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Gay Rwanda 2008: Stigmatized and unwelcome, Rwanda's leading lesbian 'warriors' battles uphill for small achievements against a rudely homophobic country--despite one of the century's worst bloodbaths that resulted from tribal discrimination. The government does not appear to have learned its lesson from history.- By Richard Ammon, globalgayz.com on 03/30/08: http://globalgayz.com/country/Rwanda/view/RWA/gay-rwanda-2008 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Rwanda is not a good place to be LGBT. As this story was being written, another anti-gay crisis was unfolding as two other lesbian activists from Rwanda were arrested on false charges on their way to a lesbian conference in Mozambique. " <br><br> "When Little Sisters members returned from the COAL meeting in Johannesburg, they were threatened with arrest--although there is no mention of homosexuality in the statutes of Rwanda since homosexuals ?don?t exist? and have no legal standing. But laws are loosely interpreted by those in power, and anyone can be detained for an indefinite time without specific charges. "
(PDF - 1,534 Kb) Document Date: 30 Mar 2008 (Downloads: 138)
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Homosexual unions are not marriages or families, says Mexican bishop- by www.catholicnewsagency.com on 10/06/09:http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/utiles/myprint/print.php (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Auxiliary Bishop Antonio Lerma Nolasco of Mexico City said this week that homosexual unions cannot be considered marriages or families. "They can be called whatever you want, but never marriage," he said.<br><br>
In his homily at the Cathedral, the bishop exhorted the faithful to defend marriage as part of the divine plan, which starts with the union between a man and a woman. Because of the origin of marriage, the bishop said unions that are distinct from this "act of mutual love" cannot be considered marriage.
(PDF - 60 Kb) Document Date: 6 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 129)
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Homosexuality in Rwanda- by Ex-pat in Kigali on kigalilife.blogspot.com on 06/12/08: http://kigalilife.blogspot.com/2008/06/homosexuality-in-rwanda.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"You would very literally have to be in the closet to act on one's inclination towards the same sex IF there were any closets to be had in poor Rwandan homes. So I imagine it is very, very difficult to be an LGBT adolescent or adult living here, frankly." <br><br> "So the take home message: there is no homosexuality in Rwanda, officially. Thus, they don't have to ask the gay people to leave - they aren't here."
(PDF - 152 Kb) Document Date: 12 Jun 2009 (Downloads: 130)
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Jamaica: Homo Attack at UWI - by TnTMirror.com-04/09/06-http://www.tntmirror.com/sunday/2006/apr09/fromtheeditor02.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br>A University of the West Indies student has been involved in a homosexual attack on his campus.<br><br>The incident almost caused a riot on the campus.<br><br>One report said the incident occurred on the Mona, Jamaica Campus, but UWI St. Augustine students told TnT Mirror that they are concerned
(PDF - 75 Kb) Document Date: 9 Apr 2006 (Downloads: 111)
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Mexico: "Tribuna Libre", al más rancio estilo periodístico, estigmatiza a mujeres y homosexuales - "Tribuna Libre" [Open Forum], the most rancid journalistic style, stigmatizes women and homosexuals- by Antonio Medina, www.notiese.org on 10/05/09: http://www.notiese.org/notiese.php?ctn_id=3261 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"El escarnio, el morbo y la degradación del sujeto se conjugan en el texto periodístico, y el cuerpo desnudo como una evidencia de todos los males que pesan sobre quien rompió las normas de la heterosexualidad. De ahí que ?la muerte social de las personas que viven con sida es tan aniquilante y lacerante como la misma muerte física?, como ha dicho en repetidas ocasiones el maestro Carlos Monsiváis. <br><br>
En la sección policíaca del mismo semanario, otra nota periodística, plagada de juicios de valor y motes estigmatizantes como ?puñales?, ?mujeres con antena?, ?chinches sidosas? y ?par de lilos?, relata la detención de dos hombres travestis que ejercen el trabajo sexual en las calles de la capital de Aguascalientes."<br><br>
"The ridicule, morbid and degradation of the subject come together in the journalistic text, and the nude body as evidence of all of the ills which happen to anyone who breaks the heterosexual norms. Consequently "the social death of people who live with AIDS is so destructive and distressful just as a physical death," as has been said repeatedly by the maestro Carlos Monsiváis.<br><br>
In the political section of the same weekly, another noted journalist, infested with judgments of worth amd stigmatizing sayings sch as "daggers," "women with antenna," "bedbugs with AIDS," and "pair of lilacs," tells of the detention of two transvestite men who work their sexual trade in the streets of the capital of Aguascalientes."
