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Iranian homosexuals carve out a refuge in Turkey By SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI, Associated Press Writer: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2010/04/25/international/i090010D35.DTL (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"There is no authoritative figure for the homosexual population in Iran. However, recently published data based only on psychological reports of recruits for compulsory military service or for sex change operations put the number of gay men at 200,000 in a country of 66 million, Ghahraman said. Sex changes are legal in Iran, and many gays resort to them as the only way to live with their partners or avoid the harsh penalties."
(PDF - 114 Kb) Document Date: 25 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 102)
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THE SITUATION OF LESBIANS, GAYS, BISEXUALS, AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2008 by Igor Kochetkov (Petrov) and Xenia Kirichenko Russian LGBT Network 12/30/08: www.ilga-europe.org (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"This report is the result of speci? c monitoring of
discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender
identity in the Russian Federation carried out by the
Moscow Helsinki Group in cooperation with the Russian
LGBT Network in 2007-2008. This is the ?rst speci?c study
of the legal situation of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and
transgender people (the LGBT community) in Russia."
(PDF - 427 Kb) Document Date: 30 Dec 2008 (Downloads: 97)
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UK: Failing The Grade Home Office initial decisions on lesbian and gay claims for asylum April 2010: http://www.uklgig.org.uk/docs/Failing%20the%20Grade%20UKLGIG%20April%202010.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group
Report on the UK Governments repeated failure to address the issues
related to "sexual identity" when assessing claims for asylum from
lesbians and gay men.
(PDF - 1,213 Kb) Document Date: 25 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 98)
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Un grupo desconocido agredió a jóvenes LGBT en el parque público Los Deseos de Medellín- An unknown group attacked LGBT youth at the Los Deseos de Medellín public park- by Víctor Hugo Vargas, ElTiempo.com, 04/24/10: http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/antioquia/agrecion-a-jovenes-lgbt_7652669-1 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Un grupo de jóvenes de la comunidad LGBT, que desde hace más de un año socializa y comparte en este espacio público, fue atacado por quienes las víctimas describieron sin certeza como skinheads o cabezas rapadas."<br><br>
"A group of youth from the LGBT community, who for more than a year now have been socializing and sharing in this public space, was attacked by what the victims described without certainty as skinheads."
(PDF - 62 Kb) Document Date: 24 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 167)
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Asylum Pitfalls May Await the Transgender Applicant by Victoria Neilson , on 07/30/09: http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2009summer/2009summer_Neilson.php (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"At the interview, the male asylum officer told Cristina: ?You?re a beautiful woman, what problems would you have if you went back to your country??
The asylum officer could not imagine what harm will befall Cristina based on her transgender identity because she doesn?t ?look transgender.? She looks like a ?regular? woman. Essentially, the comment indicates that she will lose her asylum case, at least at the first stage, because her transition has been too successful."
(PDF - 248 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 101)
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Dominican Republic: Matan a tiros travesti estudiaba medicina - Transgender who was studying medicine is murdered- by JOSE RAFAEL SOSA, http://ecosdemiciudad.blogspot.com, 11/26/09: http://ecosdemiciudad.blogspot.com/2009/11/matan-tiros-travesti-estudiaba-medicina.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
El grupo Transsa informó que seis travestis han sido asesinados en los últimos diez años, sin que los autores hayan sido sancionados. <br><br>
Añade que en 1999 ?Madonna? fue asesinada en la Ortega y Gasset y en 2007 ?Naty? fue hallada muerta en los alrededores de la Plaza de la Salud.<br><br>
Luego murió ?Blondym? a causa de una bala perdida mientras se hallaba en un centro nocturno. Los autores del disparo andan sueltos.<br><br>
Transsa informó que también fue asesinada ?Yamilé?, cuyos restos fueron hallados en una bolsa plástica llena de basura en la avenida Máximo Gómez.<br><br>
The group Transsa (Trans Always Friends) reported that six transvestites have been murdered in the last 10 years, and the perpetrators have not been punished.<br><br>
They added that in 1999 "Madonna" was murdered on Ortega and Gasset and in 2007 "Naty" was found dead in the surrounding area of the Plaza de la Salud.<br><br>
Next "Blondym" died due to a stray bullet while she was in a night club. The perpetrators of the shot are still free.<br><br>
Transsa also reported that "Yamilé" was murdered, her remains were found in a plastic bag full of garbage on Máximo Gómez Avenue.
