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Guyana: letter to President Bharrat Jagdeo- The letter was signed by the Caribbean Forum for Liberation of Genders and Sexualities (CARIFLAGS), Global Rights, Guyana Rainbow Foundation (Guybow), Human Rights Watch, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), and the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD). - 03/05/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
We write on behalf of the Guyanese, Caribbean, and international human rights organizations
Caribbean Forum for Liberation and Acceptance of Genders and Sexualities (CARIFLAGS),
Global Rights, Guyana Rainbow Foundation (Guybow), Human Rights Watch, the International
Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), and Society Against Sexual
Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), to express concern over the recent police arrests in
Georgetown of people wearing clothes considered to be those of the other sex. <br><br>Police detained eight people between February 6-10 under Chapter 8:02 of the Laws of Guyana,
section 153 (1) (xlvii) of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act, which criminalizes as a
minor offense the ?wearing of female attire by men; wearing of male attire by women.?
On February 6, 2009, plainclothes policemen detained three people in downtown Georgetown
near Stabroek Market, on the grounds that the defendants were men ?wearing female attire.? On
February 7, 2009, police detained five other people, charging them under the same provision. <br><br>On
February 10, 2009 police detained four more people; three had been arrested in the previous
crackdowns. On February 9, 2009 Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson fined seven of the
eight arrested persons GY$ 7,500 for wearing ?women?s clothes.?
(PDF - 342 Kb) Document Date: 5 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 258)
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Guyana: Stop Dress Code Arrests- HRW Repeal Discriminatory Laws Repeal Discriminatory Laws- HRW 03/05/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(Georgetown) - Guyana should halt arrests and police abuse of transgender people and repeal a repressive law that criminalizes wearing clothes considered appropriate only for the opposite sex, six human rights organizations said today in a letter to President Bharrat Jagdeo.<br><br>
The letter was signed by the Caribbean Forum for Liberation of Genders and Sexualities (CARIFLAGS), Global Rights, Guyana Rainbow Foundation (Guybow), Human Rights Watch, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), and the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD). They called on the Guyanese authorities to drop the charges against seven people arrested under the law in February, 2009, and investigate allegations of abuse by the police.
(PDF - 90 Kb) Document Date: 5 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 229)
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Interdicciones [Intersex] - Mauro Cabral 03/05/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Edited by Mauro Cabral, this book brings together essays, interviews, journalistic pieces and a short activity guide to make Intersex issues accessible to different audiences. Contributors include: Eva Alcántara, Paula Machado, Isadora Lins, Luciana Lavigne, Nuria Grégori Flor, Marcelo Silberkasten, Natasha Jimenez, Juan Carlos Jorge, Nerea Miralles, Leonor Silvestri, ?Alejandra Sardá-Chandiramani (as translator) and Juan Manuel Burgos (as designer). <br><br>Interdicciones can be downloaded for free at www.mulabi.org/Interdicciones2.pdf
(PDF - 40 Kb) Document Date: 5 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 295)
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Human Rights Violations Against LGBT Individuals in Turkey in 2008 - LGBT Rights Platform: Izmir Transvestite and Transsexual Initiative, Kaos GL Association, Lambdaistanbul LGBT Solidarity Association, MorEL (PurpleHand) Eski?ehir LGBT Initiative, Pembe Hayat (Pink Life) LGBT Association, Piramid LGBT Diyarbak?r Initiative, Siyah Pembe Üçgen (Black Pink Triangle) ?zmir Association - 12/31/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The human rights violations against LGBT individuals committed by the police in Turkey are monitored and reported by the LGBT Rights Platform consisting of seven LGBT organizations in Turkey. The LGBT Rights Platform also prepares reports about the attacks of civil people against LGBT individuals. The human rights violations monitored and reported by the Platform in 2008 occurred in Ankara, Ayd?n, Diyarbak?r, Eski?ehir, ?stanbul, ?zmir, Kayseri and Mu?la. The Platform has also been working for the elimination of the existing barriers to the freedom of association of LGBT individuals in Turkey. <br><br>
As a member of the LGBT Rights Platform, Lambdaistanbul LGBT Solidarity Association prepared 34 reports about the attacks of the police and civil people against LGBT individuals in 2008:
(PDF - 190 Kb) Document Date: 31 Dec 2008 (Downloads: 221)
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Thai pride parade canceled after protest - Rex Wockner International News # 775 03/02/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The second gay pride parade in Chiang Mai, Thailand, was called off at
the last minute Feb. 21 following virulent on-site protests by 30
members of a group called Rak Chiang Mai 51, The Nation newspaper
reported.<br><br>
Pride organizers said they feared the march would descend into violence,
despite the presence of 150 police officers.
