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Chile: Denuncian nuevo caso de violencia homofobica en Santiago- 7/23/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
El Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual (Movilh)denunció un nuevo y brutal ataque padecido por una persona en razón de su orientatión homosexual, esta madrugada en Santiago.
(PDF - 25 Kb) Document Date: 23 Jul 2005 (Downloads: 529)
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Cuba: En la isla no sólo se reprime a lost homosexuales, sino a toda la población-1/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Not only are the gays repressed on the island, but the whole population is<br><br> La escritora y periodista cubana María Elena Cruz Varela, que actualmente vive en España, aseguró ayer durante el encuentro Cuba: Revolución y Homosexualidad que la represión en Cuba ``no es sólo a los homosexuales, sino a toda la población'.<br><br>
Cruz Varela, autora de novelas como La hija de Cuba y Juana de Arco: el corazón del verdugo, clausuró este foro, organizado por la Confederación Española de Asociaciones de Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y Transexuales (COLEGAS) que durante dos días se celebró en la Casa de América de Madrid.
(PDF - 56 Kb) Document Date: 11 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 455)
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Denuncian nuevo caso de violencia policial homofobica en Chile- New homophobic police violence is denouced in Chile - Sentido G 5/5/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
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Dos jóvenes denunciaron ante el Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual (Movilh) un nuevo caso de abuso policial basado en la orientación sexual que padecieron de parte de funcionarios de la Cuarta Comisaría de Illapel, Cuarta Región de Coquimbo.
(PDF - 31 Kb) Document Date: 5 May 2007 (Downloads: 384)
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Gobierno chileno ordenará a Carabineros que investigue homofobia- Chilean government will order Carabineros to investigate homophobia- Actualidadgay 2/13/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
El subsecretario del Interior, Felipe Harboe (en la foto: el tercero de izquierda a derecha), enviará hoy un oficio al director general de Carabineros, José Alejandro Bernales Ramírez, para que inicie al instante una profunda investigación sobre un violento atropello policial homofóbico que dos personas gays denunciaron haber padecido en la 19 Comisaría de Providencia.
(PDF - 88 Kb) Document Date: 13 Feb 2007 (Downloads: 422)
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Law Gives Good Cheer To Queers-The Nepal Supreme Court?s decision to repeal laws discriminating against lesbians, gays and transgender people is momentous, say ARVIND NARRAIN and VIVEK DIVAN- www.tehelka.com 1/11/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
DECEMBER 2007 brought some glad tidings for the South Asian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. In a stunning decision, the Nepal Supreme Court declared that all discriminatory laws against LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) people must be repealed by the government and provision be made for recognition of the human person as not only male or female but also as third gender in terms of citizenship rights based on government documents. The icing on the cake, as it were, was the setting up of a committee by the court to look into whether same-sex marriage would be appropriate taking into account South Asian realities.<br><br>
The decision of the Nepal Supreme Court is momentous (regardless of whether LGBTI people finally will be allowed to marry in Nepal) because it is at odds with the way courts have treated LGBTI concerns in the kindred regions of South Asia.
(PDF - 505 Kb) Document Date: 11 Jan 2008 (Downloads: 390)
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LGBT Rights in Venezuela- Wikipedia 11/17/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Contents<br>
* 1-Sexual Orientation in Venezuela>br>
* 2-Recognition of same sex couples<br>
* 3- Gay Life in Venezuela<br>
* 4- External links
(PDF - 62 Kb) Document Date: 17 Nov 2007 (Downloads: 533)
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Mexico: Asesinan a joven por odio homofóbico-A youth is killed due to homophobia - by Rocío Sánchez/NotieSe, 2/8/05: http://www.notiese.org/notiese.php?ctn_id=785 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Con leyendas homofóbicas escritas en la piel y rapado fue encontrado el cuerpo de un adolescente de 17 años, en calles de la delegación Cuauhtémoc del Distrito Federal.
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El cadáver, que se encontró desnudo, presentaba en el abdomen y en un costado la leyenda "soy puto", y la palabra "loca" en el glúteo derecho. Sus familiares lo identificaron como Antonio y dijeron que durante el día fue visto con cabello en la colonia donde fue hallado, Santa María la Ribera, cuando visitaba a una tía.
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The body of an adolescent aged 17, with homophobic inscriptions written and shaved on his skin was found on the streets of the Cuauhtémoc District of the Federal District.