(PDF - 135 Kb) Document Date: 26 Nov 2009 (Downloads: 165)
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Guatemala: Transexuales, despreciados en la sociedad - Transexuals, despised in society- by Alba Trejo, http://rotativo.com.mx/ on 07/08/09: http://rotativo.com.mx/globales/guatemala_transexuales_despreciados_en_la_sociedad/613,4,16495,html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Guatemala, julio (Especial de SEMlac).- Los ven despectivamente, son tratados con asco y reducidos a la categoría de personas sin derechos. No tienen acceso a hospitales, son objeto de burla y reciben golpes en las calles por transformar su cuerpo de hombre a mujer. Muchos, incluso, han muerto asesinados a sangre fría." <br><br>
"Así vive la comunidad transexual en Guatemala. Una descripción que, aunque cruel, ilustra la realidad de al menos unos 7.000 de ellos." <br><br>
"Porque vivir en una sociedad cargada de machismo y discriminación, y dejar aflorar un comportamiento sexual distinto con el que se nace, es someterse a la burla, al rechazo y al desprecio", asevera Johana Ramírez, quien dirige la Organización de Transexuales (Otrans) Reinas de la noche, en este país centroamericano."<br><br>
They look upon them with contempt, they are treated with loathing, and reduced to the category of people without rights. They don't have access to hospitals, they are the object of mockery and they receive beatings in teh streets because they transfomr their body from that of a man to a woman. Many have even been murdered in cold blood."<br><br>
"So lives the transexual community in Guatemala. A description which, even though cruel, illustrates the reality of at least 7,000 of them."<br><br>
"Because to live in a society full of machismo and discrimination, and to allow a distinct sexual behavior to flourish to that with which one is born, is to subject oneself to mockery, rejection and contempt," asserts Johana Ramirez, director of the Transexual Organization (Otrans) Queens of the night, in this centralamerican country."
(PDF - 95 Kb) Document Date: 8 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 101)
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Mexico: De ocho disparos matan a travesti - A transvestite is killed with eight shots- by Gómez Palacio, EL SIGLO DE TORREÓN, 07/18/09: http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/447531.de-ocho-disparos-matan-a-travesti.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Las primeras indagatorias establecen que Jesús Gerardo Ávalos se encontraba en el Centro Trailero de Gómez Palacio, donde presuntamente ofrecía sus servicios sexuales y subió a un automóvil color blanco." <br><br>
"Minutos después se localizó su cadáver acribillado. Se presume que la persona fue asesinada en ese mismo lugar, pues las autoridades ministeriales recuperaron 12 casquillos percutidos, 3 de ellos calibre .762 (cuerno de chivo) y el resto de 9 milímetros."<br><br>
"The first investigations establish that Jesús Gerardo Avalos was found in the Trailer Center of Gómez Palacio, where presumably he offered his sexual services and got into a white car."<br><br>
"Minutes later his riddled body was found. It is presumed that the he was murdered in that same place, since the ministerial authorities recuperated 12 spent casings, 3 of them of the caliber .762 (AK 47) and the rest 9 millimeters."
