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Moroccan homosexuals fear Islamist offensive - Submitted by Sahil Nagpal www.topnews.in 09/25/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Bargachi described Morocco as one of the most tolerant Muslim countries towards homosexuals. Kif-Kif claims to have unofficial contacts with the Moroccan Socialist Party.<br><br>
However, homosexuality remains a crime in Morocco where police continue detaining gays.
(PDF - 178 Kb) Document Date: 25 Sep 2008 (Downloads: 286)
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Morocco: Homosexuality , in Public? - * Translated by Yosra Mostafa www.islamonline.net - 11/26/08/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Social Stance<br>
Moroccan society considers homosexuals as violators of traditions. The majority of Moroccan citizens view homosexual practices as unacceptable and a violation of the values of the Moroccan Muslim nation, its ethics, and its social unity.<br><br>
Speaking to IslamOnline.net (IOL), one of the citizens who reject homosexuality said that these homosexuals can be described as "people who like to spread lewdness among believers [i.e. Muslims]" and those will find nothing but rejection and outcasting from the original inhabitants because they are aiming at corrupting a good soil that gave birth to honored scholars and was home to Islamic movements that defended their religion, homeland, and nation.
(PDF - 304 Kb) Document Date: 26 Nov 2008 (Downloads: 348)
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New Ecuadorean Constitution gives gay couples marriage rights - Rex Wockner International News #754 10/065/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Sixty-five percent of Ecuadoreans approved a new constitution Sept. 28
that, among much else, grants all the rights of marriage to stable,
monogamous same-sex couples who live together.<br><br>
At the same time, the document bans gay adoption and says marriage is
only between a man and a woman.<br><br>
The constitution also prohibits discrimination based on sexual
orientation, gender identity and HIV status; imposes upon Ecuadoreans a
duty to respect and learn about sexual-orientation and gender
differences; and requires schools to teach about sexual rights.
(PDF - 24 Kb) Document Date: 6 Oct 2008 (Downloads: 321)
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Rechazo por el crimen de líder del grupo LGBT del Polo Democrático Alternativo - Disapproval over the murder of the leader of the LGBT group Polo Democrático Alternativo- www.eltiempo.com - 03/08/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Álvaro Miguel Rivera, militante del PDA encargado de los procesos de visibilización de la comunidad de lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y transexuales, fue hallado muerto en su apartamento.
De acuerdo con el reporte oficial, el crimen se habría presentado el viernes. Fue informado por un vecino que lo encontró maniatado y con un golpe en la cabeza.<br><br>
El ingeniero agronomo, de 41 años, estuvo exiliado en Costa Rica después de amenazas, pero hace cinco años regresó al país.
Rivera era un defensor de los derechos humanos de las minorías y uno de los fundadores del sector LGBT del PDA.<br><br>
Alvaro Miguel Rivera, militant of the PDA in charge of the visibility processes of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual community, was found dead in his apartment. According to the official report, the crime probably took place on Friday. It was reported by a neighbor who found him handcuffed with a blow on the head.<br><br>
The agronomy engineer, 41 years old, was exiled in Costa Rica after threats, but five years ago he returned to this country. Rivera was a defender of the human rights of the minorities and one of the founders of the LGBT section of the PDA.
(PDF - 63 Kb) Document Date: 8 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 267)
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Sarajevo Queer Festival attendees still threatened- Rex Wockner International News #755 - 10/13/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Participants in the recent Sarajevo Queer Festival in Bosnia and
Herzegovina continue to receive death threats, says Amnesty
International.
<br><br>"Amnesty International is calling on the authorities of Bosnia and
Herzegovina to ensure that the organizers and the participants of the
festival are efficiently protected against death threats and any other
form of harassment," the group said, noting that it "has received no
reply from the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the request to
carry out prompt investigations and ensure that those responsible are
brought to justice."
(PDF - 23 Kb) Document Date: 13 Oct 2008 (Downloads: 275)
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Serbia drops plan to protect GLBT people - Rex Wockner International News #776 03/09/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
A draft anti-discrimination law was withdrawn from active consideration
in the Serbian Parliament on March 4 under pressure from the Serbian
Orthodox Church, the Queeria Web portal reported.<br><br>
The church objected to two provisions in the legislation that need to be
adopted if Serbians are to be allowed visa-free travel to the European
Union.
(PDF - 23 Kb) Document Date: 9 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 360)
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St. Petersburg gay film festival blocked by city- Rex Wockner International News # 755- 10/16/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Side by Side," the first gay film festival in St. Petersburg, Russia,
was blocked from starting Oct. 2 by city officials who declared the
clubs The Place and Sochi, where the films were to be screened, to be
fire hazards.<br><br>
Originally, the festival was to take place in a state cinema house,
which later backed out of the deal. Then the festival was moved to the
private Pik theater, which then backed out as well.
