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Colombia: establecen políticas públicas para gays, lesbianas, y trans en Bogotá- Public Policies for Gays, Lesbians and Trans are estabished in Bogota-www.agmagazine.com.ar 1/4/08 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Tras considerar que gays, lesbianas, bisexuales y transexuales conforman sectores sociales de gran valor para la sociedad, sobre los cuales se han concentrado diferentes formas de discriminación y tratos desiguales e inequitativos, la Alcaldía de Bogotá vio la necesidad de crear una Política Pública LGBT.<br><br>
After considering that gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals make up social sectors of great value in society, among them there have been found different forms of discrimination and treatment unequal and inequitable, the Mayor's Office of Bogotá saw the necessity of creating an LGBT Public Policy.
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Colombia: Homofobia, conflicto armado y derechos en Bogotá-Homophobia, armed conflict and rights in Bogota-Manuel Velandia 7/31/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
El hecho de que los, las les LGBT hayan ganado ciertos derechos en Colombia, no implica que ellos mismos y la sociedad les reconozca como sujetos de tales<br><br>
The fact that the members of the LGBT community have earned certain rights in Colombia, does not imply that neither they themselves nor society recognize them as subjects of such rights.
(PDF - 355 Kb) Document Date: 31 Jul 2007 (Downloads: 481)
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Colombia: Violencia sexual en Bogotá- Sexual Violence in Bogota-Manuel Velandia 12/27/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Seis de cada 10 lesbianas, homosexuales, bisexuales y transgeneristas han sido víctimas de agresiones verbales en las calles bogotanas y uno de cada cinco ha sido víctima de violencia física, justificadas en su sexualidad.<br><br>
La Corporación Promover Ciudadanía, una ONG cuyos investigadores son profesionales de las ciencias sociales, humanas y artes de las universidades Nacional, Pedagógica y los Andes, realizó la encuesta denominada 'Homofobia y convivencia ciudadana en Bogotá' aplicada a una muestra de 440 personas, miembros de la comunidad LGBT, durante la última marcha del orgullo gay llevada a cabo en esta ciudad el 2 de julio de 2006.<br><br>
Six of every 10 lesbians, gays and transgenders have been victims of verbal aggression in the streets of Bogotá and one of every five have been victims of physical violence,
justified by their sexuality.<br><br>
The Corporation to Promote Citizenship, an NGO whose investigators are professionals in the social sciences, humanities and arts from the National University, Educational University and University of the Andres, carried out the inquiry named "Homophobia and citizens living together in Bogotá" given to a sampling of 440 people, members of the LGBT community, during the last Gay Pride March carried out in this city on July 2, 2006.
(PDF - 491 Kb) Document Date: 27 Dec 2006 (Downloads: 396)
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En Colombia, otra trans muerta, no importa- In Colombia, another trans dies, it does not matter- www.agmagazine.com.ar 12/12/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Amnistía Internacional, que desde el 89 se ha interesado en el tema de las minorías sexuales en Colombia, ha informado recientemente sobre el creciente numero de asesinatos y detenciones arbitrarias a personas trans, en América Latina y por supuesto en Colombia.<br><br>
Amnesty International, which since 1989 has become interested in the theme of sexual minorities in Colombia, has recently reported about the growing number of murders and arbitrary detentions of trans individuals in Latin American and of course in Colombia.
(PDF - 116 Kb) Document Date: 12 Dec 2007 (Downloads: 417)
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EXPERIENCES OF LGBT REFUGEES IN TURKEY-Kaos GL 12/31/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
We have just entered to Turkey. Here people are not so different from
Arabic countries. They do not accept LGBTs. At police centre they
laughed at us when I was describing my troubles in Palestine.<br><br>
I think, here in Turkey, gays don't have any problem with the
government but people don't want to accept us or don't know what
homosexuality is, however, for me, is different because I am both
foreigner and homosexual. <br><br>
The Governor sent me to an hotel. They wanted to help me but those
people who wanted to help took me to the hotel and wanted to abuse
me! I went to the hotel but all the personnel came to me and wanted
me to have sex with them. I escaped from there. Here in Van, Ms.
Bedia really helped us and cared about us. She asked the Police
Centre to let us go for her signature with the women refugees.