(PDF - 288 Kb) Document Date: 18 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 190)
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Mexico: Denuncian trabajadoras sexuales abusos durante operativos. Se manifiestan en la Alameda Central- Sex Workers denounce abuses during raids. A demonstraton in Alameda Central- by Anayeli García Martínez ,Zapateando, on 01/20/10: http://zapateando.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/denuncian-trabajadoras-sexuales-abusos-durante-operativos-se-manifiestan-en-la-alameda-central/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Durante la manifestación una trabajadora sexual de calzada de Tlalpan relató que un día llegó un policía a acusarla del robo de una computadora y la llevaron a la delegación donde fue víctima de abusos. ?Me desnudaron a ver si traía tatuajes, me tomaron fotos y todavía el policía empezó a jugar con mis senos?, declaró
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Al final y sin tener una parte acusadora, le pidieron 45 mil pesos para no llevarla al reclusorio, una injusticia para alguien que ?sale a ganarse hasta 50 pesos por un servicio?, afirmó."
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"During the strike a sex worker on Tlalpan Road related that a police officer arrived to accuse her of the robbery of a computer and they took her to the police station where she was the victim of abuses. They stripped me of my clothes to see if I had any tattoos, they took photos of me and the police even began to play with my breasts," she declared. <br><br>
Finally, without being charged, they asked her for 45 thousand pesos in order to not take her to prison, an injustice for someone who goes out and earns up to 50 thousand pesos for a service,: she added.
(PDF - 176 Kb) Document Date: 20 Jan 2010 (Downloads: 117)
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Mexico: Por homofóbicos, matan a "Lucrecia" en Zapopan / By homophobes, "Lucrecia" is killed in Zapopan- by alertaperiodistica.com.mx, on 03/08/10:http://alertaperiodistica.com.mx/por-homofbicos-matan-a-lucrecia-en-zapopan.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Las autoridades investigan en caso, ya que se puede tratar de un caso de homofobia, en una actitud similar a la que se ha asumido en otras entidades del país, contra todas aquellas manifestaciones de diversidad sexual." <br><br>
"Este sujeto, también conocido en el ambiente como ?María Luisa?, fue encontrado sin vida en el cruce de las calles Benito Juárez y Compositores, colonia Miguel de la Madrid, en Zapopan, con una herida de arma blanca en el torax y otra en un brazo, mismas que le causaron la muerte."<br><br>
"The authorities are investigating a case, now that it can be treated as a case of homophobia, with a similar attitude to that which they have adopted in other entities around the country, against all of those declarations of sexual diversity."<br><br>
"This subject, also known in the community as "Maria Luisa" was found lifeless at the intersection of the streets of Benito Juarez and Compositores, in the neighborhood of Miguel de la Madrid, in Zapopan, with a wound from a steel weapon in the thorax and another on the arm, both which caused her death."
(PDF - 187 Kb) Document Date: 8 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 179)
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The Violations of the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons in MEXICO - A Shadow Report - Submitted to the Human Rights Committee by: Global Rights International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) International Human Rights Clinic, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School Colectivo Binni Laanu A.C. on 03/30/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Despite these advances, however, LGBT persons continue to face discrimination and human
rights violations based on their gender identity and sexual orientation. The overall culture in
Mexico remains highly repressive in its attitudes towards LGBTI persons. The persistence of
discriminatory sentiment towards the LGBTI community is illustrated by a recent poll of the
Mexican population, which showed that 48.4% would never live with an LGB person and that
11.6% would never hire one.7 <br><br>
There have been multiple instances of discrimination and violence towards LGBTI individuals in
Mexico over past few years, including hate crimes and serious abuses by state authorities, some
of which are documented below. LGBT persons in Mexico face a serious threat of violence.
One recent study has found that between 1995 and 2007, 464 homophobic and transphobic hate
crimes were committed in Mexico.8 Another study indicates that 76.4% of LGBT persons have
been subjected to physical violence because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, and
that 53.3% had been assaulted in public spaces.9 Additionally, another survey has indicated that
30% of LGB persons in Mexico had been discriminated against by police and that 20% had been
assaulted by police.10 Travesti and transgender persons are subjected to mass detentions,
extortion, and physical abuse at the hands of police and military officials. LGBT persons face
widespread employment discrimination in both the public and the private sector.
