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April 2015

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Trans visibility International Trans Visibility day started by transgendered activist Rachel Crandall in Michigan USA, to be celebrated March 31st of each year, makes trans people that are around us visible and shows us the good they are doing. Supporting Trans athletes and activists that are fighting for recognition of their identity and their gender expression, for people that from their positions at work show their potential.

Referring to her inspiration, Rachel Crandall remembered: “I was thinking…. each time I hear about our community, only the commemoration day was mentioned, that is always so negative because it is about people that were murdered. So one night I couldn’t sleep and I asked myself why I didn’t do something about it…

The Memory Day is exactly what it is. It remembers people that died. This is centered on life. People have told me that they love Remembering Day, but in truth it is about a negative aspect. Is there any way that this can be centered on the positive aspect of being trans?

She insists that the struggles of Trans are nothing new. Just that society has forgotten that black female trans were the first ones to throw bricks in the “Gay Rights” movement. They no longer remember that Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson and Miss Mayor were at the front of the fight of the Stonewall Riots.

A hug to Rachel for her inspiration.

Un abrazo a Rachel por su inspiración

Struggles Marriage in Slovenia and Discussions in Puerto Rica and Costa Rica

European Parliament declares Marriage a Human Right The union between people of the same sex, whether it is civil or matrimonial, has been defined by the European Parliament as a human right and urges its member states to recognize it in its legislature.

The European Legislatives also lament that homosexuality is still typified as a crime in seventy eight countries, seven of which consider the death penalty and twenty countries where being transgendered is typified as a crime.

The Slovenian parliament has approved equal marriage and the adoption of children, while the tribal councils of Tlingit and Haida in Alaska ramified nuptials between people of the same sex.

On the other hand, the district of Shibuya in Tokyo, the capital of Japan recognized civil unions between people of the same sex and in the city of Setagaya they have also started the procedures for homosexual couples.

Puerto Rico The Puerto Rican government contemplates a change in their stance to the law that only recognizes marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

It is possible that very soon the administration of Alejandro GarcĂ­a Padilla will join the 37 north American states that recognize marriage between same sex couples.

Costa Rica The executive power of Costa Rica has sent to extraordinary sessions at the Legislative Assembly two bill projects that look to regulate same sex couples.

However, these law initiatives are still under revisal in the legislative commissions and it can take a few months for them to be seen by all legislators.

The Euroboard asked the European Commission and the World Health Organization to retire the disorders of Gender Identity from the list of mental and behavioral illnesses; they ask the commission to double its efforts to end treating trans identities as requiring medical attention; they encourage the States to guarantees procedures for rapid gender recognition that are accusable and transparent and that respect the right to auto determination.

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LGBT Advocacy created The LGBT Argentinean federation and the Public Defender of Argentina signed an agreement to create a LGBT Advocate at a national level and the Program for Technical Cooperation that will supply tools for defense and protection in Human Rights.

Trans ask for Access to health, education and work Almost three years after the gender identity law was approved, the most advanced one of its kind, the trans organizations of Argentina demand real equality and opportunities in the access to health, education and work.

For Marcela Romero, the General Secretary of the Transvestite, Transsexual and Transgendered Association of Argentina (ATTTA), it is necessary to also advance in the creation of a National Program for Access to health and inclusion in the workplace.

Educational Material The LGBT organizations of Argentina 100% Diversity and Rights launched a series of didactic materials for girls and boys with the objective of visibility of diverse families.

The pieces portray daily situations that denaturalize the dominant image of a “typical family’ and gives space to distinct realities on diverse families, in the form of a coloring book and jigsaw puzzles.

The program also includes an exchange of information and technical documentation as well as bibliography of mutual interest, project design, strategy implementation and campaign organization to promote national mechanisms and provincial protection of rights and common interests of the parties, as well as promotion of legislation in harmony with international instruments on Human rights to achieve an effective application.

Esteban Paulón, president of FALGBT expressed that “this new space forms part of the proposals to transform judicial equality and to contemplate real equality in the LGBT Citizen Plan created by the LGBT Argentinean Federation and the United Nations Systems of Argentina. It is one of the first in this type of support at a national level in Latin America. We need institutional spaces like these to work against discrimination and violence that our community still lives on a daily basis, we know that with the Defender of the People and the Nation we will advance in this sense.

Brasil President looks to Criminalize homophobia The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, will put all her support so that the project of federal representative for the Workers Party (PT), María do Rosario be able to apply a filter to the lower chambers and the senate, to typify homophobia.

One of the hot topics during these past presidential elections, the criminalization of homophobia was eliminated from the electoral program of the candidate for the Socialist Brazilian Party, Marina Silva, due to pressure from the evangelical churches of the country which caused an enormous discomfort among the LGBT movement that initially supported Silvas candidacy.

Preparation of an Army that Kills Gays The federal representative Jean Wyllys (PSOL-RJ) published photos of the “Gladiators of the Altar”, of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, which is preparing like an army to kill gays and atheists.

In the comment, the representative affirmed that the “Christian fundamentalists of Brazil threaten the individual liberties, sexual diversity of the manifestation of a secular culture”.

Ex-Candidate Condemned for homophobia The ex Presidential candidate of Brazil Levy Fidelix was condemned to a fine of 1 million reals (307,000 dollars) for his homophobic declarations on television during the political electoral debate last year.

The measure was dictated by judge Flavia Poyares Miranda, whom accepted an action from the Public Defender. On top of the fine which will be used for actions against homophobia, the judge determined that Fidelix pay that a television show be created to promote rights of the offended population.

