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Press Release on Homosexuality in Ghana by Coalition Against Homophobia in Ghana/ IGLHRC, www.iglhrc.org, on 08/04/11: http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/partners/1429.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Recently, the President, John Evans Atta Mills, denounced homosexuality and promised to take steps, although unspecified, to combat it. Thus, it is no surprise that in this context, the Western Region Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo, made an order for the ?immediate arrest of all homosexuals in the (Western) region? last week according to Myjoyonline.com.<br><br>
CAHG vehemently denounces these types of sensationalist, unfounded, and bigoted attacks against LGBT Ghanaians, who are brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, daughters and sons of Ghanaian families just like any other Ghanaians. LGBT people are in every conceivable walk of life and have existed throughout history. Contrary to unsubstantiated and speculative remarks that homosexuals are ?evil?, ?filthy?, and ?ungodly?, LGBT people are our family members, co-workers, worshippers, taxpayers, voters, media people, pastors and lovers who deserve the same rights and protection under the Ghanaian Constitution as anyone else. <br><br>
Unfortunately, a few people with religious, political, and institutional power continue to use their privilege to perpetuate hate and violence against homosexuals with the support of the criminal code 1960, Act 29, which criminalizes ?unnatural carnal knowledge?--ironically a ?western? concept imported to Ghana during British colonization of the country. If these anti-homosexual forces care about the future of Ghana, then the coalition calls on them to do something about issues that actually pose a threat to Ghana?s future such as poverty, women?s rights, class inequalities, environmental destruction, educational rights, and job opportunities. Addressing such issues would be more productive for the country than utilizing fear- mongering tactics to divide Ghanaian people from their LGBT family members and colleagues.
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Study Confirms Growing Prejudice Against Gays In Chile- Discrimination report by gay rights group Movilh ranks Chile?s most homophobic people and institutions - by Ignacio Gallegos (editor@santiagotimes.cl), http://southamerica.world247.net, ,on 02/10/11: http://southamerica.world247.net/chile-news/study-confirms-growing-prejudice-against-gays-in-chile/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Movilh, a leading Chilean gay rights group, reported Wednesday that homophobic behavior in Chile is up 11 percent and that homophobic actions were ?more serious and violent? in 2010 than the previous year. <br><br>
Movilh?s ?9th Annual Report on the Human Rights of Sexual Minorities in Chile? has various measures of discriminatory behavior, including physical and verbal aggression, police abuse, workplace or school discrimination, and public statements against sexual minorities, among others. <br><br>
The most serious homophobic action discussed in this most recent annual report is the murder of Manuel Menéndez, beaten to death in February 2010.
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Repunta la homofobia en Veracruz / Homophobia resurfaces in Veracruz- by www.cronicadigital.com.mx on 08/04/11: http://www.cronicadigital.com.mx/nota.php?id=2081 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
La homofobia en Veracruz es un problema latente que sigue cobrando víctimas, señaló la activista Silvia Susana Jiménez Galicia, ante el clima de odio que existe en la sociedad hacia las minorías sexuales y la impunidad prevaleciente.
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?Los ministerios públicos no hacen nada, luego dicen, ah, es un jotito, no importa o dicen que son crímenes pasionales?. <br><br>
Silvia Susana Jiménez destacó que se ha detectado un persistencia de estos crímenes cometidos con mucha saña y odio "no sólo buscan quitarla la vida a una persona sino hacerla sufrir, ya sea usando armas blancas o hasta rocas", como se han documentado en muchos casos.
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Y contrario a lo que ocurre con los feminicidios, que se han hecho públicos a partir de la presión de familiares de las víctimas y activistas sociales, en el caso de los asesinatos por homofobio estos permanecen ocultos "porque hasta la misma familia le da pena hablar del tema". <br>=================================================================<br><br>Homophobia in Veracruz is a latent problem which continues costing victims, pointed out the activist Silvia
Susana Jiménez Galicia, before the climate of hate which exists in society towards sexual minorities and
the prevailing impunity. <br><br>
Public ministries don't do anything; then they say, ah it's a little faggot, that's not important or they say that
they are crimes of passion.