(PDF - 21 Kb) Document Date: 16 Oct 2008 (Downloads: 243)
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St. Petersburg gay film festival blocked by city- Rex Wockner International News # 755- 10/16/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Side by Side," the first gay film festival in St. Petersburg, Russia,
was blocked from starting Oct. 2 by city officials who declared the
clubs The Place and Sochi, where the films were to be screened, to be
fire hazards.<br><br>
Originally, the festival was to take place in a state cinema house,
which later backed out of the deal. Then the festival was moved to the
private Pik theater, which then backed out as well.
(PDF - 21 Kb) Document Date: 13 Oct 2008 (Downloads: 339)
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Wage 'all-out war' vs discrimination, LGBT group urges AFP - By abraham_baladad www.abs-cbnnews.com - 03/08/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is being challenged to "wage an all out war" against discrimination, particularly on lesbians and gays, a group said Sunday.<br><br>
In a statement, Project Equality, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights network in the Philippines, challenged the AFP to "wage" the "war" after the declaration that military service is open to gays and lesbians.
(PDF - 100 Kb) Document Date: 8 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 320)
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Afirman diputados locales Desalentadora, situación de los homosexuales en Mexico- Local Congressmen denounce disappointing situation for homosexuals in Mexico- www.diariodemexico.com.mx/ 05/19/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION ENCLOSED: by the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant- Berkeley, CA<br><br>
Día Mundial contra la Homofobia, diputados locales consideraron que el contexto y la situación de las personas homosexuales en México son desalentadores.<br><br>
Enrique Peón Social democrata en la Asamblea Legislativa, señaló que expertos en la materia consideran que América Latina y El Caribe es la región con mayor número de crímenes de odio del mundo.<br><br>
México, dijo, es el segundo lugar en esa estadística y se estima que por cada caso reportado existen al menos otros tres que nunca se denuncian.
Afirman diputados locales Desalentadora, situación de los homosexuales en Mexico-
(PDF - 172 Kb) Document Date: 19 May 2008 (Downloads: 347)
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Fiji: Treatment of homosexuals by society and government authorities; recourse and protection available to homosexuals who have been subject to ill treatment (2005 - March 2007)- Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 04/02/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Fiji: Treatment of homosexuals by society and government authorities; recourse and protection available to homosexuals who have been subject to ill treatment (2005 - March 2007), 2 April 2007. FJI102479.E. Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/469cd69b44.html <br><br>That said, Fiji's Penal Code criminalizes homosexual acts between two males (HRW 12 Apr. 2004; ILGA Oct. 2005; see also Gay Times n.d.). In particular, Section 175 of the Penal Code states:
Any person who -
is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years, with or without corporal punishment. (Fiji 1 May 1945)
(PDF - 260 Kb) Document Date: 2 Apr 2007 (Downloads: 227)
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Fiji: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2008 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 03/25/09: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/eap/119039.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Other Societal Abuses and Discrimination<br><br>There was some societal discrimination against homosexuals and persons with HIV/AIDS, although there was no systemic discrimination. There were no known cases of violence
directed at homosexuals or persons with HIV/AIDS.
(PDF - 155 Kb) Document Date: 25 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 345)
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Fijian males at the crossroads of gender and ethnicity in a Fiji secondary school.- goliath.ecnext.com - 09/22/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Article Excerpt<br>
This article explores how two transgendered Fijian males navigate the intersections of sex, gender, and ethnicity or "race" in a Fiji secondary school. Their experiences illustrate, on the one hand, the negotiability of a transgendered category in Fiji. On the other hand, there is the for to potential transgendered identity open spaces for engagement with nonFijian ethnic markers in the face of essentialist discursive practices on ethnicity. The case study shows the individualized ways that two transgendered males negotiate and challenge notions of Fijian male authenticity. (Transgender, Fijians, ethnicity, Fijian schools)
(PDF - 137 Kb) Document Date: 22 Sep 2009 (Downloads: 350)
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Gay Fiji-Darkness at Noon - Escaping from the Darkness of Paradise - By Peter in Australia - www.globalgayz.com/g-fiji.html - 06/30/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
But bigotry does not die easily. More recently, in 2007, a former (gay) business owner in Fiji reported to GlobalGayz: "After writing you about Fiji last year, a lot of crazy things happened there and all I can say is that I don't recommend anyone gay visit Fiji. I'm living in Australia now and have sold everything over there. Rabid homophobia drove me out. Fiji is a very religious country and this controls everything that happens there, especially how they feel and act towards gays."
