su rostros, son crímenes de odio. Exigimos justicia?, manifestó José Zambrano, uno de los coordinadores. Señaló como responsables a agentes del Estado. ?Son escuadrones de la muerte, no se sabe quiénes son, qué hacen, pero tienen licencia para matar a los homosexuales hondureños?, afirmó.
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At the protest, details of the 29 murders from June 29th of last year of homosexuals and transgender among others were exposed. <br><br>
?They were murdered with cruelty, with shots, their faces disfigured, these are hate crimes. We demand Justice,? said José Zambrano, one of the coordinators. He pointed as responsible the State agents. ?They are death squads, and no one knows who they are, what they do, but they have a licence to kill Honduran homosexuals,? he said.
(PDF - 221 Kb) Document Date: 13 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 94)
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Iran: Discrimination and Violence Against Sexual Minorities - Laws, Policies Put Already Vulnerable People at Even Greater Risk. by HRW, December 15, 2010: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/12/15/iran-discrimination-and-violence-against-sexual-minorities?print (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(Amsterdam) - Discriminatory laws and policies against homosexuals and other sexual minorities in Iran put them at risk of harassment, violence, and even death, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Iran's sexual minorities, especially those who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), are victimized both by state and private actors in part because those actors know they can get away with it. <br><br> "Members of sexual minorities in Iran are hounded on all sides," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "The laws are stacked against them; the state openly discriminates against them; and they are vulnerable to harassment, abuse, and violence because their perpetrators feel they can target them with impunity."
(PDF - 226 Kb) Document Date: 15 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 73)
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Russian region will not register LGBT organization - Rex Wockner International News # 859, 10/11/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The regional Justice Ministry had refused to register changes in Rakurs'
charter after it was reworded to include references to "homophobia,"
"sexual orientation," "gender identity" and "LGBT people."<br><br>
In rejecting the changes, officials accused the organization of extremism,
fomenting religious hatred, disseminating homosexual propaganda,
discriminating against heterosexuals, and undermining the security of the
Russian state.
(PDF - 22 Kb) Document Date: 11 Oct 2010 (Downloads: 111)
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Homosexuales piden cese a la homofobia del país Denunciaron el asesinato de 29 miembros a manos de escuadrones de la muerte / Homosexuals ask for an end to homophobia in the country - The murder of 29 members at the hands of the Death Squads were denounced. - by Lapresna.hn, on 12/13/10: http://www.laprensa.hn/Sintesis/Lo-ultimo/Ediciones/2010/12/14/Noticias/Homosexuales-piden-cese-a-la-homofobia-del-pais (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
En la protesta se expusieron detalles de las 29 muertes de homosexuales y transexuales, entre otros, registradas a partir del 29 de junio del año anterior. <br><br>
?Fueron asesinados cruelmente, con disparos, deshechos su rostros, son crímenes de odio. Exigimos justicia?, manifestó José Zambrano, uno de los coordinadores. Señaló como responsables a agentes del Estado. ?Son escuadrones de la muerte, no se sabe quiénes son, qué hacen, pero tienen licencia para matar a los homosexuales hondureños?, afirmó. <br><br>
At the protest, details of the 29 murders from June 29th of last year of homosexuals and transgender among others were exposed. <br><br>
?They were murdered with cruelty, with shots, their faces disfigured, these are hate crimes. We demand Justice,? said José Zambrano, one of the coordinators. He pointed as responsible the State agents. ?They are death squads, and no one knows who they are, what they do, but they have a licence to kill Honduran homosexuals,? he said.
"Fueron asesinados cruelmente, con disparos, deshechos su rostros, son crímenes de odio. Exigimos justicia", manifestó José Zambrano, uno de los coordinadores. Señaló como responsables a agentes del Estado. "Son escuadrones de la muerte, no se sabe quiénes son, qué hacen, pero tienen licencia para matar a los homosexuales hondureños", afirmó. <br><br>
At the protest, details of the 29 murders from June 29th of last year of homosexuals and transgenders among others were exposed. <br><br>
"They were murdered with cruelty, with shots, their faces disfigured, these are hate crimes. We demand Justice," said José Zambrano, one of the coordinators. He pointed as responsible the State agents. "They are death squads, and no one knows who they are, what they do, but they have a license to kill Honduran homosexuals," he said.
(PDF - 341 Kb) Document Date: 13 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 76)
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Según Informe: Policías Son Los Principales Agresores De La Comunidad Lésbico-Gay En Honduras / According to report: The main aggressors of the Gay/Leabian community in Honduras is the Police- Written by Eleana Borjas - by www.revistazo.biz, Monday, 15 November 2010:http://www.revistazo.biz/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1564:segun-informe-policias-son-los-principales-agresores-de-la-comunidad-lesbico-gay-en-honduras&catid=19:proyectos&Itemid=19 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Full translation enclosed <br><br>
Honduras es un país con altos niveles de homofobia y Transfobia. Los principales reproductores de ese odio en el país, según los organismos defensores de gays y lesbianas son la familia, las escuelas, la prensa y la iglesia.
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Pero ese odio ha traído consecuencias. El Informe Preliminar sobre Crímenes de Odio contra las personas LGTB en Honduras, realizado por el Centro de Promoción de los Derechos Humanos -CIRPODEH- y el Movimiento Arcoíris de Honduras, revela que entre los años 2005 y 2009 se han registrado 171 crímenes de odio hacia homosexuales a nivel nacional.
El estudio deja ver que los principales autores de los crímenes hacia la comunidad LGTB en Honduras, son la Policía, los clientes de las trabajadoras sexuales y la violencia familiar por no aceptar las orientaciones sexuales de sus parientes.