Silvia Susana Jiménez emphasized that a persistence of these crimes committed brutally and hatefully has
been detected. "They don't only look to take away one's life but to make them suffer, since they use sharp
instruments or even rocks," as has been documented in many cases. <br><br>
And contrary to what occurs with femicides, which have been made public after pressure from the families
of the victims and social activists, in the case of the murders due to homophobia, these remain hidden
"because at times even the family of the victim is ashamed to talk about this subject."
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Ecuador- Transphobia: The battle for change Hate crimes against lesbians, gays and bisexuals are rising, according to the UN. But so too are attacks on the transgender community.- by www.metro.co.uk, 08/02/11: http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/871176-transphobia-the-battle-for-change (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Between January and June last year, there were 93 reported murders of transgender people around the world. Of these, 74 occurred in Latin America. However, Rodríguez says it?s just the tip of the iceberg. <br><br>
I meet Caricia, who was a victim of a transphobic attack that killed her friend, Anita. She claims the attackers were two off-duty policemen. ?My friend received the most punishment,? she says. <br><br>
?The blood came out of her face. She was in hospital for a month but she died because of her injuries. I had to hide, because I found out [the alleged attackers] were police. I still don?t feel secure.?
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UAE public enemy No. 1: Lesbians The United Arab Emirates launches a campaign against the "fourth sex." - By Tracy Clark-Flory, www.salon.com on 03/18/09: http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2009/03/18/manly_women (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Officials say that lesbians, euphemistically known as "manly" women or the "fourth sex," harass "normal" women, according to the Los Angeles Times. The government isn't interested in cracking down on harassment, though, so much as they want to eradicate inadequate femininity. The Times reports that "the campaign, which involves educational experts and psychologists, will include awareness workshops to explain the phenomenon and ways to face it." Naji Hay of the ministry of social affairs told a local TV station: "The phenomenon of manly women has become apparent in society ... These women are against the normal nature of females. Their deviant behavior threatens other normal girls. This is why we had to launch this initiative to protect society from this menace."
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United Arab Emirates, 2010 Human Rights Report: by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, 04/08/11: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/nea/154475.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Both civil law and Sharia criminalize homosexual activity. Under Sharia the death penalty is the punishment for individuals who engage in consensual homosexual activity. There were no prosecutions for homosexual activity during the year. In 2009 there were reports that the government deported and sentenced individuals to prison for openly homosexual activity. <br><br>
Under the law, cross-dressing is a punishable offense. The government deported cross-dressing foreign residents and referred citizens to public prosecutors. At times the government subjected persons to psychological treatment and counseling for homosexual activity.
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Analysis: Understanding the drivers of homophobia in Ghana - by www.plusnews.org on 08/01/11: http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93387 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
DAKAR, 1 August 2011 (PlusNews) - Recent condemnation of homosexuality by religious and political leaders in Ghana has led to a climate of fear preventing men who have sex with men (MSM) from accessing vital health services, say local NGOs. <br><br> ?It has brought about a lot of fear and stigma for the people. It is difficult to organize programmes,? Cobbinah said. ?It is very difficult for people to walk freely on the street? The call for arrest has really pushed people down.? <br><br>
He added that one of his colleagues was recently accused of being gay and beaten up by a group of men.
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Cobbinah said numbers had dropped at a regular HIV peer education programme that once had more than 20 people attending; two weeks ago only half the people came, and last week no one came, he told IRIN on 27 July. ?They said, ?If we come, we might be arrested.'?
