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Report on The Global Aids Epidemic by UNAIDS on 11/23/2010; http://www.unaids.org/en/media/unaids/contentassets/documents/unaidspublication/2010/20101123_globalreport_en.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"In other regions, men are more likely to be infected with HIV than women, often in concentrated epidemics involving men who have sex with men or people who inject drugs. Men who have sex with men continue to bear a high burden of HIV infection even in regions with generalized epidemics. In sub- Saharan Africa, HIV programming has largely neglected same-sex behaviour because of homophobia and the widespread criminalization of homosexuality."
(PDF - 8,310 Kb) Document Date: 23 Nov 2010 (Downloads: 56)
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Peru: Police Rough-Up Gay Activists at Lima, Peru Kiss- by www.towleroad.com, on 02/14/11: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/02/lima.html#ixzz1DxKv2Kme (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=223nZV1gIbk
<br><br>Police broke up and assaulted a group of approximately 15 gay activists who were holding a kiss-in on Saturday in the Plaza de Armas de Lima in front of the Cathedral of Lima, in Lima, Peru.
Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2011/02/lima.html#ixzz1DxN7sCRo
(PDF - 374 Kb) Document Date: 14 Feb 2011 (Downloads: 62)
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UN: Countries vote to accept execution of gays, PinkPaper.com, 11/18/10: http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory/4319/18/11/2010/countries-?vote-?to-? accept-?execution-?of-?gays.aspx (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Iran, Nigeria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, Uganda, Benin, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand<br><br>The United Nations voted against a resolution mandating that all member nations decriminalize homosexuality.
(PDF - 137 Kb) Document Date: 18 Nov 2010 (Downloads: 58)
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Informe Anual de derechos Humanos de la Diversidad Sexual en Chile / Human Rights Annual Report of Sexual Diversity in Chile by www.movilh.cl on 02/09/11: http://www.movilh.cl/documentacion/IX-Informe-anual-ddhh-2010-movilh.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Los 138 casos y denuncias por discriminación del 2010 se dividieron en 1 asesinato, 5 agresiones físicas o verbales perpetradas por civiles, 2 atropellos policiales, 9 de tipo laboral y 9 en el plano educacional, 22 campañas homofóbicas o transfóbicas, 4 episodios de exclusión institucional, 35 marginaciones o obstáculos para el uso de espacios públicos o privados, 11 actos de violencia propinados por familias, amigos/os o vecinos, 42 declaraciones contra la diversidad sexual y 1 suceso contrario a la igualdad en el ámbito de la cultura, medios y espectáculos. <br><br>
Del total de casos, el 11 por ciento afectó en forma exclusiva a lesbianas, el 10 por ciento a gays y el 4 por ciento a transexuales, mientras que el 75 por ciento dañó a la diversidad sexual como conjunto, precisó el estudio de 292 páginas. <br><br>
The 138 cases and accusations from 2010 included one murder, five physical or verbal assaults perpetrated by civilians, two police abuses, nine work related and nine in the educational arena, 22 homophobic or transphobic campaigns, four episodes of institutional exclusion, 35 exclusions or obstacles for the use of public or private spaces, eleven acts of violence carried out by families, friends or neighbors, 42 declarations against sexual diversity and one occurrence against equality in the cultural sphere, the media and in show business. <br><br>
Of the total of the cases, 11% affected lesbians exclusively, 10% affected gays exclusively and 4% transsexuals, while 75% harmed the sexual diversity as a group, the 292 page study specified.
(PDF - 7,588 Kb) Document Date: 9 Feb 2011 (Downloads: 53)
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Cambodia to ban foreign gays from adopting children by Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk on 13 February 2009; http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-11149.html/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"New rules on foreign adoption in Cambodia will ban a range of foreigners from the process. Gay people, single people, those on a ?low income? and those who already have two children will not be able to adopt."
(PDF - 166 Kb) Document Date: 13 Feb 2009 (Downloads: 62)
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Indonesia: Failure to protect LGBT activists in Surabaya by Amnesty International on July 31, 2010; https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA21/014/2010/en (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"In March 2010 police failed to prevent the intimidation, harassment and threats of violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists in Surabaya, East Java."
(PDF - 541 Kb) Document Date: 31 Jul 2010 (Downloads: 70)
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Information on the Treatment of Homosexuals by the Refugee Documentation Centre of Ireland on October 21, 2010; http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4cd7be1f2.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
?The report by the Sexual Rights Initiative indicates that there has never been a case
tried under Section 377, but that it is primarily used to 'bully Hijra, Kothi and LGBT
[lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual] - identified communities'."<br><br>
"The Bangladesh Foreign Minister denied the existence of homosexuality in the country.?