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(PDF - 109 Kb) Document Date: 31 Dec 2006 (Downloads: 481)
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Chile #3 HIV [97-99] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Table of contents:<br> <br>
*Cold hearts in Chile, Positive Nation, October 1999 <br>
*MSM: Death and the Erasure of Gay Identities, Gay Today, 7/26/99 <br>
*HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: Stories from the Frontlines ? ?Prisoners in Chile <br> subjected to inhuman conditions?, International Council of AIDS Service Organizations, June 1999 <br>
*De las verdadse del Sida en Chile y el resto de las Americas, Impacto Latino, June 1998 <br>
*Chilean HIV positive prisoners die while the state continues to deny them medical care, IGLHRC Action Alert, May 1998
(PDF - 955 Kb) Document Date: 31 Dec 1999 (Downloads: 515)
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Chile #4 HIV [2000 - 2002] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Table of contents:<br> <br>
*Women with AIDS Suffer Discrimination, 7/10/02, Inter Press Service <br>
*Diagnosis on sexuality and discrimination suffer by people living with HIV/AIDS in *five cities of Chile, 7/7/02, 14th International AIDS Conference <br>
*Access to care for people living with HIV/AIDS in Chile, 2001, Annabella Arredondo <br>
*Transforming Practice through Activism, 6/2/01, Human Rights Dialogue <br>
*Chile?s HIV/AIDS issues, 5/19/00, Bay Area Reporter
(PDF - 563 Kb) Document Date: 31 Dec 2002 (Downloads: 492)
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Chile #4 Sexual Orientation [2000 - 2002] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Table of contents:<br> <br>
*Perfil de Chile hoy, 2002, Derechos Chile <br>
*2002 Report: An Overview of the Main Events Involving Sexual Minorities in Chile (in English and Spanish), 2002, Movimiento de integracíon y liberacíon homosexual (Movilh) <br>
*Chilean transgenders protest killings, 12/23/02, Rex Wockner <br>
*Chile: Demand Police Accountability in Trans Murders, 12/02/02, IGLHRC <br>
*Innovador proyecto de ley aprobado en Rio Grande do Sul, 12/10/02, IGLHRC <br>
*Chile: The gay lifestyle and the treatment of gays by police in Santiago and in Concepcíon (1999-2002), 8/6/02, Canada Immigration and Refugee Board <br>
*Soccer club bans gays, 3/25/02, Rex Wockner <br>
*Historico: Por Primera Vez En Chile Un Trabajador Gay Defiende Públicamente Sus Derechos, 3/21/02, Movilh <br>
*Chile: Treatment of gays and lesbians; availability of state protection, 1/31/02, Canada Immigration and Refugee Board <br>
*Movimiento gay y transformistas agradecieron en un hermoso velorio los aportes del director de teatro Andrés Pérez a la cultura chilena, 1/02, Movih <br>
*Gays y lesbianas del norte de Chile iniciaren termites para organizarse, 1/02, Movih
*Gays, representantes del gobierno, de partidos politicos y de organizaciones socials rinden homenaje a diputada Fanny Pollarolo, 1/02, Movilh
(PDF - 3,269 Kb) Document Date: 31 Dec 2002 (Downloads: 483)
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Chile #5 HIV [2003 - 2004] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Table of contents:<br> <br>
*Chile, 2004, UNAIDS <br>
*Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Chile, 2004, UNAIDS <br>
*Joven con sida gana demanda contra centro medico por discriminación, 8/04, GLAAD LGBT Latino Media Activist List <br>
*A young man living with Aids wins his Lawsuit against a medical center due to discrimination, 8/18/04, Human Rights Spanish Network Informative Bulletin <br>
*Plan of a monitoring system and citizen control in the application of the AIDS law at a national level, 7/11/04, 15th International AIDS Conference <br>
*Understanding and responding to HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in the health sector (excerpt), 2003, Pan American Health Organization <br>
*Chile: Anti-AIDS Commercials in Chile Spark Media Backlash, 12/4/03, Reuters <br>
*Sociedad de Hematologia: Médicos temen riesgo por sangre de homosexuals, 6/19/03, El Mercurio <br>
*Chile: Whether the government organization CONASIDA only helps terminally ill patients?, 5/16/03, Canada Immigration and Refugee Board <br>
*Sida en Chile: La Discriminacion Mata Antes Que el Virus Sobrevivir a la Exclusion, 1/3/03, CONASIDA
(PDF - 1,893 Kb) Document Date: 31 Dec 2004 (Downloads: 514)