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Según el informe, la policía encabeza los crímenes hacia la comunidad LGTB, acosándolos constantemente con detenciones ilegales acompañadas de golpes y otras formas de abuso. Del 2005 al 2009 se registraron 50 detenciones ilegales en las cuales los policías violaron sexualmente a la persona por su orientación sexual.
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Este tipo de ataques hacia lo comunidad LGTB es más grave en San Pedro Sula ya que la policía de esa ciudad mantiene celdas clandestinas en su vieja sede, dónde cometen los abusos, indicaron.
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Honduras is a country with high levels of homophobia and transphobia. The main perpetrators of this hate in the country, according to the organizations defending gays and lesbians, are the family, the schools, the press and the church.
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But this hate has brought consequences. The Preliminary Report on Hate Crimes Against LGBT People in Honduras, by the Center of Promotion of Human Rights- CIRPODEH- and the Rainbow Movement of Honduras, revealed that between the years 2005 and 2009 171 hate crimes were reported by homosexuals nationwide.
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The study allows you to see that the principal authors of the crimes against the LGBT community in Honduras are the police, the clients of sex workers and family violence that results when relatives refuse to accept their family member?s sexual orientation.
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These types of attacks against the LGBT community have become more severe in San Pedro Sula now that the police in this city maintain clandestine cells in their old headquarters where they commit these abuses, the report indicated.
(PDF - 401 Kb) Document Date: 15 Nov 2010 (Downloads: 80)
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Uganda: Buturo blocks documentary - By Andrew Bagala , www.monitor.co.ug, on 12/14/10: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1072064/-/view/printVersion/-/iqsuia/-/index.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Ethics Minister James Nsaba Buturo yesterday blocked the showing of a documentary, saying the organisers wanted to indoctrinate the youth on homosexuality. <br><br>
The programme was organised by United Nation Human Rights office of the High Commissioner (UNHR), Uganda Human Rights Commission and Human Rights Centre Uganda at the National Theatre. But when organisers arrived at the theatre, it was locked. <br><br> "This is terrible. I told those people to shut up because they are supposed to defend our country,? Mr Buturo said.
(PDF - 113 Kb) Document Date: 14 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 79)
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Framing Visibility: Coming Out and the International LGBT Spectrum of Progress - by Contributed by Lynn on behalf of Meem at the ILGA Women?s Pre-Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil 2010 :http://www.bekhsoos.com/web/2010/12/framing-visibility-coming-out-and-the-international- lgbt-spectrum-of-progress-2/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Meem rejects the binary between the closet and coming out - just like we reject gender and sexual binaries. We operate in the grey areas. We are obsessed with writing, producing knowledge, archiving, and we do it all under nicknames or first names. We constantly build up different public platforms so that progressive and sex positive discussions on sexual and bodily rights are reaching people who are outside of our usual communities. There's obviously an ambiguous space that comes with this kind of visibility, and we take that ambiguity, that space, to our advantage. We negotiate this ambiguity of spaces and identities according to our own sense of surroundings and judgment. You might see some of us discussing sexual and bodily rights in unlikely mainstream platforms. You might see some of us in the streets protesting against sexual harassment. You might come across our activists giving workshops on gender to men and women of all ages. How constructive to our movements would it be if we branded all of these actions as ?projects by Meem," all of these activists as "members of Meem" and all of these projects as "LGBT projects?" <br><br>
LGBT visibility, if you ask me, in its mainstream sense, cannot be adapted as is, but has to be played with, refined, and attuned through strategies that respond to our very own contexts, strategies that locate us at the heart of our many struggles.
(PDF - 37 Kb) Document Date: 12 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 360)
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Gay rights in India, a battle to be fought long: Activists - by sify.com, on 12/13/10 : http://sify.com/news/gay-rights-in-india-a-battle-to-be-fought-long-activists-news-national-kmkwExaddga.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
ew Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Civil rights for homosexuals in India have a long way to go and the battle is to be fought for years, social activists and human rights campaigners said here Friday. <br><br>
'Even though Section 377 has been amended, the ground reality for homosexuals in the country has not changed much,' Anjali Gopalan, director of the Naz Foundation, said at a panel discussion on gay rights at the American Center here. <br><br>
'Gays, lesbians and hijras are still beaten up. They are treated with disgust and discriminated at every point of life,' Gopalan said. <br><br>
Activists and advocates mentioned how a change in legal structure is not the only requirement, but it is the safeguarding of rights that will make the greater difference. <br><br>'To be homosexual is to be totally natural. We are telling parents and the so-called society again and again that homosexuality is not a disease. We come across cases where children are given shock treatment by parents for being homosexuals,' said Gopalan.
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Gays in Africa face growing persecution, activists say By Sudarsan Raghavan Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, December 12, 2010: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/11/AR2010121103045_pf.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
KAMPALA, UGANDA - Persecution of gays is intensifying across Africa, fueled by fundamentalist preachers, intolerant governments and homophobic politicians. Gay people have been denied access to health care, detained, tortured and even killed, human rights activists and witnesses say. <br><br> "It has never been harder for gays and lesbians on the continent," said Monica Mbaru, Africa coordinator for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, based in Cape Town. "Homophobia is on the rise." <br><br> Gays have also been attacked this year in Zimbabwe, and in Senegal their graves have been desecrated. Gays in Cameroon have been attacked by police and targeted in the media. In Gambia, President Yahya Jammeh has vowed to expel gays from the country and urged citizens not to rent homes to them.
(PDF - 167 Kb) Document Date: 12 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 84)
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