(PDF - 69 Kb) Document Date: 21 Oct 2010 (Downloads: 67)
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Left Without a Choice: Barriers to Reproductive Health in Indonesia by Amnesty International on November 4, 2010; http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA21/013/2010/en/e0a63801-83d1-46b6-bc37-7cde2aa74daa/asa210132010en.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"2.2 Attitudes Toward Female Sexuality"..."In recent years, conservative attitudes to issues of sexuality have become more prevalent in some parts of the country, sometimes as a result of pressure from radical groups. The human rights of women and lesbian, gay, bisexual/pansexual and transgender people have been particularly restricted as a result, sometimes in a violent way."<br><br>
"2.4 Criminalization of Private Behaviour"..."In September 2009, the Aceh local parliament passed the Aceh Criminal Code (Qanun Hukum Jinayat), which also contains a number of provisions violating international human rights law...The bylaw provides for punishments including stoning to death for adultery and caning of up to 100 lashes for homosexuality".
(PDF - 1,526 Kb) Document Date: 4 Nov 2010 (Downloads: 56)
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UN report finds gay men in Asia 'denied HIV care' by Jessica Geen on 17 May 2010; http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/05/17/un-report-finds-gay-men-in-asia-denied-hiv-care/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Up to 90 per cent of gay men in Asia cannot access HIV care and advice, a United Nations-
backed report has found."<br><br>
"The report said that in many countries, police disrupted HIV help services and confiscated items
such as condoms and lubricant. It also said that public order and prostitution offenses were being
used selectively to punish gay men."
(PDF - 93 Kb) Document Date: 17 May 2010 (Downloads: 61)
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World Report 2011: Bangladesh by Human Rights Watch on January 24, 2011; http://www.hrw.org/en/world-report-2011/bangladesh (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Section 377 of Bangladesh's criminal code punishes consensual homosexual conduct with penalties up to life imprisonment."
(PDF - 351 Kb) Document Date: 24 Jan 2011 (Downloads: 58)
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TGEU Research Project Reveals Over 420 Reported Murders of Trans Persons Since 2008 by Trans Respect Versus Transphobia Worldwide on 091410; http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/partners/1204.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"A year ago, Transgender Europe (TGEU), the European advocacy organisation and network of trans organizations, published the first preliminary results of its worldwide Trans Murder Monitoring. By July 2009, the research team of TGEU had documented 121 reported homicides of trans persons from January 2008 to December 2008, and 83 from January 2009 to June 2009, claiming that every 3rd day the killing of a trans person is reported."
(PDF - 79 Kb) Document Date: 14 Sep 2010 (Downloads: 57)
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Amnesty International Report on State of Human Rights- Africa Regional- By Amnesty International, on AllAfrica.com 05/27/10; http://allafrica.com.turing.library.northwestern.edu/stories/201005270088.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Uganda, Nigeria, Burundi, Senegal <br><br> Discrimination against people based on their perceived or real sexual orientation continued in various countries. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people as well as human rights activists working with and for them were harassed and intimidated. Some faced arbitrary arrest and detention as well as ill-treatment. New legislation to further criminalize homosexuality was introduced or debated in parliaments across the region. People were also discriminated against across the region for their gender, ethnicity, religion and identity. Discrimination and violence against women and girls prevailed in many societies and in different forms. Women and girls continued to be raped, particularly in situations of armed conflict such as in Chad, the DRC and Sudan.
(PDF - 81 Kb) Document Date: 27 May 2010 (Downloads: 64)
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Togo: The Togo Penal Code, Togoforum.com, 12/30/05: http://www.togoforum.com/Societe/DS/DROIT/codepen.htm (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Togo <br><br>Sera puni d?un emprisonnement d?un à trois (03) ans et d?une amende de 100 000 à 500 000 francs quiconque aura commis un acte impudique ou contre nature avec un individu de son sexe.
(PDF - 46 Kb) Document Date: 30 Dec 2005 (Downloads: 73)
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Vietnam: In Vietnam, the rape of a transsexual woman stirs legal debate, LGBT Asylum News, 09/07/10: http://madikazemi.blogspot.com/2010/09/in-vietnam-rape-of- transsexual-woman.html (Vietnam)
Vietnam<br><br>The rape of a transgender woman in the north-central province of Quang Binh has sparked a serious debate among legal professionals after judicial authorities declined to prosecute the three perpetrators.
(PDF - 293 Kb) Document Date: 7 Sep 2010 (Downloads: 86)
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Vietnam: In Vietnam, the rape of a transsexual woman stirs legal debate, LGBT Asylum News, 09/07/10: http://madikazemi.blogspot.com/2010/09/in-vietnam-rape-of- transsexual-woman.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Vietnam<br><br>The rape of a transgender woman in the north-central province of Quang Binh has sparked a serious debate among legal professionals after judicial authorities declined to prosecute the three perpetrators.