(PDF - 327 Kb) Document Date: 30 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 116)
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Iran: Mahtab's Open Letter to the UNHCR / by IRQR,, (April 21, 10) : http://www.irqr.net/English/239.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"I thought if have an operation to change my gender then my life could be easier in a female body. But it did not happen as I was thinking. Especially, my family threatened me to kill. They could not tolerate their son to be a female. What I am telling you here is not a joke or exaggeration. A friend of mine, who is also transsexual, was poisoned by her family. They did not accept their son to be a female. I had to leave my family in order not to be killed. I had a surgical operation in a place that there were no the hygiene and with the minimum operational equipment. I had to have that operation because I had not good financial situation and I had no other support."
(PDF - 207 Kb) Document Date: 21 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 104)
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KENYA: Bisexual male sex workers run big risks- by www.plusnews.org on 04/20/10: http://www.plusnews.org/PrintReport.aspx?ReportId=88867 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Most male commercial sex workers live and go about their business secretively to avoid being victimized, either by the council officials, the police or the public at large," she told IRIN/PlusNews." <br><br>
"In February a "gay wedding" in the coastal town of Mtwapa was halted by the police and an angry mob, who also stormed KEMRI's offices, claiming the organization was harbouring gay men."
(PDF - 124 Kb) Document Date: 20 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 111)
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The Violations of the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons in UZBEKISTAN A Shadow Report - Submitted to the Human Rights Committee by: Labrys Kyrgyzstan Global Rights International Human Rights Clinic, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School , www.globalrights.org- 03/30/10: http://www.globalrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wwd_LGBTI (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Acknowledgments <br>
This shadow report on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in
Uzbekistan was drafted by Labrys Kyrgyzstan, and Lauren Almquist, under the supervision of
Mindy Roseman, Academic Director of the Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School, with
support from and coordination by Global Rights. <br><br> Despite these protections established by the Constitution and Uzbekistan?s accession to the
ICCPR, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals (LGBT) in Uzbekistan have been
denied basic human rights as a result of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Uzbekistan?s
laws and policies violate a number of rights laid out in the ICCPR with regards to its LGBT
citizens. In particular the country?s criminalization of same sex activities leads to severe
discrimination, abuse by law enforcement officials, and drastic curtailment of NGO activities.
Uzbekistan is consequently in violation of Articles 2(1), 26 (Non-discrimination), 17 (Freedom
from Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home), 7 (Freedom from Torture and Cruel,
Inhumane or Degrading Treatment), 21 (Right of Peaceful Assembly), and 22 (Freedom of
Association).
(PDF - 315 Kb) Document Date: 30 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 105)
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Uzbek AIDS activist jailed- Rex Wockner International News # 834- 04/19/10 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
A website called uznews reported, "Maksim was found guilty on the charges
of embezzling fund, involving minors in antisocial behaviour, molesting
individuals aged under 16, concealing the hard currency, involving
individuals in drugs and tax evasion." <br><br>
Other accounts said the charges regarding minors stemmed solely from the
brochure's alleged promotion of homosexuality.<br><br> "A Tashkent court convicted Popov on six fabricated criminal charges,
including embezzlement and concealment of funds, tax evasion, incitement
to drugs use, corrupting minors, and provoking antisocial conduct," the
group said."