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Chile #5 Other Developments [2003 - 2004] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Table of contents:<br> <br>
*Chile Making Headway in Fight Against HIV/AIDS, 10/19/04, Inter Press Service <br>
*Chileans support civil unions, 8/9/04, Rex Wockner Esutudio de Opinión sobre ?Opción Sexual y Discriminaciones?, 8/2/04, Fundación Chile 21 <br>
*Opcion Sexual y Discriminaciones, 7/04, Fundación Chile 21 <br>
*Encuesta revela cómo ve y trata Chile a lesbianas y homosexuals, 7/30/04, Fundación Chile 21 <br>
*Encuesta refleja amplia aceptacion a derechos de homosexuals in Chile, 7/30/04, OpusGay <br>
*Gobierno chileno patrocina primera escuela de Latinoamerica para homosexuals y persones vivendo con VIH/Sida, 5/25/04, OpusGay <br>
*Chile respalda propuesta brasileña favorable a homosexuales, 3/19/04, OpusGay <br>
*Encuesta revela que Chile disminuye su nivel de homofobia, 8/2/03, OpusGay
(PDF - 2,096 Kb) Document Date: 31 Dec 2004 (Downloads: 545)
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Chile #5 Sexual Orientation [2003 - 2004] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Table of contents:<br><br>
*Gay Chile News & Reports 2003-4, 2004, Global Gayz<br>
*Madres de homosexuals asesinados se unen por primera vez para pedir justicia en Chile, 12/10/04, OpusGay<br>
*¿Otro Hecho de Discriminacíon? 12/6/04, Chile.com<br>
*Chile: El Liceo D-559 España de Concepcíon reintegró a clases a una de las dos menores suspendidas por presunta conducta lésbica, 11/4/04, GLAAD Bolentina de Medios LGBT en América Latina y Estados Unidos<br>
*Chile: Presidente del Movilh obtuvo cerca de dos mil votos en elecciones municipals, 11/4/04, GLAAD Bolentina de Medios LGBT en América Latina y Estados Unidos<br>
*?Homosexuales y ladrones no tienen derechos?, 11/3/04, Acción Familia<br>
*Ministerio de Educación y Movih avanzarán en estrategia anti-homofobia en Chile, 7/27/04, GLAAD Bolentina de Medios LGBT en América Latina<br>
*Chilean ruling forces gay parents to choose between children, closet, 7/9/04, Washington Blade<br>
*Chilean Supreme Court takes lesbian?s children, 6/14/04, Rex Wockner<br>
*Chile: High Court Discriminates Against Lesbian Mother, 6/2/04, Human Rights Watch<br>
*Homosexual in Chile Today: Lights and Shadows, Spring 2004, ReVista<br>
*Judge's decision to allow homosexual couple to adopt rejected in Chile, 4/7/04, Catholic News Agency<br>
*La homosexualidad es una enfermedad que puede ser curada, 4/2/04, SantiagoGay.com<br>
*Cross-Dressing in the Crosshairs, 1/15/04, AlterNet<br>
*Chile: Fear for safety. Rodrigo López Barrera, President of TravesChile of Aconcagua, V Region, 1/6/04, Amnesty International<br>
*Case 5627 (Supplemental material for a Chile asylum case based on sexual orientation), 2003<br>
*En un 37 por ciento aumentaron las denuncias por homofobia en Chile durante el 2003, 12/20/03, OpusGay<br>
*Travesti entrega carta al Presidente de Chile denunciando represión de carabineros, 8/7/03, Sentido G<br>
*Articulo 373: El Latigazo Legal Que Castiga a los Homosexuales Chilenos, 7/10/03, OpusGay<br>
*Histórico: homosexuals ingresaron proyecto de parejas al Congreso Chileno, 6/16/03, GLAAD LGBT Latino Media Activist List<br>
*Amnistia Internacional demanda a gobiernos erradicar todo tipo de discriminacion, 5/29/03, OpusGay<br>
*Brutal Attack Against Offices of Trans Group (in Spanish), 4/23/03<br>
*Amnistia Internacional podria estudiar casos llevados por el Movilh, 4/1/03,
Sentido G<br>
*A 48 ascendieron las denuncias por homofobia, 1/11/03, Movilh
(PDF - 4,080 Kb) Document Date: 1 Dec 2004 (Downloads: 521)
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Bolivia to protect gays in constitution- Rex Wockner International #714 12/31/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Bolivia is set to become the sixth nation to ban anti-gay discrimination
in its constitution.<br><br>
Article 14 of the finalized text of the planned new constitution states:
"The State prohibits and punishes any form of discrimination based on
sex, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, origin, culture,
nationality, citizenship, language, religious creed, ideology, political
affiliation or philosophical beliefs, marital status, economic or social
status, type of occupation, level of education, disability, pregnancy,
or other factors that have the purpose or effect of nullifying or
impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing,
of the rights of everyone."