(PDF - 293 Kb) Document Date: 7 Sep 2010 (Downloads: 74)
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Zambia: Ruling party uses gay debate to disparage opposition - by www.ilga.org on 10/21/10: http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/mFx2wy91di (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Amidst the recent tabling of the draft constitution currently siting before parliament, the Forum for Leadership Search revealed that it had information that some government officials have been meeting opposition leader Sata of the Patriotic Front (PF) to lobby for recognition of homosexuality in Zambia. Opposition's leader Michael Sata. Since the surfacing of such information the Independent Churches of Zambia has called for the naming and shaming of those leaders allegedly in favour of the recognition of homosexuality. <br><br> Homosexuality in Zambia is further prohibited in the Penal Code, and criminalised under Chapter 87 section
155-9, stated as unnatural offences and bestiality. But Mubanga says ?homosexuality is very hard to prove, our
laws state that one must be found in the act for them to arrest you. The government has of course made threats
but that is all they can do.? <br><br> Mubanga further said ?In our opinion the current intended laws are very harsh and bluntly disregard citizens
their rights to communion.?
The Zambian government has maintained a staunch homophobic stand on homosexuality, with former
president, Frederick Chiluba who has previously said ?homosexuality in the deepest level of depravity, which is
unbiblical and abnormal.?
(PDF - 168 Kb) Document Date: 21 Oct 2010 (Downloads: 59)
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Issue 12: Sex Work and Violence Submitted by NSWP on 18th January 2011; http://www.nswp.org/sites/nswp.org/files/research-for-sex-work-12-english-russian.pdf (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
* In Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a survey of 238 male, female, and transgender sex workers conducted by the Sex Workers? Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN) found that 42 percent of sex workers in the region reported having experienced physical violence by the police and 36 percent had experienced sexual violence.<br>
* Since 2006, police in Liverpool, UK have agreed a policy in which all crimes against sex workers are treated as hate crimes and have appointed a sex work liaison officer. <br>
* Though recently institutional violence in Cambodia has gotten a lot of attention, violence committed against sex workers by intimate partners is also a major problem. The Cambodian Prostitute Union provides education to sex workers and their abusive partners about the domestic violence law as well as counseling, support, and service referrals for sex workers.<br>
* The Aboriginal Sex Workers Education and Outreach Project in Canada was founded in 2008 to focus on the needs of Aboriginal street-based sex workers, who experience high rates of violence and HIV infection. Indigenous women are infected with HIV at nearly twice the rate as women in the general population. January 18, 2011
(PDF - 3,059 Kb) Document Date: 18 Jan 2011 (Downloads: 111)
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Transgender activists face multiple challenges BY DAVID CRARY, AP NATIONAL WRITER THURSDAY, www.signonsandiego.com, FEBRUARY 3, 2011: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/03/transgender-activists-face-multiple-challenges/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
NEW YORK ? Many transgender Americans face intolerance in almost every aspect of their lives, contributing to high levels of homelessness, unemployment and despair, according to a comprehensive survey being released Friday. <br><br>
"I felt there was not an ounce of compassion or empathy for individuals who may be displaying atypical gender roles," and by 17 she was contemplating suicide, she wrote.<br><br> According to the survey, 41 percent of respondents reported attempting suicide, 26 percent said they had lost a job due to being transgender, and 19 percent reported being denied a home or apartment. Almost one-fifth said they'd been homelessness at some point.
(PDF - 159 Kb) Document Date: 3 Feb 2011 (Downloads: 70)
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Malaysian gay man gets death threats after support video by PinkNews.co.uk Staff Writer on 21 December 2010; http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/12/21/malaysian-gay-man-gets-death-threats-after-support-video/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Azwan Ismail, a 32-year-old engineer, made a YouTube video called "I'm gay, I'm ok', in an effort to encourage other gay Malaysians to feel comfortable with their sexual orientation."<br><br>
"One prominent Islamic cleric criticised him for "derid[ing] his own dignity", while Malaysia's Cabinet minister for Islamic affairs, Jamil Khir Baharom, said action may be taken to prevent more people viewing the video."
(PDF - 88 Kb) Document Date: 21 Dec 2010 (Downloads: 76)
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Yemen Mag Shut For Pro-Gay Article Ex-pat filmmaker?s review of lesbian-themed Egyptian movie sparks outrage, violent threats-By Gay City News.com, Published: Thursday, April 29, 2010 1:32 PM CDT;http://gaycitynews.com/articles/2010/04/29/gay_city_news/news/doc4bd9cfb54ed44998469893.txt (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
In the Arabian Peninsula nation of Yemen, the country?s only serious cultural magazine has been shut down by authorities because of an article that characterizes homosexuality as ?part and parcel of our society? and advocates gay rights.<br><br> Aqbi?s review discussed a new Egyptian film, ?Heena Maysara? (?Till things get better?), which contains a lesbian love scene.
(PDF - 242 Kb) Document Date: 29 Mar 2010 (Downloads: 81)
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