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USA: Medical Examination of Aliens - Removal of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection from Definition of Communicable Disease of Public Health Significance -Docket No. CDC-2009-000, RIN 0920-AA26, -AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)- 10/30/09 :http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2009-26337_PI.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
ACTION: Final Rule<br><br> SUMMARY: Through this final rule, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), within the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is amending its
regulations to remove "Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
infection" from the definition of communicable disease of
public health significance and remove references to "HIV"
from the scope of examinations for aliens.
(PDF - 141 Kb) Document Date: 30 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 144)
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[Jamaica/Brazil] More immigrants cite sexual orientation for asylum - y RUSSELL CONTRERAS (AP) 10/27/09: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvHHTjSkM_Qqe5Iij12DAPu4cuAAD9BJKPHG0 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"For days afterward, Cunningham said an angry mob gathered on his lawn hurling rocks and bricks and calling them "batty boys" ? a Jamaican slang term for gay. Eventually, the pair grabbed what they could and fled on foot." <br><br> Cunningham had to revisit painful moments of running from mobs in Jamaica. Even the police would point him out for persecution, he said. In successfully arguing Cunningham's case for asylum, Weinberg also said Jamaica's sodomy laws banning sex between men and "dancehall" music ? whose lyrics often advocate violence against gays ? made life for Cunningham unbearable." <br><br> [Brazil] "During his asylum hearing, Azevedo had to recall violent episodes in Brazil when he and a group of transsexuals were attacked in bars. He recalled a transgender woman set on fire. Each time Azevedo said he went to police about an attack or a threat, the officers didn't even bother to file a report."
(PDF - 144 Kb) Document Date: 27 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 149)
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Bleak prospects- Young men, sexuality and HIV/AIDS in an Ethiopian town - by Getnet Tadele, African Studies Centre Research Report 80/2006 - https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/dspace/bitstream/1887/4641/1/ASC-1236144-149.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY <br><br>
Contents: <br>
PART I: BACKGROUND 1<br>
PART II: LOVE AND SEXUALITY 49<br>
PART III: HIV/AIDS 143
(PDF - 3,015 Kb) Document Date: 30 Dec 2006 (Downloads: 201)
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THE CRIMINAL CODE OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA- Proclamation No.414/2004- 05/09/05 - http://www.law.ugent.be/pub/nwr/elw/criminalcode/The%20Revised%20Criminal%20Code.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br>
"Article 629.- Homosexual and other Indecent Acts. <br><br>
Whoever performs with another person of the same sex a
homosexual act, or any other indecent act, is punishable with
simple imprisonment."
(PDF - 1,283 Kb) Document Date: 9 May 2005 (Downloads: 133)
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Uganda: Clergy: Jail gays, don't hang them - by By Sheila Naturinda on www.monitor.co.ug on 10/29/09: http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/Clergy_Jail_gays_don_t_hang_them_93749.shtml (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Homosexuals should not be killed but instead imprisoned for life, religious leaders have suggested.
Making their input in the Anti-homosexuality Bill 2009 yesterday, the clergy said the clause on death as
a penalty for homosexuality be scrapped. " <br><br> The group, which also comprised Dr Joseph Kakembo of the Seventh Day Adventist church, Dr Joseph
Sserwadda, the head of Pentecostal churches, Prof. Peter Matovu, the Orthodox vicar general of the
Orthodox and Sheikh Ali Mohammed, representing the mufti, however, made it clear that they support
the Bill, because "homosexuality is an evil and is anti-godly".
(PDF - 39 Kb) Document Date: 29 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 209)
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Caribbean: Caribbean Report-By UNAIDS-04/25/06-http://www.unaids.org/en/CountryResponses/Regions/Caribbean.asp (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> The AIDS epidemic claimed an estimated 24000 (16000-40000) lives in the Caribbean in 2005, making it the leading cause of death among adults aged 15-44 years. A total of 300 000 (200 000-510 000) people are living with HIV in the Caribbean, including the 30 000 (17 000-71 000) people who became infected in 2005. In the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region 240 000 (150 000-450 000) people are living with HIV, including the 25 000 (12 000-65 000) people who acquired the virus in 2005. More than 20 000 (13 000-36 000) people died of AIDS in the past year in this region.