(PDF - 26 Kb) Document Date: 19 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 166)
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Uzbekistan: UN Body Finds Rights Record Abysmal, Calls for Urgent Steps to Rectify Human Rights Violations- HRW on 03/26/10: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/03/26/uzbekistan-un-body-finds-rights-record-abysmal?print (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The committee further expressed concern about detainees' access to lawyer; the effects of a recent relicensing of lawyers, which subjects defense lawyers to undue government control; excessive restrictions on political activism; violence against women; and harassment, attacks and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and criminalization of homosexuality. The assessment details numerous urgent measures the government needs to take to address these concerns. "
(PDF - 101 Kb) Document Date: 26 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 153)
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Sistematización de Hechos de agreción a la comunidad de Lesbianas, Gays Bisexuales y Trans de El Salvador- 2009/ Acts of systematization of aggression to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trnsgender community of El Salvador- by Alianza por la Diversidad Sexual LGBT- 09/30/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was translated by the Immigration Clinic at the University of La Verne College of Law, Ontario, CA <br>
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 - 4,913 Kb) Document Date: 30 Sep 2009 (Downloads: 191)
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Asylum Pitfalls May Await the Transgender Applicant by Victoria Neilson , on 07/30/09: http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2009summer/2009summer_Neilson.php (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"At the interview, the male asylum officer told Cristina: ?You?re a beautiful woman, what problems would you have if you went back to your country??
The asylum officer could not imagine what harm will befall Cristina based on her transgender identity because she doesn?t ?look transgender.? She looks like a ?regular? woman. Essentially, the comment indicates that she will lose her asylum case, at least at the first stage, because her transition has been too successful."
(PDF - 248 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 112)
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Bogotanos muestran indicios de homofobia, reveló encuesta a 13.000 habitantes - Bogota residents show signs of homophobia as indicated in a poll of 13.000 - by www.eltiempo.com on 04/15/10: http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/bogota/encuesta-de-cultura-democratica-en-bogota_7596847-1 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Hay indicios de homofobia<br>
Aunque no son abiertamente homofóbicos, los encuestados sí dejan ver su resistencia frente al hecho de que un homosexual sea docente: el 41,4 por ciento no está de acuerdo con que se le permita ser educador en un colegio y en total desacuerdo el 15,86 por ciento. El 32 por ciento sí cree que pueden ser maestros. <br><br>
Al preguntárseles qué tipo de personas no les gustaría tener como vecinos, la primera opción fue la gente homosexual: 24.49 por ciento. Tampoco les llama la atención vivir al lado de personas que hacen política (21 por ciento) ni desplazados (10 por ciento).<br><br>
There are signs of homophobia. Even though they are not openly homophobic, those polled allow their resistance to show when confronted with the fact that a homosexual might be a teacher; 41.4% do not feel that a homosexual should be allowed to be a teacher in a school and 15.86% are in total disagreement. 32% do believe that they can be teachers.<br><br>
Upon asking themselves what kind of person they would not like to have as a neighbor, the first option was a homosexual: 24.49%. They also are not interested in living next to a politician (21%) nor homeless (10%).
(PDF - 73 Kb) Document Date: 15 Apr 2010 (Downloads: 111)
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HIV Frontlines: HIV/AIDS and Homophobia in Jamaica- By Bonnie Goldman on www.thebody.com on 02/03/10: http://www.thebody.com/content/whatis/art55281.html?ts=pf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The first one is the way in which the popular culture and music have repeatedly articulated very disturbing ideas about gays and quite violent lyrics and so on. The violence of the lyrics and the acceptance of it by certain segments of the population leave somebody who is gay with a constant sense of anxiety about the way in which they're viewed and they'll be treated if they come out. So it's a kind of living threat. And there've been so many instances of violence against men who sleep with men. <br><br>
Yet there's another side of this thing that is worth paying attention to. The gay community has been far more articulate and present, and in many ways, radical in its resistance to the violence that has been perpetrated against them. That presence is part of what I believe to be a cultural shift that is taking place within a very conservative society. There are many gay people who have left Jamaica simply because it was just untenable to continue to live there comfortably and freely. <br><br> That complicates issues of how we deal with HIV. If being gay becomes something that one does not want to be attached to, then there's a reluctance for those people to come out of the closet, or to even just come out to be tested for HIV/AIDS. It's a hard community to then reach. That creates tremendous problems. The numbers are disturbing. Almost 30% of men who sleep with men in Jamaica are estimated to have HIV.
(PDF - 236 Kb) Document Date: 3 Feb 2010 (Downloads: 183)
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