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The naked body had written in the abdomen and one side the words ?I am a fag? and the word ?loca? [in Spanish it also means fag- the literal translation is ?crazy woman?] on the right gluteus. His relatives identified him as Antonio and they said that during the day he was seen with hair in the Colonia Santa Maria La Ribera where he was found, where he had gone to visit his aunt.
El cadáver, que se encontró desnudo, presentaba en el abdomen y en un costado la leyenda "soy puto", y la palabra "loca" en el glúteo derecho. Sus familiares lo identificaron como Antonio y dijeron que durante el día fue visto con cabello en la colonia donde fue hallado, Santa María la Ribera, cuando visitaba a una tía.
(PDF - 468 Kb) Document Date: 8 Feb 2005 (Downloads: 537)
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Mexico: Denuncian en Querétaro un clima de represión, intolerancia y homofobia-A climate of repression, intolerance and homophobia is Denounced in Querétaro-3/5/06 : http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/03/05/010n1pol.php (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
The case of gay activist Octavio Acuña,assassinated in June of 2005, is highlighted <br><br> *Destacan el caso del activista gay Octavio Acuña, asesinado en junio de 2005<br><br>
En el histórico Teatro de la República se llevó a cabo la reunión Foto Víctor Camacho
Querétaro, Qro. 4 de marzo. Esta mañana se efectuó la primera reunión de la otra campaña con adherentes y simpatizantes de la Sexta declaración de la selva Lacandona en esta ciudad y otras localidades de Querétaro. Los muros y palcos del histórico Teatro de la República retumbaron con las denuncias contra el clima de represión, intolerancia, homofobia y racismo prevalentes en esta ciudad, bastión del panismo y la derecha recalcitrante. Destacó el caso del activista gay Octavio Acuña, asesinado el 21 de junio de 2005, ante lo cual las autoridades queretanas han actuado, por decir lo menos, con negligencia. <br><br> A gathering of "Photo of Victor Camacho" was held in the historic Theater of the Republic in Queretaro, Qro. on March 4. This morning the first gathering of the other campaign with the followers and supporters of the Sixth declaration of the Lacandon Jungle in this city and other places in Queretaro was held. The walls and boxes of the historic Theater of the Republic echoed with the condemnations against the climate of repression, intolerance, homophobia and racism prevalent in this city, bastion of the Pan political party and the recalcitrant right. They highlighted the case of the gay activist Octavio Acuña ,who was assassinated on June 21, 2005, about which the authorities of Queretaro have acted, shall we say, with negligence.
(PDF - 348 Kb) Document Date: 5 Mar 2006 (Downloads: 383)
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Mexico: Necesario tipificar crímenes de odio por homofobia, señalan expertos / It?s necessary to typify hate crimes due to homophobia, experts point out - by Mario Alberto Reyes , NotieSe, on 7/13/07:http://www.gaymexico.com.mx/news7/notahemeroteca6145.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
La idea que impera en las instituciones de procuracion de justicia respecto a que se trata de crímenes pasionales debe modificarse porque la pasion no mata y el odio si. Ademas, se culpabiliza a la victima y con ello se genera negligencia de las autoridades reforzada por la falta de mecanismos idoneos para la investigacion. No se si es negligencia, falta de preparacion, simulacion o intencion de no aclararlos por considerarlos insulsos, extern.<br><br>
Califico como lamentable que en la reforma del Estado no se incluya a los crímenes de odio, pues en los ltimos años se han registrado malas integraciones de investigacion. Menciono los casos de la inidgena Ernestina Ascensio, muerta en la region de Zongolica, Veracruz, luego de un presunto ataque sexual perpetrado por militares, y el de las trabajadoras sexuales de la localidad de Castaños, Coahuila, quienes fueron violadas por elementos del Ejercito Mexicano. Hay muchas contradicciones, se perdieron evidencias importantes que hacen imposible el aumento de la sancion.<br><br>
The idea which prevails in the institutions for the procurement of justice regarding crimes of passion needs to be modified because it's not the passion which kills, but rather hate. Besides, the victim was blamed and along with this it generated negligence on the part of the authorities reinforced by the lack of suitable mechanisms for investigation. I don't know if it is negligence, lack of preparation, pretense or the intention of not clarifying them because they are considered tedious.<br><br>
I view it as lamentable that hate crimes are not included in the reform of the government because in the last few years bad investigative integration has occurred. I mention the cases of the indigenous woman Ernestina Ascensio, killed in the region of Zongolica, Veracruz, after a presumed sexual attack perpetrated by soldiers, and that of the sex workers from the town of Castaños, Coahuila, who were raped by elements of the Mexican Army. There are many contradictions, important evidence is lost which makes the increase of punishment impossible.