(PDF - 22 Kb) Document Date: 2 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 334)
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Uganda: The U.S. Religious Right Exports Homophobia to Africa - IGLHRC 03/04/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(New York, March 4)- The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) condemned a seminar designed to attack lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Ugandans under the cloak of religion. The 3-day seminar in Kampala, which opens Thursday, March 5, features an array of U.S. speakers known for their efforts to dehumanize LGBT people and for their belief that homosexuality can be "cured." The speakers include Scott Lively, Don Schmierer, and Caleb Lee Brundidge?leading voices in the crusade by religious extremists to roll back basic human rights for LGBT people in the United States. Brundidge is affiliated with Extreme Prophetic Ministry in Phoenix, Arizona. Schmierer is on the board of the so-called "ex-gay" organization Exodus International. Lively is well known for his belief that the Nazi Holocaust never happened.<br><br>In response to this ongoing pattern of violence and abuse, SMUG launched its Let Us Live in Peace campaign, aimed at decreasing violence against LGBT Ugandans. The campaign was launched shortly after human rights defenders Victor Mukasa and Oyo Yvonne filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General related to an illegal raid on Mukasa's home. The plaintiffs won their case in December 2008?a landmark victory by organizers in a country that still punishes homosexuality by life in prison and has repeatedly made efforts to silence human rights leaders. FLN organizers cite this victory in the promotional materials for the seminar, saying that it shows that a "well organized homosexual machinery" is taking over Uganda, "wreaking havoc in individuals, families and the society."
(PDF - 168 Kb) Document Date: 4 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 338)
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Chile: ¡Soy lesbiana y qué!- I am a lesbian, so what? - by Julio Sánchez, www.elciudadano.cl - 02/28/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Y es que la discriminación es grande y es necesario estar unidas ante distintas amenazas que pueden venir tanto de lo privado como de lo público. Por ejemplo, conocido es el caso de la jueza Karen Atala, a quien la justicia le quitó a sus tres hijos tras reconocerse como lesbiana. El Estado actuó de inquisidor. Y ni hablar de la iglesia católica, quien en el 2007 le impidió a una profesora de religión ejercer su oficio por el único hecho de reconocerse como homosexual.<br><br>
And discrimination is big and it is necessary to be united facing distinct threats which can come as much from the private sector as from the public. For example, the case of Judge Karen Atala is well known from whom the justice system took from her her three daughters after acknowledging that she was a lesbian. The Government acted as inquisitor. And don't even mention the Catholic church, which in 2007 prevented a professor of religion from her office for the only reason that she acknowledged that she was a homosexual.
(PDF - 338 Kb) Document Date: 28 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 326)
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Cura suspendido por defender la homosexualidad: Ocurrió en Brasilia. Luiz Couto además amparó el uso de preservativos. No podrá oficiar misas. - A Priest was suspended for defending homosexulaity: It happen in Brazila. Luiz Couto also supported the use of condoms. He Will not be able to say mass.- By Angelica Telam, www2.lavoz.com.ar - 03/03/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Según reportó la agencia de noticias Ansa, Couto no podrá oficiar misa ni realizar otras actividades religiosas por declarar su respeto los derechos de las minorías sexuales, defender el uso de preservativos y la atención médica a las mujeres que abortan y criticar el celibato al que están obligados los curas católicos.<br><br>
According to the news agency Ansa, Couto will not be able to officiate at mass nor carry out any other religious activities for declaring his respect for the rights of sexual minorities, defending the use of condoms and medical attention for women who have abortions and for criticizing the celibacy to which Catholic priests are obliged.