The two stories below report about these unhappy events of 2007 and 2003, in that order,
(PDF - 986 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jun 2007 (Downloads: 233)
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India: Free sex-change operation gives hope to transgenders - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com- 03/05/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
CHENNAI: A four-hour-long surgery at the Government General Hospital has remarkably transformed Ambika (name changed). Doctors removed the male genitals and reconstructed a vagina to enable the transgender to perform the sexual functions of a female. <br><br>
"It is the first time we are doing this based on a request from the welfare board for transgenders under the government scheme that offers free sex-reassignment surgeries for transgenders," said plastic surgeon Dr V Jayaraman of the Government General Hospital. GH and the Aravani Welfare Board will now independently place a proposal before the state health department urging it to form a team of specialists comprising urologists, endocrinologists, sexologists and psychologists for sex reassignment surgery.
(PDF - 63 Kb) Document Date: 5 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 254)
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Morocco: Revuelo islamista contra la homosexualidad en Marruecos- Islamist commotion against homosexuality - www.afrol.com/es - 03/06/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
afrol News, 6 de Marzo - El reciente apoyo mostrado por la comunidad homosexual española a gays y lesbianas en Marruecos ha provocado un revuelo en grupos islámicos, que han dictado una fatwa contra la apología de la homosexualidad en Marruecos.<br><br>
Tras la reciente visita de una delegación de la Confederación Española COLEGAS de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y Transexuales a Marruecos, se ha producido una insidiosa manipulación mediática y social por parte de los islamistas y otros grupos inmovilistas produciéndose un insólito debate social.<br><br>
The recent support given by the Spanish homosexual community to gays and lesbians in Morocco has provoked commotion within Islamic groups which have pronounced a fatwah against the defense of homosexuality in Morocco.<br><br>
After the recent visit of a delegation of the Spanish Confederation, COLEGAS of Lesbian, Gays, Bisexals and Transsexuals to Morocco, a malicious media and social manipulation on the part of islamists and other unmovable groups was produced bringing about a very unusual social debate.<br><br>
(PDF - 146 Kb) Document Date: 6 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 258)
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Nepal's sexual minorities on the move - www.myrepublica.com - 03/05/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Before we needed to hide, but now society has recognized our existence, although most remain prejudiced. Our major concern is that we still don?t have even the most basic fundamental rights,? she adds.??In December 2007, the Supreme Court issued a directive which contained three ruling points. These points included providing citizenship cards according to gender identity and also to insure equal rights for the LGBTI community.?
(PDF - 102 Kb) Document Date: 5 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 324)
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Same-sex marriage in Nigeria? Never!... MULAN, others vow - www.triumphnewspapers.com - 03/06/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The Muslim Lawyers? Association of Nigeria (MULAN) says it plans to make a presentation at next week?s Public Hearing on the bill against same sex marriages in the country.<br><br>
``Of course, in the penal code which operates in the Northern states and the criminal code which operates in the southern states, same-sex marriages are not allowed.
``We plan to make a presentation on the issue at the Public Hearing by the House of Representatives next week in Abuja,?? he said.
<br><br>According to reports on the website of the International Humanist and Ethical Union, the then Justice Minister, Chief Bayo Ojo (SAN), also backed the bill, saying that ``same-sex marriages are unAfrican and are prohibited in both the Bible and the Qur?an??.
(PDF - 231 Kb) Document Date: 6 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 303)
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Serbia: Against the changes of the proposal of the Law against Discrimination -Members of Coalition against discrimination- 03/06/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Attempts to present the solutions in the proposal of the Law against Discrimination as an extreme or as solutions requiring additional adjustments, present public deception and their goal is to hide the responsibility for withdrawing the Law only 15 hours prior to the discussion in the Serbian Parliament. Instead of a promise, we expect the Serbian Government to immediately put the Law back into the procedure with no changes and for the Parliament to adopt the proposed text with no delays. We find any further change in the Law to be unacceptable and that the Serbian government must support the proposal that is completely adjusted with all relevant parties, above all the ones the Law relates to.
(PDF - 79 Kb) Document Date: 6 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 293)
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Urgent appeal from Serbia: Anti-discrimination law - letter from Jelena Djordjevic -Members of the Coalition against Discrimination: Center for Advanced legal Studies, Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights. Gay-Straight Alliance ,, Youth Human Rights Initiative, Anti-Trafficking Center , Labris ? Lesbian Human Rights Organization, CHRIS Network, Gayten LGBT , VelikiMali ,Association of Students with Handicap - 03/06/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Coalition against Discrimination strongly condemns the Government?s withdrawal of the Antidiscrimination law from the Republican Parliament. The Coalition is very concerned because the Law has been withdrawn after the pressure issued by the Serbian Orthodox Church and other traditional religious communities. <br><br>
The first Antidiscrimination model law was drafted in 2001, and in 2005 the Coalition drafted the Law which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in accordance with the comprehensive Antidiscrimination law. The Law which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities was adopted in 2006, while the comprehensive Antidiscrimination law has not been on parliament?s agenda until now, in spite of the requests made by some parliamentary parties.
(PDF - 59 Kb) Document Date: 6 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 329)
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