(PDF - 100 Kb) Document Date: 5 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 130)
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Paraguay: ENTREVISTA A CAROLINA ROBLEDO (Aireana):"Una ley de matrimonio y una ley de identidad de género son importantes avances, pero no terminan con la discriminación" - INTERVIEW WITH CAROLINA ROBLEDO (Aireana): "A Marriage law and a gender identity law are important advances, but they don't put an end to discrimination" - www.dosmanzanas.com 10/06/09: http://www.dosmanzanas.com/2009/10/entrevista-a-carolina-robledo-aireana-?una-ley-de-matrimonio-y- una-ley-de-identidad-de-genero-son-importantes-avances-pero-no-terminan-con-la-discriminacion?.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"A: ¿Persiste aún la homofobia en la sociedad y en la política paraguayas?
CR: Persisten las actitudes de odio y rechazo hacia las lesbianas, gays y trans, aunque con el gobierno actual hay algunos cambios favorables, sobre todo en cuanto a algunas personas dentro del gobierno, que tienen la voluntad de erradicar los actos discriminatorios."<br><br>
"A: Does homophobia still persist in the society and in the politics of Paraguay? CR:The attitudes of hate and rejection towards lesbians, gays and trans persists even though with the present government there are some favorable changes, above all in terms of some people within the government who have the will to eradicate the acts of discrimination."
(PDF - 258 Kb) Document Date: 6 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 105)
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RESEARCH PUTS RWANDAN GAYS UNDER SPOTLIGHT - by Mongezi Mhlongo (BTM Reporter), www.mask.org.za, on 08/03/09: http://www.mask.org.za/article.php?cat=rwanda&id=2227 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"MSM are, according to a 2006-2007 HIV and AIDS report by UNAIDS to the UN General Assembly Special Session, a group that has long been overlooked with no documented evidence to confirm their existence, particularly in Rwanda." <br><br> "Despite the absence of specific laws regarding homosexuality in Rwanda, LGBTI people seem to be silent on their rights too, something that could be attributed to society?s hostility towards homosexuals."
(PDF - 235 Kb) Document Date: 3 Aug 2009 (Downloads: 104)
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Ruwanda: Situation Update - The Treatment of LGBT Individuals in Rwandan Law and Society- BY IGLHRC on 11/20/07: http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/print/337.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"What has changed, however, is the ability of sexual minority groups to come together, to form alliances for solidarity, and to begin to advocate for their rights. Moreover, the open expression of homosexuality, though still restricted in many ways, has been a very recent event in Rwanda and across the African continent." <br><br> "Rwanda?s law is currently silent on the issue of homosexuality: neither the 2003 Constitution nor the 1977 Penal Code make mention of any crime related to homosexuality. Sexual offenses are outlined in the 1977 Penal Code, and include rape, rape of children, sexual torture, adultery, prostitution, and exhibitionism. While homosexual acts involving either sex are punishable if one participant is under the age of 18 and the other is older, as provided in section 362 of the Penal Code, no provision exists for the criminalization of sexual acts between consenting adults."
(PDF - 150 Kb) Document Date: 20 Nov 2007 (Downloads: 99)
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Rwanda's silence on gay rights impact on LGBTI activism - by By nthateng, www.citizenjournalismafrica.org, on 0730/09: www.citizenjournalismafrica.org (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Ruzindana further states that with or without law, things have always been difficult for LGBTI people and organisations in Rwanda due cultural influence and religion."
(PDF - 176 Kb) Document Date: 30 Jul 2009 (Downloads: 123)
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Trinidad & Tobago: Discrimination hurts AIDS fight-By Leiselle Maraj, Newsday The Peoples Newspaper-06/25/07- http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,59410.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br>Chairperson of the National AIDS Coordinating Committee (NACC) Angela Lee Loy says the newly established HIV Training Centre will be a success once the high level of stigma and discrimination against infected persons is effectively dealt with.<br><br>Speaking at the launch of the TT National Training Centre which will provide training in HIV/AIDS for Health Providers, she said the HIV Human Rights Desk has documented numerous reports of discrimination against persons living with HIV.
(PDF - 49 Kb) Document Date: 25 Jun 2007 (Downloads: 121)
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Trinidad y Tobago: Gay man taunted by cops gets $28,400 - by Globalgayz.com-07/04/07-http://globalgayz.com/country/Trinidad%20and%20Tobago/view/TTO/gay-trinidad-and-tobago-news-and-reports#article5 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br>A 29 year old self confessed homosexual has been awarded $28400 as compensation for being kept naked at a police station for over three hours while police officers ridiculed him about the size of his penis. Judgment on behalf of the Ste. Madeleine man was delivered in the San Fernando High Court yesterday by Justice Shafeyei Shah who ruled that the man?s arrested on July 24, 2000 was unlawful. The man said he and his ?partner? were walking past the Princes Town Police Station around 4:30 p.m. on July 24, 2000, when two men, who later identified themselves as CID police officers, called out him and told him to come.