(PDF - 56 Kb) Document Date: 3 Mar 2009 (Downloads: 348)
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Minister backs refugee status for gay Iranians - Urges UN commissioner to process applications for those facing abuse while stranded in Turkey - by TONDA MACCHARLES, www.thestar.com 02/28/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
OTTAWA ? The cause of gay refugees who flee persecution in Iran only to face harassment in Turkey has caught the attention of the federal immigration minister, who says Canada is willing to facilitate their resettlement here.<br><br>
Jason Kenney wrote the Canadian office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to urge quick processing of their applications after a story appeared last month in the Toronto Star.<br><br>
That story centred on Iranian Arsham Parsi, now a Toronto-based advocate whose "Iranian Queer Railroad" project tries to help gay and lesbians in legal limbo in Turkey reach Canada or the United States.
(PDF - 198 Kb) Document Date: 28 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 248)
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Denial of a Gay Community in Nigeria Is "Economical With the Truth", Say Young Humanistas - www.ukgaynews.org.uk - 02/16/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The Young Humanistas Network in Nigeria described today the remarks of Ojo Madueke, Nigeria?s Minister for Foreign Affairs, denying the existence of a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in the country as being ?economical with the truth?.<br><br>?If they are an amorphous group, then the question of violence against them does not arise let alone negotiating special rights for them,? he said.
(PDF - 98 Kb) Document Date: 16 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 238)
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NO TO AID FUNDING TIED TO LEGALISATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY, ABORTION - HOLUNG - www.jamaicaobserver.com - 02/26/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The Jamaican Government was today advised to flatly reject monetary aid from international agencies if benefitting is hinged to the legalisation of abortion or homosexuality.<br><br>
?There is blood money from the European Union and postmodern United States (they say) ?if you want our millions and billions of dollars you must agree to legalise abortion, if you want our wealth men and women must be able to be gay, without that you get no money," founder of Missionaries of the Poor Father Richard HoLung pleaded during a meeting of the Joint-Select Committee of Parliament contemplating proposals to legalise abortion.
(PDF - 342 Kb) Document Date: 26 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 279)
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Outlaw J-Flag - Smith - MP says it could inspire wave of illegal groups - www.jamaica-gleaner.com - 02/17/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
ERNEST SMITH, the member of parliament (MP) for South West St Ann, is resolute in his stance against local gay-advocate group, Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG).<br><br>
Smith told The Gleaner yesterday that the group's continued existence, which he argued was illegal, could lead to other persons forming similar illegal organisations, such as paedophiles and ganja smokers' associations.
(PDF - 370 Kb) Document Date: 17 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 245)
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Outlaw J-Flag - Smith - MP says it could inspire wave of illegal groups - www.jamaica-gleaner.com - 02/17/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
ERNEST SMITH, the member of parliament (MP) for South West St Ann, is resolute in his stance against local gay-advocate group, Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG).<br><br>
Smith told The Gleaner yesterday that the group's continued existence, which he argued was illegal, could lead to other persons forming similar illegal organisations, such as paedophiles and ganja smokers' associations.
(PDF - 370 Kb) Document Date: 17 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 374)
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Exploring the realities of HIV/AIDS-related discrimination in Manila, Philippines - AIDS Care, N. L. ORTEGA, B. F. BICALDO, C. SOBRITCHEA, & M. L. TAN- 07/17/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Contribution by Katie Joaquin
from Filipinos for Affirmative Action, Oakland CA<br><br>Abstract <br>
Operating according to UNAIDS? ?Protocol for the Identification of Discrimination against People
Living with HIV?, this study analysed health infrastructure in Manila, Philippines and determined that
despite the existence of anti-discriminatory legislation, discrimination still occurred in practice. This
was attributed to an absence of written regulations and inadequate training among health staff .
Discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS has been found to be a hindrance to the development of
successful preventive strategies, as it discourages people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and other
people from contacting health and social services. This paper argues that if the Philippines is to
maintain its low prevalence rate of HIV (and even reduce it), the discrimination that PLWHA incur
must be addressed taking account of their human rights.
(PDF - 94 Kb) Document Date: 17 Jul 2005 (Downloads: 397)
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Jamaica: US Department of State Human Rights Report 2008 -BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR - 02/25/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
In February a mob broke into the home of four presumed homosexual men, killing three of them. The fourth was missing and presumed dead. The men had reported being harassed for their perceived sexual orientation prior to the fatal attack. Police made some inquiries in the case but did not conduct a full investigation or make any arrests by year's end.
(PDF - 168 Kb) Document Date: 25 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 395)
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Persecution of gays intensifies in Uganda - www.afrol.com - 12/01/04 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
afrol News, 1 December - Human rights groups report of a "dramatic escalation of intimidation and persecution" of gay and lesbian activists in Uganda as result of a government campaign. Ugandan authorities are following the Church in demonising homosexuality in the country.<br><br>
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) this week reported this intensified persecution of homosexuals in Uganda. The increased pressure on pro-gay organisations comes after the Anglican Church of Uganda launched a strong campaign against homosexuality.
(PDF - 286 Kb) Document Date: 1 Dec 2004 (Downloads: 313)
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Uganda: Unacceptable Police Brutality Towards African LGBT People During CHOGM 2007 in Uganda - IGLHRC 12/07/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
We kindly address you today to express our deep concern about the Ugandan police brutality towards LGBTI people during the CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting) 2007.
(PDF - 594 Kb) Document Date: 7 Dec 2007 (Downloads: 274)
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US State Department Criticises Russia, Serbia for Breaches of Human Rights of Gays: Human Rights Report praised by Moscow Gay Pride Organisers - www.ukgaynews.org.uk - 02/26/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
WASHINGTON, February 26, 2009 ? Russia is condemned for breaches of human rights in the US State Department?s annual Human Rights Report, published yesterday. And human rights for gay men and women are highlights by the cases of continued bans on Moscow Gay Pride.<br><br>
The report also criticises other countries, like Serbia and Nigeria, for their attitudes towards gays.<br><br>
In the section on Russia, a large part of the report is given over to the human rights situation in the North Caucasus, highlighting cases of kidnapping, tortures, and killings of civilians.<br><br>Elsewhere in the Human Rights Report, there is criticism of Serbia and Nigeria for continued problems suffered by gay men and women. But the report recognises improvements in Latvia and Poland.
(PDF - 382 Kb) Document Date: 26 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 377)
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We've no gay nor lesbian group in Nigeria, says Cheif Ojo Madueke - by Chioma Gabriel, www.vanguardngr.com- 02/13/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
NIGERIA appeared at the United Nations in Geneva before the UN Human Rights Council to defend its human rights record.during the week. <br><br>His presentation caused a stir when he informed members of the council that the government of Nigeria had been unable to locate persons of gay and sexual orientation,despite concerted efforts by his ministry to include this category of persons in the consultations on the human rights situation in Nigeria.
(PDF - 50 Kb) Document Date: 13 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 242)
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Gays slam Church - Say pastors ignore closet group, fear flock exodus- by Nadisha Hunter, Gleaner Writer, www.jamaica-gleaner.com - 02/16/09 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Church leaders have failed to adequately counsel and interface with homosexuals in their congregations because they fear unpopularity could trigger a membership exodus, gays have claimed.<br><br>"Our clients have over the years expressed their discomfort with many religious institutions which have and continue to make worshipping in that church uncomfortable, as they preach hatred towards gays and lesbians from the pulpit," said Jason McFarlane, J-FLAG's programmes manager.
(PDF - 60 Kb) Document Date: 16 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 254)
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