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Costa Rica: Congress to Study Bill on Homosexual Civil Unions- Daniel Zueras 9/19/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
SAN JOSÃ?, Sep 19 (IPS) <br>- The Diversity Movement in Costa Rica is sponsoring a draft law on civil unions for same-sex couples which will be presented formally to the legislature this week. <br>
The civil unions initiative is aimed at ensuring equal rights for Costa Rican homosexuals, granting each partner in stable same-sex couples the right to social security (if they are not economically self-sufficient), and the right to inherit, among others..
(PDF - 149 Kb) Document Date: 19 Sep 2006 (Downloads: 515)
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Dominican Republic:Médico afirma práctica sexual gay es enfermedad, y no una preferencia- 9/11/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
9/11/06<br>
Doctor affirms that gay sexual practices are a decease and not a preference<br><br>
SANTO DOMINGO.-El médico y pastor evangélico Miguel Núñez afirmó que el homosexualismo es una enfermedad, y no una preferencia sexual.<br>
Núñez mostró informaciones estadÃsticas resultado de investigaciones sobre el homosexualismo, tanto referido al hombre como a la mujer, en los que a su juicio se evidencia el carácter de enfermedad psicológica de esta práctica de la sexualidad.<br>
Núñez quien es pastor de la Iglesia Bautista Internacional de Santo Domingo explicó el homosexualismo desde el punto de vista cientÃfico y analizó bÃblicamente las consecuencias de esa conducta, calificándola de pecaminosa.
(PDF - 73 Kb) Document Date: 11 Sep 2006 (Downloads: 627)
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Eastern Europe: Video documents homophobia on the rise- Russia - 9/20/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Human Rights Vido Hub <br>
The latest twist in the long-running saga of anti-gay violence and state oppression took place yesterday in Moscow, as an appeals court upheld the earlier lower court ruling to ban Moscowâ??s Gay Pride March in May 2006. The gay rights activists who brought the case will now attempt to challenge the rulling in the European Court of Human Rights, and they say they expect to win.
(PDF - 212 Kb) Document Date: 20 Sep 2006 (Downloads: 459)
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Jamaica: Minister appeals to persons with HIV/AIDS to get anti-retroviral drugs- JIS News (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
THE health minister has appealed to Jamaicans living with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) to take advantage of the anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, which the government readily provides for all persons afflicted with the disease.<br>
"Some people are afraid to go for it. I am saying to you if you are out there living with AIDS, don't stay at home and die, the drug is available to you," Health Minister Horace Dalley said last week.<br>
He suggested that persons who might be hesitant in going for treatment could go to the Jamaica AIDS Support and find someone who would direct them to a clinic, or visit the Ministry of Health, where people are available to speak to them confidentially.<br>
"Every single Jamaican who is infected with HIV/AIDS must have access to the drug," said Dalley, while speaking in the House of Representatives.<br>
ARVs have been available locally for persons living with AIDS since 2004, and the minister said that last year the National Health Fund (NHF) provided administrative support to the National HIV/AIDS Programme to deliver these benefits to HIV patients.
(PDF - 292 Kb) Document Date: 18 Sep 2006 (Downloads: 560)
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Leading Indians urge end of "monstrous" gay sex law- Reuters- By Mark Williams 9/16/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
NEW DELHI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Leading Indian writers, artists, lawyers and academics led by author Vikram Seth have written an open letter urging the government to overturn a British colonial era law that criminalises homosexuality.<br>
Condemning Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code as an attack on human rights and fundamental freedoms, it calls for an "archaic and brutal law" to be struck down immediately.<br>
The law, formulated in 1861 and currently being challenged in the courts, carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail for engaging in gay sex.