(PDF - 17 Kb) Document Date: 31 Dec 2007 (Downloads: 521)
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Bulgarians don't like gays- Rex Wockner International #714 12/31/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Eighty percent of Bulgarians have a negative or extremely negative
attitude toward gays, according to a Skala poll published Dec. 20.
(PDF - 16 Kb) Document Date: 31 Dec 2007 (Downloads: 424)
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Cuban lesbians marry in government agency courtyard- Rex Wockner International #714 12/31/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Two Havana lesbians were symbolically married Dec. 23 in the courtyard
of the state National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX), Inter Press
Service reported.<br><br>
Mónica, 19, and Elizabeth, 28, tied the knot before 60 friends and
supporters in the first-ever same-sex union to receive support from a
government agency.<br><br>
CENESEX is pushing legislation to create legal same-sex civil unions,
and the measure could see parliamentary action this year. The agency and
the Federation of Cuban Women submitted the bill to the Political Bureau
of the Communist Party Central Committee in June.
(PDF - 20 Kb) Document Date: 31 Dec 2007 (Downloads: 495)
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Defining waria- Indonesia's transgendered community is raising its profile. By Irfan Kortschak 12/15 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
However, Shuniyya does acknowledge that social prejudice and discrimination mean that waria often find themselves with limited work options. Very many work in the beauty and cosmetics, entertainment and fashion industries, or in the NGO sector, particularly in NGOs dealing with gender issues. Describing her own employment at a foundation dealing with transgender issues, she says: ?Looking at me, no-one would guess that I?m not a woman.? However that does not mean that she has a woman?s freedom to choose her field of employment.
(PDF - 2,905 Kb) Document Date: 15 Dec 2007 (Downloads: 374)
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Honduras: Treatment of homosexuals, including protection offered by the state and the attitude of the population-Canadian RIB www.unhcr.org/refworld 12/15/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Sexual relations between adults of the same sex are not prohibited in Honduras (ILGA 2006; see also World Policy Institute Dec. 2003, 54). However, same-sex marriage is illegal (ILGA 2006, 5). Article 60 of title III of the Honduran constitution of 1982 (Constitución de la República de Honduras, 1982) prohibits all forms of discrimination based on gender, race, class, or any other discrimination that is detrimental to human dignity (11 Jan. 1982). A report on the World Policy Institute Web site states that although Article 60 of the Honduran constitution "could easily encompass discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, the courts have yet to interpret the text in that way" (2003, 54).
(PDF - 121 Kb) Document Date: 15 Dec 2006 (Downloads: 535)
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Nepal Supreme Court mandates gay protections- Rex Wockner International #714 12/31/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Nepal's Supreme Court on Dec. 21 ordered the government to pass new laws
and rewrite old ones to extend equal rights and anti-discrimination
protections to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and intersex people.<br><br>
The ruling came in a public-interest case filed by four gay
organizations.<br><br>
Current Nepalese law prohibits "unnatural" sex under penalty of up to
two years in prison.
(PDF - 17 Kb) Document Date: 31 Dec 2007 (Downloads: 460)
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Support LGBT Rights in Indonesia-AI 1/23/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
On January 22-23, 2007 two gay men were reportedly beaten, kicked and verbally abused by neighbors and then were arbitrarily detained by the police, and taken to Banda Raya police post, where they were subjected to further sexual abuse and other forms of torture and ill-treatment. Amnesty International is concerned that these men were targeted solely because of their sexual orientation and homophobia remains a persistent problem in the police establishment.
(PDF - 180 Kb) Document Date: 23 Dec 2007 (Downloads: 494)
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Transvestites protest fatal raid- The Jakarta Post, Indonesia 12/8/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Dozens of transvestites and activists staged a peaceful protest at
City Hall on Wednesday, demanding the city administration investigate
the death of a transvestite following a raid by public order officers. <br><br>
The protesters, including members of the Arus Pelangi Organization,
the Indonesian Transvestites Communication Forum and the Poor People's
Alliance, accused public order officers of abusing Elly "Sayep"
Susanna during the raid on Jl. Latuharhari, Central Jakarta, last
month.
(PDF - 88 Kb) Document Date: 8 Dec 2007 (Downloads: 396)
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Uruguay civil-union bill signed into law- Rex Wockner International #714- 12/31/07 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
President Tabaré Vázquez signed a bill Dec. 27 making Uruguay the first
Latin American country to grant same-sex couples access to civil unions
on the national level.<br><br>
The legislation, which passed the Senate in September and the House of
Representatives in November, took effect Jan. 1.
(PDF - 19 Kb) Document Date: 31 Dec 2007 (Downloads: 420)
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