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Africa: Bringing LGBTI Issues Into the Forced Migration Debate by Jeff Ogwaro, Allafrica.com, on 07/28/11: http://allafrica.com/stories/201107281003.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
According to Jjuuko, the
implications of criminalising homosexuality include criminalising just
the identity, relegating LGBTIs to second-class citizenship, police
harassment, possibilities of blackmail and being accused of recruiting
children. The options that remain for LGBTI persons when faced with
the prospects of being prosecuted are to get out of the country, stay
in the country and get harassed, arrested or prosecuted, and become
internally displaced - which usually means relocation to a part of the
country where one is not known and staying discrete while there.
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Bolivia: Lo difícil de ser gay o lesbiana y mantener un empleo estable -"NO TE BOTAN POR SER GAY O LESBIANA, TE BOTAN DON CUALQUIER PRETEXTO, SE SOCAPA PREJUICIOS, SE SOCAPA DISCSRIMINATION," DICE LA PRESIDENTA DEL COLECTIVO TLGB, ANGELA FUENTES/ The dif?culty of being gay or lesbian and keeping a stable job - "They do not ?re you for being gay or lesbian, -They ?re you for any excuse, they conceal prejudicesthe LGBT Group- By: Melissa Revollo , www.opinion.com.bo , on 07/21/11: http://www.opinion.com.bo/opinion/articulos/2011/0721/noticias.php?id=18434 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"No te botan de tu trabajo porque seas gay o lesbiana, te botan con cualquier pretexto. Se socapa los prejuicios, se socapa la discriminación", asegura la presidenta nacional del colectivo de personas Trans, Lesbianas, Gays y Bisexuales (TLGB), Ángela Fuentes, confirmando así los estudios realizados por Conexión Fondo de Emancipación que indican que al menos cuatro de cada diez personas pierden su empleo por ser gay, lesbiana o travesti. <br><br>
Cuando una travesti llega a un hospital, cualquiera fuera el motivo,
el personal de salud lo asocia con Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual
(ITS) o Sida, según los testimonios de esta población del colectivo
TLGB. Los califican como "maricón" y otros, mientras sufren también la
afección física. <br><br>
Según la encuesta el 73 por ciento ha sufrido algún tipo de violencia
en la salud entre negarles la atención, la no atención de
especialistas y malos tratos. <br><br>
El 75 por ciento también ha sido víctima de agresión psicológica en el
ámbito educativo con expulsiones de instituciones educativas,
discriminación de docentes, compañeros y otros. <br>======================================================================================<br><br>"They don't fire you from your job because your are gay or lesbian, they ?re you for any excuse. They
compressed the prejudices, they compressed the discrimination" assures the national president of the
national group Trans, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (TLGB), Angela Fuente, con?rming the studies carried out by Conexión Fondo de Emancipación which show that at least four of every ten people lose their job for
being gay, lesbian or transvestite. <br><br>
When a transvestite arrives at a hospital, no matter what the reason, the health personnel associate him
with STD's or AIDS, according to the testimonies of this population of the group TLGB. They classify them
as "gay" and others, while they also suffer the physical condition. <br><br>
According to the survey, 73% have suffered some type of health violence, such as denying them attention,
lack of attention of specialists and bad treatment.
75% have also been victims of psychological aggression in the education field with expulsions from
educational institutions, and teaching, companion and other discrimination.
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Dominican Republic, 2010 Human Rights Report: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights PracticesApril 8, 2011: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/wha/154503.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals ranged from ambivalent tolerance to staunch homophobia. While no law criminalizes homosexuality, members of the LGBT community continued to be discriminated against in all areas of society, including health, education, and work, since no law protects individuals against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Transgender individuals were particularly at risk of being victims of violence. <br><br>
Persons with HIV/AIDS faced discrimination in the workplace and elsewhere. According to the UN agency UNAIDS, an estimated 52,000 to 71,000 persons were infected with the disease. A study by the Network of Persons Living with HIV, Profamilia, and Alianza Solidaria revealed that, among the sample of persons living with HIV who were interviewed, 62 percent reported being the subject of gossip, 30 percent were the victims of verbal aggression, 27 percent were the victims of verbal threats, and 14 percent were victims of attacks or physical threats.