(PDF - 149 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2005 (Downloads: 418)
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Poland: "The Affirmation of Homosexuality will lead to the downfall of civilizaiton" (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Quote by Polish Prime Minister<br>
Are Gays the New Jews of Poland? Is the Homophobic rhetoric of the country's president and prime minister heats up, many are asking if violent words will lead to violent deeds. <br>
By Michael Joseph Gross
(PDF - 1,216 Kb) Document Date: 1 Sep 2006 (Downloads: 621)
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Poland: "We will do everything we can to stop LGBT youth projects from getting any funding" (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
EURO-LETTER<br>
No. 134 <br>
September 2006<br><br>
In June 2006, Minister Roman Giertych held a speech in front of the Polish parliament. During this speech he, once again, mentioned the project and hereâ??s what he had come up with this time: â??Campaign Against Homophobia held a camp for children during which they taught about how sex can be changed several times in oneâ??s lifetime; camp, where young boys were dressed up as girls and girls as boys; where visits of German transvestites were organized in Polish kindergarten. â??.
Just to get the facts straight â?? participants were adults, we did not have any German participants and the project was about gender stereotypes and discrimination. Roman has a fruitful fantasy.
Campaign sent letters to the Commission asking them how to act in such a situation and what do they think about a member stateâ??s Ministry that publicly lies about a Commission programme. We have received no answers until today, the letters were sent in May.<br>
As I mentioned before, the Ministry publicly stated that we should be not funded again by this programme. Campaign Against Homophobia applied for a European Voluntary Service project on June 1st, the project would allow a volunteer from Poland work for a Swedish LGBT organization for one year. The decision was supposed to be made on August 4-th; when we checked the results of selection committee, we found that the only project without a decision is ours. The only explanation being: Ministry needs more consultation. Polish National Agency says that itâ??s again out of their hands and the Ministry will make a decision.
(PDF - 91 Kb) Document Date: 1 Sep 2006 (Downloads: 592)
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Poland: Official Homophobia Threatens Basic Freedosm- Human Rights Watch 6/5/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Government Must End Repression of Gay People, Groups<br><br>
(New York, June 5, 2006) â <br>Recent threats by Polish officials against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and organizations threaten everyoneâs basic freedoms, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Kasimierz Marcinkiewicz.<br>
Last week Polandâs State Prosecutor instructed local prosecutors in five municipalities to launch sweeping investigations into the conduct of âhomosexualsâ on unspecified allegations of âpedophilia.â Human Rights Watch said that anti-gay actions and comments by numerous officials constitute a pattern of repression in Poland. <br>
âPolandâs leaders have stoked the fires of homophobic hatred to advance their political careers,â said Scott Long, director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch. âThe continuing calls to restrict a minorityâs basic freedoms threaten the fabric of democracy.â
(PDF - 83 Kb) Document Date: 5 Jun 2006 (Downloads: 469)
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Venezuela: En hospitales los relegan porque piensan que tienen Sida- CadenaGlobal.com 6/10/05 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
They get rid of them in hospitals because they think they have AIDS<br>
Más de una denuncia por día sobre atropellos a homosexuales<br>
Son víctimas de violencia policial, despidos injustificados y problemas en los centros de estudio<br>
No importa si lleva traje y corbata o unos pantalones ceñidos al cuerpo con un rostro maquillado.<br>
A la hora de conocerse su orientación o identidad sexual, homosexuales, bisexuales, transgéneros y transexuales, reciben por igual el castigo de la discriminación.
(PDF - 161 Kb) Document Date: 10 Jun 2005 (Downloads: 488)
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Vietnam 2 HIV [94-97] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 1,787 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 1994 (Downloads: 351)
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Vietnam 2 SO [97-99] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 2,663 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 1997 (Downloads: 433)
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Demand Taiwan's Court to Open Up Its Doors in Gay Bookstore Obscenity Trial- IGLHRC March 31, 2005 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Right to Freedom from Discrimination<br>
Right to be Equal before the Law<br>
Right to a Fair and Public Hearing<br>
Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression<br><br>
Taiwan's only gay and lesbian bookstore has been unreasonably charged with obscenity and is currently under trial behind closed doors. The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) urges you to join the Gender Sexuality Rights Association, Taiwan (G/SRAT) in their urgent plea for support and solidarity by sending letters to the court to open the trial to the public and advocate for the human rights of freedom of expression for all citizens of Taiwan.