(PDF - 89 Kb) Document Date: 13 Jul 2007 (Downloads: 401)
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Mexico: State Protection (December 2003- March 2005) 5/30/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Table of Contents <br><br>
MAP......................................................................................................................2<br>
GLOSSARY..........................................................................................................3<br>
1. INTRODUCTIONUT............................................................................................4<br>
2. BACKGROUNDUT..............................................................................................4<br>
3. STATE INSTITUTIONSUT ..................................................................................5<br>
*4. SITUATION OF SELECTED GROUPS.........................................................9<br>
NOTES ON SELECTED SOURCES.................................................................16
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REFERENCES....................................................................................................17
(PDF - 368 Kb) Document Date: 30 May 2005 (Downloads: 648)
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MUJERES LESBIANAS DENUNCIAN DISCRIMINACIÓN Y ABUSO DE AUTORIDAD EN MÉXICO- Lesbian women denounce discrimination and abuse of authority in Mexico -www.redescristianas.net 7/2/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Aside from being invisible to society and the media, lesbians and bisexual women in Mexico are also victims of discrimination, violence and abuse of authority, scourges which become worse with the inequity of gender which they suffer. <br><br> A pesar de ser ?invisibilizadas? por la sociedad y los medios de comunicación, las mujeres lesbianas y bisexuales en México también son víctimas de la discriminación, la violencia y el abuso de autoridad, flagelos que se agravan con la inequidad de género que padecen.
(PDF - 64 Kb) Document Date: 2 Jul 2006 (Downloads: 491)
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RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs)- MEX101377.E Canadian IRB 06/02/05: http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/rir/?action=record.viewrec&goto... (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa<br><br>
According to a professor at the Faculty of Psychology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM), homosexuality is not a crime in Mexico (17 May 2006). However, the country has had a long history of [translation] " attacks and murders" of homosexuals and transsexuals (Professor 17 May 2006; see also ILGA 13 July 2005), and members of these communities continue to face discrimination (Mexico 19 May 2006; CEPRODEHI 25 May 2006). Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2005 indicated that although the law "prohibits several types of discrimination", including sexual preference, "[h]omophobic beliefs and practices were common, reflected principally in entertainment programs and every day attitudes" (8 Mar. 2006, Sec. 5).
(PDF - 177 Kb) Document Date: 2 Jun 2005 (Downloads: 444)
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SITUATION OF WITNESSES TO CRIME AND CORRUPTION, WOMEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION- Research Directorate of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 2/15/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
5. VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION<br>
5.1 Situation and legislative framework<br>
5.2 State protection efforts<br>
5.3 Traceability of individuals fleeing violent situations<br>
(PDF - 133 Kb) Document Date: 15 Feb 2007 (Downloads: 504)
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HOMOSEXUALITY IN PAKISTAN-The United Nations IRIN News Services Talks to Kursad Kahramanoglu about the Numerous Contradictions - ILGC 5/10/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"This is a critical issue in our society. We have to be careful for that. Please let us know how many persons will be with you," asked the NGO employee warily, inquiring whether any journalists or anyone from the authorities would be present at the proposed meeting. "Human rights activists like us struggle for the rights of people including gays and other youngsters. If you want to find a person who is campaigning openly for gay rights only, the answer is NO," he said adamantly, going on to describe homosexuality as a harshly punishable sin and a crime.
(PDF - 269 Kb) Document Date: 10 May 2005 (Downloads: 402)
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Iranian Sexual Minorities Deprived of Citizenship Rights-A Speech by Arsham Parsi, Secretary General (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
In conclusion, the Organization of Iranian Homosexuals asks all legal organizations to collaborate in defending human rights and the rights of sexual minorities.<br>
* Homosexuality should no longer be viewed as an offense by Iran?s criminal law.<br>
* Homophobia should be fought on all fronts by all Iranians.<br>
* The systematic violation of human rights in Iran needs to end.<br>
* All humans should enjoy their rights.<br>
* Iranian sexual minorities need to demand their rights.<br>
* Do not forget Iranian LGBTs.
* Do not leave us alone.<br><br>
The Organization of Iranian Homosexuals held the 2006 Symposium on Saturday, Dec 9, 2006 to examine the systematic violation of human rights in Iran. For more information, please refer to the website of the Organization of Iranian Homosexuals.