(PDF - 134 Kb) Document Date: 4 Jul 2007 (Downloads: 101)
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Trinidad y Tobago: Lesbian and Gay Trinidad y Tobago-by Gaytimes-03/09/06-http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/Hotspots/GayGuide-action-Country-countryid-952.html (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
This document was provided by Immigration Equality, New York, NY<br><br>Homosexuality is illegal in Trinidad y Tobago and gay not officially welcome!<br>However with a population of over one million there are gay people on the islands and small scene to boot. Unfortunately, successive governments in Trinidad & Tobago have refused to repeal ancient laws on homosexuality which date back to Queen Victoria. The laws are not enforced and no prosecutions have been made for many years. Because of the legal position and the prevailing homophobic attitude in society many gays are closeted.
(PDF - 61 Kb) Document Date: 9 Mar 2006 (Downloads: 92)
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Long Fight for Justice for Homosexuals - By Joyce Mulama, ipsnews.net on 01/23/07: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=36271 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Even with tens of thousands of activists at the World Social Forum (WSF) denouncing injustices of all kinds, the issue of discrimination against homosexuals is making its voice heard amidst the din." <br><br> "In Uganda, lesbians, bisexual, gay and transgender (LGBT) persons have not been spared either. Those fighting for the rights of the LGBT have continually been harassed by police, as happened to Juliet Victor Mukasa, chair of Sexual Minorities Uganda. "
(PDF - 197 Kb) Document Date: 23 Jan 2007 (Downloads: 94)
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México: repudian a un semanario por estigmatizar a homosexuales y personas que viven con VIH - by Andres Bacigalupo, noticias.universogay.com on 10/06/09: http://noticias.universogay.com/mexico-A weekly is repudiated for stigmatizing homosexuals and people who live with HIV (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"La publicación, del estado de Aguascalientes, relató el ?triste fin de un sidoso?. También abordó de forma poco feliz un caso de violencia machista y el arresto de dos mujeres trans." <br><br>En el primer caso, el periódico coloca la fotografía de un hombre desnudo que murió a causa del sida bajo el titular: ?Víctima de SIDA, homosexual muere en total abandono?. El reportaje, firmado por Esteban Bonilla López, con fotografías de Edgar César de la Rivera, relata el ?triste fin de un sidoso?, dan su nombre y una serie da datos personales, que lejos de informar, reafirman los estigmas contra las personas que viven con VIH."<br><br>
"The publication, of the state of Aguascalientes, reported "the sad end of a sidoso" (sic)-[a negative term for a person with AIDS]. It also undertook in a less happy way, a case of macho violence and the arrest of two trans women."<br><br>
In the first case, the newspaper places the photograph of a nude man who died due to AIDS under the headline: "Victim of AIDS, homosexual dies completely abandoned." The report, signed by Esteban Bonilla Lópex, with photographs of Edgar César de la Rivera, tells of the "sad end of a sidoso [sic]." they give his name and a series of personal data, which far from informing, reaffirm the stigmas against people who live with HIV."
(PDF - 208 Kb) Document Date: 6 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 118)
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Turkey: Access Denied to LGBT Social Networking Sites: Access has been blocked to LGBT social networking sites galibe, haydigayri and shemaleturk under accusations such as prostitution, obscenity or child abuse according to law article 5651. The site administrators were no informed about the decision and spoke of a "homophobic mentality".- by www.bianet.org on 10/06/09: http://www.bianet.org/english/print/117457-access-denied-to-lgbt-social-networking-sites (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"The Telecommunications Communication Presidency banned access to LGBT social networking websites haydigayri.com, gabile.com and shemaleturk.com regarding "index crimes". <br><br>
The site administrators complained about the decision which had not been communicated to them: "The decision is the outcome of a homophobic mentality"."