(PDF - 149 Kb) Document Date: 31 Mar 2005 (Downloads: 542)
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Taiwan 2 SO [97-2000] (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 6,381 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 1997 (Downloads: 650)
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Taiwan Activist Agitates for Gay Marriage- rex Wockner International #339 10/23/2000 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 57 Kb) Document Date: 23 Oct 2000 (Downloads: 502)
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Taiwan Current Update HIV (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 509 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2000 (Downloads: 562)
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Taiwan Current Update SO (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
(PDF - 5,799 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2000 (Downloads: 459)
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A Deadly Stigma in Caribbean-By Karen DeYoung, Washington Post-6/19/01 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Most Caribbean leaders rarely speak about AIDS. Many fear the political cost of offending highly conservative, strongly religious societies in which, despite all evidence to the contrary, AIDS is still dismissed as a disease of homosexuals and prostitutes. At the same time, there is a fear that if you talk about AIDS, tourists will not want to come, said Claudette Harry, a Guyanese physician who heads the Pan American Health Organization office in Trinidad. A lot of people come here for sun, sand and sex, and it has the potential to disrupt the market.
(PDF - 99 Kb) Document Date: 19 Jun 2001 (Downloads: 546)
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AI Action against Homophobia-Amnesty International 01/01/06 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Jamaica is not the only country within the region that retains laws criminalising consensual sex between adults of the same sex. Only two English-speaking Caribbean countries do not criminalise this at all: the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. Here, reports of discrimination and ill-treatment are still common. In July 2003, a Bahamian Bishop threatened to become the first "live Guy Fawkes" if the Government passed legislation legalizing same sex marriage. "The devil and every demon in hell can expect the church to react because God has done too much for us," he reportedly said. Jamaican and Guyanese laws are silent on lesbianism, whilst in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Saint Lucia, all acts of homosexuality are illegal.
(PDF - 124 Kb) Document Date: 1 Jan 2006 (Downloads: 436)
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AIDS Stigma in Health Service Provision in the West Indies (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
Scott Edward Rutledge, PhD, Florida State University and Neil Abell, PhD, Florida State University.<br>
Purpose: AIDS stigma obstructs comprehensive HIV prevention and HIV/AIDS care worldwide, including in the West Indies where national epidemics are growing rapidly. This qualitative research sought to contextualize and compare multilevel appraisals of AIDS stigma in health and social services in Trinidad & Tobago and Grenada.
Methods: We conducted eight focus groups (n=51) of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA), families and caretakers of PLHA, and health service providers. Using semi-structured group discussions, we explored 1) social constructions of AIDS and PLHA; 2) reaction to PLHA by families, religious groups, and neighbors; 3) conduct toward PLHA by service providers; 4) manifestations of AIDS stigma in service provision or receipt; and, 5) action needed to reduce AIDS stigma. Digitally recorded data were transcribed and then verified by West Indian research associates. In addition, we interviewed 12 key informants from governmental and nongovernmental organizations.
(PDF - 71 Kb) Document Date: 14 Jan 2006 (Downloads: 649)
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Caribbean: Gay, HIV-Positive, and Totally Fearless-Inter Press Service - May 2, 2006 - Peter Richard (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
PORT OF SPAIN, May 2 (IPS) - When he was diagnosed with HIV in 1989, Godfrey Sealy, a Trinidad and Tobago playwright and activist, pled with Caribbean policy-makers and the general public not to relegate sex issues to the back burner.<br.
"AIDS is about sex. It is the primary means by which people get infected. If we feel we can hide sex from ourselves and our children, we will be encouraging the spread of the virus," he wrote in a newspaper article in September 1989.<br>
Now, nearly two decades later, his colleagues and friends are paying respects to the memory of a man who, up until his death last Wednesday at the age of 46, was still fighting to end the stigma that has contributed to the Caribbean's HIV/AIDS rate -- after sub-Saharan Africa, the second highest in the world.
(PDF - 121 Kb) Document Date: 2 May 2006 (Downloads: 570)
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