(PDF - 106 Kb) Document Date: 9 Dec 2006 (Downloads: 419)
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Iranian Youth Express Themselves Against All Odds-A Discussion on the Restriction of Sexual Expression in Iran. www.gozaar.org By Abolfazl Bahadori 3/15/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Sexual expression in the Islamic Republic is heavily repressed. What impact do restrictions on free expression of sexuality have on society, and how have Iranians responded to government control of their private lives?<br><br>As censored as it is, access to the internet in Iran has shaken up the dynamics of sexual expression. The internet is not just the new way of dating for Iranians (heterosexual, gay, bisexual, and transgender), it is also a source of knowledge for young people who struggle with gender inequality and/or their sexual identity. Recently, a group fighting for the rights of homosexuals in Iran held a human rights conference in Toronto to draw attention to the country's terrible track record and to promote change back at home. Secretary General of the Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO), Arsham Parsi, who fled Iran in 2005, described how he was saved when he began to find sites on the internet about homosexuality. He said the internet is still the primary way IRQO communicates with its 50,000 members, especially with those in Iran.
(PDF - 111 Kb) Document Date: 15 Mar 2007 (Downloads: 502)
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Nepal trip lands Pakistani gays In Trouble-By Sudeshna Sarker, Indo-Asian News 1/25/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
A trip to Nepal by three transgenders from Pakistan gas stirred up serious trouble for Pakistan's gay community, causing an eight-year-old health programme for homosexual to he halted.
(PDF - 28 Kb) Document Date: 25 Jan 2006 (Downloads: 506)
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Pakistan: RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS- (RiR's) PAK42801.E Canadian IRB 7/27/04 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa<br><br>
Information on the situation of homosexuals in Pakistan is scarce among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate. This Response should be read in conjunction with PAK42114.E of 17 October 2003.<br><br>
According to an article published in Hindustan Times, in Pakistan, gay marriages are illegal, and death by stoning is the suggested punishment for anyone found to be engaging in a homosexual act (2 July 2004; see also University of Florida 2003). Similarly, The Boston Globe reported in July 2004 that in Pakistan, homosexuality is a crime that carries the punishment of whipping, imprisonment or death, although no one has been "executed for sodomy in Pakistan's recent history" (11 July 2004).
(PDF - 148 Kb) Document Date: 27 Jul 2004 (Downloads: 443)
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Gay Lebanese Seeking Asylum -AFP, Ahbab News 9/22/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
BEIRUT: Lebanese homosexuals have sought political asylum in the Netherlands to escape their country's tough laws which brand homosexuality an "unnatural" act and to avoid jail at home, Lebanese officials said. Article 534 of the Lebanese penal code "bans unnatural sexual relations" although it does not explicitly refer to homosexuality, the officials in Beirut said.
(PDF - 44 Kb) Document Date: 22 Sep 2005 (Downloads: 382)
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South Africa/Nigeria: Pink Refugees-Rainbow Network By Adam Levin Planet Syndication 5/7/03 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
First up, Anita is not a woman, but a young Nigerian man called Azubike Udogo, known to his friends as Azu. Azu is currently in the process of applying for refugee status in South Africa on the grounds of his sexual orientation. "I can?t go back to Nigeria," he fumes over a glass of Lemon Twist in his Troyeville apartment. "I'll go somewhere else if I have to. Anywhere. If I go back to Nigeria they'll kill me or they'll throw me in jail and that's it."<br><br>While asylum seekers await judgement, which can take anything up to six years, they live half-lives without ID books or access to bank accounts. Although they are entitled to work, the asylum seeker?s permit must be renewed every three months. Given the transience of this legal status, it is extremely difficult to secure employment or even a lease. But luckily, Azu is a fighter. He has a day job in the call centre of a Randburg attorney?s office, while at night Anita fills the breadbasket. Azu studies French, performs, socialises. Yet, having first presented his case in June 2000, he is, understandably, feeling rather frustrated at this stage.
<br><br>Even in Lagos, Nigerian society is a long way from liberated when it comes to gay rights. While historically it was customary for powerful Hausa men to share their wealth with young male lovers as well as their female harems, in Post-Colonial Nigeria it is almost impossible to be an out homosexual. According to the affidavit of Adolph Mabunda, a young, gay Nigerian in Johannesburg, ?I am regarded as a public disgrace [in Lagos]. At University, I was often insulted by being called derogatory names like [H]?Omo Detergent?. I was rejected and excluded from the mainstream... I am an enemy to my family because they say I have brought shame on them?.
(PDF - 93 Kb) Document Date: 7 May 2003 (Downloads: 369)
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