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Gay rights activist murdered in Mexico City | by EFE on latino.foxnews.com, on 07/25/11: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/07/25/gay-rights-activist-murdered-in-mexico-city/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Mexico City ? A gay rights activist was murdered over the weekend at his Mexico City home, a Party of the Democratic Revolution, or PRD, commission said. <BR><BR>
Christian Ivan Sanchez Venancio's killing was a hate crime, the commission said. <BR><BR>
Sanchez Venancio, who served as the leftist PRD's sexual diversity commissioner in the Federal District, was stabbed to death at his residence. <BR><BR>
The gay rights activist's body was found on Saturday at his home, the PRD's National Commission on Sexual Diversity said in a statement.
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Honduras; Batalla contra la homofobia -Casi 40 personas LGBT han sido asesinadas los últimos dos años. / Battle against homophobia- Almost 40 LGBT people have been murdered in the last two years- by Alejandro F. Ludeña, www.noticiasaliadas.org, 07/22/11: http://www.noticiasaliadas.org/articles.asp?art=6432 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Tristemente, el odio homofóbico en Honduras está fuertemente arraigado. Los ataques a los homosexuales ya eran preocupantes en Honduras mucho antes de la asonada golpista. <br><br>
?Hoy por hoy no hay nada en concreto para superar la discriminación que sufrimos?, declaró a Noticias Aliadas. <br><br>
De lo que no cabe duda es que esta batalla por la tolerancia que libra el colectivo LGTB no afecta sólo a sus miembros. En una sociedad asentada sobre el irrespeto a las diferencias y el autoritarismo de los caudillos políticos, la batalla por el respeto de la diversidad sexual es punta de lanza para vencer la intolerancia.
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?Se trata de una lucha contra todo tipo de discriminación?, recalca Banegas. ?No sólo buscamos cambios para nuestro colectivo, sino para el conjunto de la hondureñidad?. <br>================================================================== <br><br>
Sadly, homophoic hatred in Honduras is strongly deeply rooted. Attacks against homosexuals were already
worrisome in Honduras much before the violent coup. <br><br>
"At this moment in time there is nothing concrete to overcome the discrimination that we suffer," he declared
to "Noticias Aliadas." <br><br>
There's no doubt that this battle for tolerance which frees the LGBT community does not only affect its
members. In a society established on the disrespect of the differences and the authoritarianism of the
political leaders, the battle for respect of sexual diversity is at the forefront of defeating intolerance. <br><br>
"It deals with a ?ght against all kinds of discrimination," stresses Banegas. "We are not only looking for
changes for our community, but for the whole fo the Honduran society."
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IMSS e ISSSTE insisten en no afiliar a cónyuges gays, denuncia Conapred / Mexican Social Security Institute and Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers insist on not affiliating gay couples, Conapred denounces. by www.m-x.com.mx, on 07/21/11: http://www.m-x.com.mx/2011-07-21/imss-e-issste-insisten-en-no-afiliar-a-conyuges-gays-denuncia-conapred/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
México, 21 de julio.- El Consejo Nacional para Prevenir la Discriminación (Conapred) informó que el IMSS y el ISSSTE no han contestado ni cumplido la resolución por discriminación 2/2011 que el consejo dirigió a ambas instituciones por su negativa a registrar a los cónyuges de derechohabientes cuando son del mismo sexo. <br><br>
?La falta de respuesta es ya un incumplimiento. Pero la falta de aceptación representa una negación al ejercicio igualitario de libertades, derechos y oportunidades de las personas por su preferencia sexual, conducta expresamente prohibida en el artículo primero constitucional, y una contradicción a la transformación que nuestro país está viviendo para poner en el centro los derechos humanos sin ningún tipo de discriminación?, dijo el Conapred mediante un comunicado.