(PDF - 62 Kb) Document Date: 6 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 101)
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Interview: Arsham Parsi of Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees- by www.digitaljournal.com on 10/05/09: http://www.digitaljournal.com/print/article/279819 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
" After the Islamic Revolution of 1979 the theocratic Shiite Islamist regime, founded by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had codified the persecution of homosexuals into Iran's Islamic penal codes. Just being gay in Iran became an offense punishable by death. Human rights groups such as AI, Human Rights Watch and ILGA estimate that over 4000 Iranian gays have been exterminated by the Islamic state since the Revolution. Many LGBT advocates are calling Iran's state-sponsored pogrom a gay holocaust not unlike that perpetrated by Hitler's Germany during WWII, now symbolized by the pink triangles gay men rounded up by the Nazis were forced to wear in death camps such as Auschwitz."
(PDF - 115 Kb) Document Date: 5 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 137)
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Iraq: The Hunted: From Baghdad- frightening reports of gay pogroms, where homosexual men are targeted, tortured, slayed. From New York?a scurry to find those same men before they are killed, and shepherd them to safety.- By Matt McAllester , nymag.com, on 10/02/09: http://nymag.com/news/features/59695/ (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Gay men?s rectums had been glued shut, and they had been force-fed laxatives and water until their insides exploded. They had been found dead on the street." <br><br> "The maimed bodies of the two friends had been discovered together in the vast Shia district of Baghdad named Sadr City, which is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army, a powerful Shia militia. Mazen had had his pectoral muscles cut off. There were two drill holes in Namir?s left leg, below the knee. Both had been shot in the head, apparently from close range."
(PDF - 1,433 Kb) Document Date: 4 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 113)
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Peru: An Angel in the LGBT Community - BY ANGÉLICA HERRERA, cafemagazine.com on 09/30/09: http://cafemagazine.com/index.php/articles/84-0909/392-an-angel-in-the-lgbt-community (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"After suffering three years of continued threats and attacks, Maldonado fled his homeland for New York City," <br><br> "With the help of his friend, Jesus Aguais, founder and Executive Director of the AID FOR AIDS International (AFAI) in New York City, and Maldonado's attorney, Victoria Nielsen, he petitioned for and obtained asylum in the United States."
(PDF - 371 Kb) Document Date: 30 Sep 2009 (Downloads: 98)
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Cuba: ARRESTAN A ORGANIZADOR DE FIESTA GAY EN LA CIUDAD DE PINAR DEL RÍO- Organizer of gay festival is arresested in Pinar del Rio- by Aliomar Janjaque Rivas, Presidente de la Funbdación Cubana LGBT -President of the Cuban Foundation LGBT, on 09/30/09: http://www.miscelaneasdecuba.net/web/print.asp?artID=23377 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"Henri Solís Estévez, Coordinador general de la Fiesta para homosexuales Party Gay Libertad fue multado con 500 pesos moneda nacional por negarse a declarar nombres de los implicados en el traslado de La Habana a Pinar del Río de los equipos de audio del Party Gay Libertad. <br><br>
Solís fue sacado por la Policía Nacional Revolucionaria de la Casa de Cultura del Wajay donde trabaja como instructor de Arte y trasladado a la estación policial de Calabazar en Boyeros, donde el pasado lunes fuera citado oficialmente a interrogatorio por el oficial y detenido por 11 horas."<br><br>
"Henri Solis Estévez, general organizer of the festival for homosexuals "Liberty Gay Party" was fined 500 pesos (national money) for refusing to reveal the names of those implicated in the transfer from Havana to Pinal del Rio of the audio equipment of the Liberty Gay Party.<br><br>
Solis was removed by the National Revolutionary Police from the House of Culture of Wajay where he works as an instructor of art and taken to the police station of Calabazar in Boyeros, where last Monday he was officially cited and interrogated by the official and detained for 11 hours."
(PDF - 72 Kb) Document Date: 30 Sep 2009 (Downloads: 126)
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Procurador: Las parejas del mismo sexo no son una familia y no pueden acceder a la adopción - Atty. General: Same gender couples are not a family thus can not have access to adoption- by www.caracol.com.co on 10/02/09:http://www.caracol.com.co/nota.aspx?id=889109 (Sexual Minorities & HIV Status)
"El procurador general de la Nación, Alejandro Ordóñez, consideró que las parejas homosexuales no pueden ser catalogadas como una familia y por lo tanto no tienen derecho a la adopción. <br><br>
El alto funcionario judicial explicó que las uniones homosexuales y las heterosexuales ?no son equiparables ni natural ni constitucionalmente?."<br><br>
"The Attorney General of Colombia, Alejandro Ordoñez, judged that homosexual couples can not be categorized as a family and therefore they don't have any rights to adoption.<br><br>
The high judicial official explained that homosexual and heterosexual unions "are not comparable, nor are they natural or constitutional."
(PDF - 330 Kb) Document Date: 2 Oct 2009 (Downloads: 117)
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