(PDF - 136 Kb) Document Date: 25 Apr 2006 (Downloads: 132)
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Caribbean: HIV/AIDS Goes Primetime-by Stephen Leahy-08/18/06-http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34391 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> The Caribbean is hardly a homogenous region - HIV prevalence rates range from one percent in Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Suriname, to more than three percent in Haiti. The main bright spot is Cuba, where thanks to aggressive prevention campaigns and greater gender equality, prevalence is yet to reach 0.2 percent.<br>But overall, according to UNAIDS, at the end of last year, an estimated 330,000 people were living with HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean. Some 37,000 people were newly infected during 2005, and there were 27,000 deaths due to AIDS.<br>AIDS is now the leading cause of death among 15-44 year-olds in the region. Which is why, experts say, reaching out to young people through popular media like television is essential to reversing the spread of the disease.
(PDF - 54 Kb) Document Date: 18 Aug 2006 (Downloads: 234)
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Caribbean: Sun Sand and bashing-By Jared Mitchell-08/03/06-http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Sun_sand_bashing-1951.aspx#at (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> Last April, just as the winter season was ending, Smith, his boyfriend Justin Swenson and a friend, Dick Jefferson, were drinking at the Caravanserai Beach Resort on the Dutch side of the island of St Maarten/St Martin. It was 3am and Smith had his arm around Swenson.<br>"We were not kissing or making out," Swenson later told the Miami Herald. Suddenly several patrons, Swenson says, began screaming and shouting "butt boys" at them.<br>The bouncer told the gay Americans to leave. A man tossed a chair at them as they were leaving and, as they were walking through the Caravanserai's property, which is very dark at night, a car hit Smith, knocking him over. Swenson ran for help and when he returned he found his boyfriend covered in blood. The attackers had bludgeoned him and Jefferson with a tire iron.<br>Jefferson suffered a fractured skull and needed a titanium plate inserted into his head. Smith?s skull was fractured more extensively: surgeons removed pieces of bone in his brain and since then he has had difficulty talking.
(PDF - 225 Kb) Document Date: 3 Aug 2006 (Downloads: 130)
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EL SALVADOR: Impunes, crímenes contra minorías sexuales salvdoreñas- Unpunished, crimes against the Salvadorean sexual minorities- by transbitacora.blogspot.com on 07/04/09: http://transbitacora.blogspot.com/2008/07/el-salvador-impunes-crmenes-contra.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY <br><br>"La ola de crímenes de odio a manos de personas intolerantes hacia la diversidad
sexual incluyó "al menos 35 asesinatos" en lo que va de 2008 en el Salvador, denunció una ONG." <br><br> "En este país, si eres travesti te asesinan, y si eres gay tienes que mantenerte oculto, casado y con hijos para sobrevivir. De lo contrario, la sociedad te rechaza", aseguró Sánchez a IPS durante la celebración del Día internacional del Orgullo Gay, Lésbico y Transexual, en el centro de San Salvador."<br><br>
"The wave of hate crimes at the hands of intolerant people towards sexual diversity included "at least 35 murders" so far in 2008 in El Salvador, an NGO informed."<br><br>
"In this country, if you are a transvestite they kill you, Sanchez asserted to IPS during the celebration of the International Day of Gay, Lesbian and Transsexual Pride, in the center of San Salvador."
(PDF - 235 Kb) Document Date: 4 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 224)
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Serbian gay pride parade canceled after threats - By Rex Wockner International News # 805 on 09/28/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"March opponents had covered walls in the city center with graffiti that
said, "We will get you," "Death to faggots" and "Blood will flow," and had
spoken openly to reporters about the planned assault." <br><br> Belgrade's Queerbeograd.org denounced the "lack of cooperation on the part
of (the) state and police to secure the event."
(PDF - 27 Kb) Document Date: 28 Sep 2009 (Downloads: 219)
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South Africa [Namibia, Botswana]: UN RAPPORT REVELE DE GRAVES VIOLENCES A L'ENCONTRE DES TRAVAILLEURS DU SEXE- A Report Reveals Grave Violence Perpetrated Against Sex Workers - By Lesego Tlhwale, www.mask.org.za, 09/04/09; http://www.mask.org.za/article.php?cat=zambia&id=2272 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This article was translated by by Gabriel Guillaud<br><br>
"Plus loin, le rapport a révélé qu'en Namibie, au Botswana et en Afrique du Sud, les transsexuels travailleurs du sexe sont victimes d'abus aussi bien aux mains des agents de l'état tels que la police et officiels des secteurs sanitaire et éducatif, mais également de la part des clients et du public en général."