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Y agregó: "Construir la igualdad y combatir todo tipo de discriminación es responsabilidad del conjunto de las instituciones públicas, no sólo del Conapred". [1]<br>=================================================================<br><br> México, July 21 - The National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination (Conraped), informed that the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) and the Institute of Security and Social Services of the State Workers (ISSSTE) have not answered nor completed the resolution for discrimination 2/2011 which the
council sent to both institutions due to their refusal to register married couples of interested parties when they are of the same sex. <br><br>
"The lack of a response is already a breach of contract. But the lack of acceptance represents a negation to the egalitarian exercise of liberties, rights and opportunities of people due to their sexual preference., a conduct which is expressly prohibited in the ?rst article of the constitution, and a contradiction to the transformation which our country is living in order to put in the center the human rights with no type of discrimination," said the Conraped spokesperson. <br><br>
And he added: "To build equality and to ?ght all kinds of discrimination is the responsibility of the collection of all public institutions, not only Conraped." [1]
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Mexico: Crímenes por homofobia, "expediente negro" del gobierno de Guerrero: activistas / Crimes due to homophobia, ?black file? Guerrero's government: Activists- by Guillermo Montalvo Fuentes, on www.notiese.org , 07/13/11: http://www.notiese.org/imprimir_popup.php?ctn_id=5082 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
México DF, julio 13 de 2011.<br>
Guerrero es la entidad con el mayor número de crímenes de odio por homofobia en lo que va del año, con 22 asesinatos registrados, una cifra que representa ?un expediente negro, una mancha para el gobierno del estado y su manera de impartir justicia?, denunció la activista Myriam Brito, coordinadora del grupo Opción Bisexual, durante la manifestación realizada afuera de las oficinas de representación de Guerrero en el Distrito Federal. <br><br> Myriam Brito y Alonso Hernández, uno de los coordinadores de Red Orgullo, y quienes se desempeñaron como voceros durante la protesta, expresaron su indignación por el número de personas de las diversidad sexual asesinadas en Guerrero, y especialmente, lamentaron la muerte de los activistas Quetzalcóatl Leija Herrera y Javier Sánchez Juárez, los dos crímenes más recientes.<br>===============================================================
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Mexico, DF July 13, 2011
Guerrero is the state with the greatest number of hate crimes due to homophobia so far this year, with 22 murders registered, a number which represents "a black ?le, a stain for the government of the state and its way of handling justice" reported the activist Myriam Brito, coordinator of the group Bisexual Option, during the demonstration carried out by the of?ces of representation of Guerrero in the DF (Mexico City). <br><br> Myriam Brito and Alonso Hernández, one of the coordinators of the Red Pride, who carried out the role as spokespersons during the protest, expressed their indignation at the number of people of sexual diversity who have been murdered in Guerrero, and they especially lamented the murder of the activists Quetzalcóatl Leija Herrera and Javier Sánchez Juárez, the two most recent crimes.
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Mexico: Denuncian pasividad de autoridades ante abusos en vs de homosexuales en BC / Complaints launched against authorities inaction on abuses towards homosexuals in BC- El Sol de Tijuan, on 07/28/11: http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldetijuana/notas/n2164921.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Tijuana.-Trabajadoras sexuales que radican en Mexicali e integrantes de agrupaciones homosexuales, denunciaron hoy en la ciudad que las autoridades municipales y de Procuración de Justicia del Estado, los ignoran y cometen abusos en su contra. <br><br>
En conferencia de prensa, la trabajadora sexual Wendy "N", (así pidió que se le identificara), aseguró que se encuentran aterrorizadas porque en lo que va del año se han registrado 8 homicidios y 3 desapariciones de mujeres, que se dedican a la prostitución. <br><br>
"Nosotros tenemos identificados a los agresores que recurrentemente han cometido agresiones en contra del gremio, pero las autoridades se han quedado cruzados de brazos", relató. [1]<br>===============================================================
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Complaints launched against authorities about abuses towards homosexuals in BC
Tijuana-Sex workers who live in Mexicali and members of gay groups reported today in the city that municipal authorities and the Attorney General of the state, ignore them and commit abuses against them. <br><br>
In a press conference, the sex worker "Wendy N" (she asked to be identi?ed as such), assured that they are terri?ed because so far this year there have been 8 homicides and 3 disappearances of women who work as prostitutes. <br><br>
"We have identi?ed the assailants who recurrently have committed aggression against the group, but the authorities have kept their arms crossed," she recounted. [1]
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Mexico: Golpean a activista gay que participa en Foro Comunitario sobre VIH/sida / A gay activists who participates in Community Forum on HIV/AIDS is beaten.- by Mario Alberto Reyes-enviado, on www.notiese.org, on 07/26/11: http://www.notiese.org/notiese.php?ctn_id=5116 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Villahermosa, Tab., julio 26 de 2011.