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"Furthermore, the report reveals that in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa, transsexual sex workers are victims of abuse from state agents such as the police and officials from the health and sanitation sectors, but also clients and the general public. "
(PDF - 167 Kb) Document Date: 4 Sep 2009 (Downloads: 220)
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Trinidad and Tobago: Dead Men Tell No Tales- By Kim Johnson-11/30/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> "It now seems it is okay when you are 'provoked' or made advances to, especially if it is of a homosexual nature, to stab that person 42 times because you will get off", protested Gregory Singh in Friday's Guardian.
That's the common belief. Especially since Clyde Lambert's killer was set free because the police couldn?t disprove that Lambert hadn't tried to bugger his killer.
So when Trevor ?Burn Boots? Smith shot his friend in a drunken rage, Smith?s first panic-stricken "excuse" was that his friend had attempted to seduce him. Christopher Lynch was killed on September 5, 1997."
(PDF - 229 Kb) Document Date: 30 Nov 2006 (Downloads: 144)
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Leave us alone, says gay Kenyan couple - by GITAU wa NJENGA www.nation.co.ke, in London Posted Saturday, October 24 2009; http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/676624/-/view/printVersion/-/8gefw4/-/index.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The couple, who wed under the controversial Civil Partnership Act 2004 which came into effect in the UK in 2005 allowing couples of the same sex to have legal recognition of their relationship, said they were deeply appalled by the Kenyan media intrusion and public outcry following their wedding." <br><br> ?Our families are being targeted by homophobic extremists; they have done nothing wrong. It is not fair to persecute our aged parents.? ?My brothers have been given a two-week ultimatum to leave Gaturi village in Murang?a district by members of the outlawed Mungiki sect,? he claimed."
(PDF - 360 Kb) Document Date: 27 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 209)
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Trinidad and Tobago: Aids prevention needs to reach communities-By The Trinidad Guardian-05/01/06-http://legacy.guardian.co.tt/archives/2006-05-01/editorial.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> Tonight, theatre practitioners will gather at the Little Carib Theatre to pay tribute in dance, song and oratory to Godfrey Sealy, an energetic contributor to the local drama community.<br>Sealy, who died of pneumonia last week, was a writer, actor and singer who first made his mark in productions at the Little Carib Theatre with Helen Camps and then struck out on his own.<br>For most of his professional life, however, his passion for theatre was conditioned by his activism for Aids education after he tested HIV positive two decades ago.<br>Sealy began his campaign early in the 80s with his stunning announcement that he had contracted the retrovirus, itself a source of drama when knowledge of the deadly disease was almost non-existent and the prevailing fear of this terrible unknown was an assurance of stigmatism and discrimination.
(PDF - 124 Kb) Document Date: 1 May 2006 (Downloads: 136)
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Trinidad and Tobago: Fear of HIV leaves Many Orphans Societal Outcasts-By IPS-04/11/06-http://www.aegis.com/news/ips/2006/IP060406.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> When his parents died from AIDS last year, John (not his real name) did not expect to be abandoned by his surviving relatives.<br>But the stigma surrounding the disease here remains potent. Left to fend for himself, John, 12, has become one of a growing number of young people who are being shunned by close relatives and friends, even as the authorities move to stamp out discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS. He now resides at a home for abandoned children in south Trinidad.
(PDF - 144 Kb) Document Date: 11 Apr 2006 (Downloads: 144)
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Trinidad and Tobago: Inter Press Service Examines Effects of HIV/AIDS Stigma on Children Orphaned by Epidemic in Trinidad, Tobago-by Kaisernetwork.org-04/13/06-http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=36599 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> The Inter Press Service on Tuesday examined how the "potent" stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS in Trinidad and Tobago affects children who have lost parents to AIDS-related causes. According to official figures, Trinidad and Tobago has recorded more than 15,940 HIV/AIDS cases since 1983, with 73% of new cases among people ages 15 to 49. The HIV prevalence in Trinidad is 2.5%.
(PDF - 40 Kb) Document Date: 13 Apr 2006 (Downloads: 142)
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Trinidad and Tobago: Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)-VCT101995.FE-11/01/06-http://www2.irbcisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&gotorec=450649 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> Sexual relations in private between consenting adults of the same sex are prohibited in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Ottosson 2006; see also World Policy Institute Dec. 2003, 1). According to a report published on the World Policy Institute's Web site, Article 146 of the 1990 Criminal Code of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines states that "any person who 'commits buggery [anal intercourse] with any other person,' and any person who 'permits any person to commit buggery with him or her,' is 'liable to imprisonment for ten years'" (Dec. 2003, 83; Ottosson 2006). Article 148 of the 1990 Criminal Code stipulates that "any person who, whether in public or private, commits any act of gross indecency with another person of the same sex, or procures or attempts to procure another person of the same sex to commit an act of gross indecency with him or her, is guilty of an offense and liable to imprisonment for five years" (World Policy Institute Dec. 2003, 83; Ottosson 2006).
(PDF - 57 Kb) Document Date: 1 Nov 2006 (Downloads: 228)
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Trinidad and Tobago: Taking Aids fight to vulnerable-by The Trinidad Guardian-06/03/06-http://legacy.guardian.co.tt/archives/2006-06-03/editorial.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br> UN Secretary General Kofi Annan complimented nation states which committed in 2001 to, among other actions, make anti-retroviral treatment available to large numbers of their populations in need of the treatment and care to live long and quality lives.<br>However, the secretary general said all states have failed the groups of people most vulnerable to contracting the virus, ie, females between the ages 15 and 24 years, men who have sex with men, prisoners and minority ethnic and political groups which live on the margins of societies.<br>In this regard, Caribbean societies, in which the above marginal groups have long been abandoned to the fringes to lead a kind of half existence, are way behind the requirement.
(PDF - 119 Kb) Document Date: 3 Jun 2006 (Downloads: 164)
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Honduras: Comunidad "Gay" pide agilidad en investigación de homocidios - Gay community asks for speediness in crime investigations-by www.latribuna.hn on 10/24/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"TEGUCIGALPA.- La comunidad "gay" de Honduras exigió a las autoridades de justicia agilizar el proceso de investigaciones sobre las muertes y violaciones de derechos humanos de personas debido a su preferencia sexual." <br><br> "Una comisión de asociaciones de personas de tendencia sexual diferenciada manifestaron que desde el 28 de junio a la fecha han fallecido varias personas en condiciones o situaciones violentas y no han sido objeto de investigaciones exhaustivas por parte de las autoridades, de modo que se ha generado impunidad", afirmó el fiscal especial de Derechos Humanos, German Enamorado."<br><br>
"TEGUCIGALPA-The "gay" community of Honduras demanded that the justice authorities speed up the process of investigations regarding the deaths and violations of human rights of individuals owing to their sexual preference."<br><br>
A commission of associations of individuals of different sexual tendency showed that since June 28 until now several people have died in violent conditions or situations and they have not been the object of exhaustive investigations on the part of the authorities, in such a way that they have generated impunity," declared the special prosecutor for Human Rights, German Enamorado."
(PDF - 137 Kb) Document Date: 24 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 195)
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Honduras:Transexuales exigen respeto a la vida- Transgenders demand respect for life- by El Heraldo 10/23/09 ;http://www.elheraldo.hn/Sucesos/Ediciones/2009/10/24/Noticias/Transexuales-exigen-respeto-a-la-vida (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Miembros de organizaciones homsexuales se plantaron ayer frente al Ministerio Público (MP) para exigir que cesen las agresiones de que son objeto. Los manifestantes denuncian que en los últimos cuatro meses fueron asesinados nueve transexuales, además de que son objeto de hostigamientos." <br><br> "De los nueve homosexuales asesinados, tres eran defensores de derechos humanos. Los protestantes demandan del Estado el impulso de una política que combata las agresiones y discriminación de que son objeto. "Ya estamos angustiados sobre qué va a pasar con nosotros, qué va a pasar mañana, si yo ando caminando por ahí me pueden matar, esto es a la orden del día", refirió."<br><br>
"Members of homosexual organizations planted themselves in front of the Public Ministry (MP) yesterday to demand that aggression of which they are the object stop. The demonstrators proclaimed that in the last four months 9 transsexuals were murdered, aside from the fact that they are the object of harassment."<br><br>
"Of the nine homosexuals murdered, three were human rights defenders. The protesters demand a push from the Government of a policy which fights aggression and discrimination of which they are the object. We're worried about what is going to happen to us, what's going to happen tomorrow, if I go walking there they can kill me, it's the order of the day," he said.
(PDF - 56 Kb) Document Date: 23 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 257)
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