Personas sin identificar agredieron a golpes la noche de ayer al activista, Daniel Serrano de Rejil, quien participa en el IV Foro Comunitario Nacional sobre VIH/sida que se lleva a cabo en esta ciudad. <br><br>
Cuando Serrano de Rejil dijo a los médicos que probablemente atendían a quien lo había golpeado, éstos se negaron a que viera su rostro. ?Me dijeron que no se podía, que ni siquiera podía ver si traía algún anillo y que no me permitirían verlo. Se pusieron muy nerviosos y logramos reconocerlos, tomamos foto a la placa de la camioneta, y empezaron a llamar por teléfono a sus papás?. <br><br>
Con evidentes huellas de la agresión en su rostro, el activista denunció la complicidad de los médicos que facilitaron la huida de los agresores por una de las puertas traseras del nosocomio, hecho que lo hace pensar se trata de ?juniors influyentes?. [1]<br>===============================================================<br><br>
Villahermosa, Tab., July 26, 2011. Last night unidenti?ed persons assaulted the activist Daniel Serrano de Rejil who is participating in the 4th National Community Forum on HIV/AIDS which is taking place in this city. <br><br>
When Serrano de Rejil told the doctors that they probably attended to the person who had hit him, they didn't allow him to see his face. "They told me that I couldn't, that I couldn't even see if he wore some ring and they couldn't permit me to see him. They became very nervous and we managed to recognize them, we took a photo of the license place of the station wagon, and they began to call his parents." <br><br>
With marks from the aggression evident on his face, the activist denounced the complicity of the doctors who facilitated the ?ight of the aggressors through one of the back doors of the hospital, something which makes one think that it has something to do with " in?uential rich kids." [1]
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Violan confidencialidad de enfermos de VIH/SIDA en Tampico / Confidentiality of HIV/AIDS patients is violated in Tampico- by Agustín Peña Cruz, www.elchilito.com.mx, on 07/20/11: http://www.elchilito.com.mx/nota.cgi?id=361691 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Tampico, Tamps.- El Centro de Atención a Pacientes con Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual y Sida (CAPACIT) se encuentra en pésimas condiciones y expone a enfermos de VIH/SIDA a la intemperie así como también estigmatizó y violó la confidencialidad, reveló la Organización Tamaulipas Diversidad Vida Trans. <br><br>
La representante de la organización en esta zona, Ana Karen López Quintana sostiene que: ?El Dr Uriegas hizo el compromiso cuando fuimos reubicados al CAPACIT, y trasladados a una casa provisional donde recibimos atención las personas con VIH/SIDA; -dijo, (Sergio Uriegas Carmago)- ?que iban a arreglar las estructuras?; solo se cuenta con un solo baño para las cuatrocientas personas que acuden, el cual no tiene letreros de señalamiento.<br><br>
Enfatiza que ?en ocasiones que está en pésimas las instalaciones del CAPACIT además están recibiendo atención medica los trabajadores de Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX); sobre todo les otorgan el medicamento básico, descubriendo la parte de los pacientes que están en CAPACIT; no nos surten la receta completa, argumentan que no existen los medicamentos?. ========================================================================================<br><br> The Center of Attention to Patients with Infections of STD's and AIDS (CAPACIT) ?nds itself in
dreadful conditions and exposing patients of HIV/AIDS to the elements as well as stigmatizing and violating
confidentiality, reveals the Tamaulipas Trans Life Diversity Organization. <br><br>
The representative of the organization in this area, Ana Karen López Quintana maintains that: "Dr. Uriegas
made the commitment when we were relocated to CAPACIT and moved to a provisional house where those of use with HIV/AIDS received attention," she said (Sergio Uriegas Carmago) "they were going to fix the buildings", but there's only one bathroom for 400 people who go there, and it doesn't have signs
designating it. <br><br> She stresses that "at times the installations of CAPACIT are in terrible conditions aside from the fact that
workers from PEMEX (Mexican oil company) are receiving medical attention; above all, they give them the
basic medical treatment, detecting who the patients are from CAPACIT ; they don't provide us the complete
prescription, they argue that the medicines don't exist."
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Continúan abusos policiacos contra sexoservidoras y homosexuales Tijuana / Police abuse continues against sex workers and homosexuals| Source : uniradioinforma.com | on 07/28/11: http://uniradioinforma.com/noticias/articulo66412.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
El abuso y la discriminación por parte de la autoridad policial, así como de la sociedad en general en contra de las personas con una preferencia sexual distinta se han visto manifestada constantemente, sin embargo en los últimos años, se han presentado más abusos, indicó Víctor Clark Alfaro, director binacional de los derechos humanos. <br><br>
Durante una rueda de prensa para dar a conocer las propuestas para dar a conocer una reforma en la constitución para que proteja la integridad de las personas con preferencias sexuales distintas, algunos integrantes de la comunidad gay manifestaron, ser víctimas de abuso y discriminación por parte de la policía municipal.
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Daña homofobia imagen de Brasil / Homophobia tarnishes Brazil's image - by www.terra.com.mx, on 07/29/11: http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1170751/Dana+homofobia+imagen+de+Brasil.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Río de Janeiro.- A Brasil suele presentársele como una tierra tolerante que abraza la diversidad, pero es el país con el mayor índice de violencia contra gays, lesbianas y travestis, según activistas. <br><br>
'Mientras en México hay de 35 a 40 homicidios de gays por año y en Estados Unidos la media es de 25 a 30, Brasil tuvo el año pasado 260 muertes, y lo peor es que (la cifra) viene aumentando año con año', dijo a REFORMA Luiz Mott, decano del movimiento homosexual en Brasil y fundador del Grupo Gay de Bahía (GGB), que contabiliza este tipo de agresiones. <br><br>
Según datos del GGB, los asesinatos de homosexuales han estado creciendo en los últimos cinco años: fueron 112 en 2006; 142 en 2007; 187 en 2008; 199 en 2009; 260 en 2010, y en los primeros seis meses de este año ya se han contabilizado 133. <br><br>
Bahía es el estado que más homicidios presenta: 29 el año pasado. <br><br>
'Existe una visión muy carnavalesca de Brasil, de una sociedad alegre, relajada, exuberante, que celebra la sexualidad y la liberación del cuerpo, pero en el fondo se trata también de un pueblo religioso, machista como todos los países latinoamericanos, y de estructuras sociales jerárquicas rígidas.
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Ghana Official Orders Arrest of All Homosexuals - by www.passportmagazine.com, on 07/29/11: http://www.passportmagazine.com/blog/archives/3048-Ghana-Official-Orders-Arrest-of-All-Homosexuals.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Paul Evans Aidoo, the Western Region Minister, has ordered the arrest of homosexuals in his jurisdiction, My Joy Online (a Ghana news source) reported. The Bureau of National Investigations and all security agencies were given the task to find all GLBT individuals in the region. This command came after months of protests against homosexuality and politicians who believe in equal rights in the country. <br><br>
Aidoo said once these individuals are arrested, they are to be taken to the courts to ?test the strength? of the country?s law that frowns upon homosexuality. He continued, ??all efforts are being made to get rid of these people in the society.?
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