In Favor of Nicolas having two dads

Discrimination increases 65%

The Court of Appeals of Valparaiso established that the books “Nicolas has two dads” is not a danger and that the State cannot impose a “religious and moral” doctrine and the Constitutional Tribunal established that the requirement of non application against this story is “inconsistent” , since it does not violate the Convention on Children’s Rights.

A total of 237 complaints and cases based on dissemination based on sexual orientation and gender identity were registered in 2014, which implies an increase of 65%, the largest number know up till now and which contrasts with the historic advances for sexual diversity, reported the XIII Annual Report on Human Rights on Sexual Diversity.

The study created by the Chilean organization Movilh which is a source for the United Nations, of the OEA and countries that create world reports on human rights, expressed concern on the increase of abuse, informing on insensitivity of the state since in most cases the affected were lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals and intersexuals (LGBTI) in 2014.

This is about 237 abused, among these are 5 murders. Just in the field of education the discrimination increased 240%.

These numbers contrast with 66 advances which occurred in 2014, a year where the major debate on sexual minorities was based on homoparental families and the positive changes in the FFAA and the Order. The annual ranking of homophobia is lead by the Constitutional Tribunal, the UDI and various catholic colleges.

“It is effective that while rights advance for sexual diversity; especially those at a legislative, judicial and governmental level, the discriminating sectors multiply their homophobic and transphobic actions. It is also true that there is more sociocultural acceptance each time that LGBTI community places complaints of abuses. This is a tendency of the last decade” explained Movilh.

This was a ruling on a complaint filed by various evangelical churches, the NGO community and Justice to impede the distribution of the book.

Erotic Radio “Together at last”, is the first erotic radio of Latin America that looks to spread sensual music and will soon start to broadcast sexual programs.

“Today people meet and unmeet very quickly and they constantly get divorced.

Liberties have increased. The buying and selling of sexual toys for example is evidence that Chile is changing assures Nick Mollen, general manager of the radio.

Hate Crimes are Investigated

LGBT community participates in Peace Process The Deputy Prosecutor of Colombia, Jorge Fernando Perdomo, assures that a policy is being implemented to direct an investigation to identify, individualize and investigate people that are related to crimes associated with sexual orientation or for belonging to an LGBTI group in any region in the country.

“In Colombia crimes are still being committed for being lesbian, gay, transsexual or intersex and it is something that the General Prosecution with its new leadership will not tolerate” said Perdomo when it was manifested that discriminatory acts were detected un public spaces, high schools, businesses as well as crimes perpetrated in social media.

In the investigation the existence has been established of criminal organizations directed at attacking and killing “due to hate and sexual discrimination” against the LGBTI community.

The majority of these cases occurred in Maicao (La Guajira), Cali (Valle del Cauca), Sincelejo (Sucre) and Barranquilla (Atlantic).

“There are organizations that are dedicating their attention against the LGBTI community.

We have identified possible aggressors and organizations that promote discrimination”.

As part of a peace process that is currently being lead by the Colombian government and the FARCEP, the LGBT sectors of Colombia have been called to integrate part of the negotiation table.

The guerilla announced the inclusion of this community by arguing that “the gender perspective includes comprehension and recognition of rights of LGBTI diversity”.

In a news release, the FARC manifested in their fifth proposal for reparation to victims of violence that it is necessary to include the LGBTI community that has been affected by the war.

Congress will define adoptions Even though the Supreme Court did not urge Congress to legislate on adoption of same sex couples, the sentence recognizes expressly that this is a debate that must not be resolved by her but rather by the natural representative of the people: The Legislative Power. The sentence of the court specifically points out that “of the 19 countries that have allowed adoptions around the world by same sex couples, many of them have reached this decision by way of popular representation, in other words, Congress.

5 out of every 10 Costa Ricans support equal rights A study done by the Barometer of the Americas consulted 1541 Costa Ricans asking if they were in favor or not that gay couples have equal rights and five out of every ten people were in favor.

Equal Marriage Bill presented The representative of the Frente Amplio Party presented at the Legislative Assembly a bill to recognize civil equal marriage that looks for the legal recognition of marriage between couples of the same sex in equal conditions, rights and duty as heterosexual marriage.

Even though in congress there already a few initiatives for the state to recognize the rights of diverse couples, this is the first time that a project that protects human rights of the LGBTI without any discrimination and the possibility of adoption is presented.

In the case of Costa Rica the study was done January 2014, by the National Council and the State of the Nation Program with data recollected from interviews in different parts of the country.

The Barometer of the Americas is a study that is done by universities in 27 countries of the American continent to measure the political situation and on topics related to the citizens.

Rapid HIV test approved After many years of fighting lead by the Bitransg Association of Costa Rica and Transvida the National Social Security approved a rapid HIV test for the trans population and for men that have sex with men.

To have the test the person does not need to be insured, they just present their identification and if the result is positive they will be oriented to know what their options are and so they receive insurance on behalf of the State (under law 7771 “General Law for HIV/AIDS of the Republic of Costa Rica).

Existence of new HIV strain in Cuba Denied Cuban specialists deny rumors on discovering a new strain of HIV on the island that is more lethal than the original.

The rumors occurred as a consequence to a publication in the EBioMedicine magazine on the results obtained for a scientific study lead by the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium and the Cuban Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri (IPK).

The study revealed for the first time a significant association between a known HIV variant known as recombined CRF19 and a rapid progression to AIDS. “If the patient has good follow up and is treated on time, their sickness is controllable, even when the carrier is CRF19”, highlighted doctor Vivan Kouri.

However, this viral variant represents between 17% and 20% of the subtypes of the pathogen that are circulating in the country which was first detected in 1997 in Cuban patients, even though it was also found in Cameron. According to the specialists, the combination is a universal phenomenon, even though there are predominant subtypes in different regions of the world, B in North America, C in Africa and A and E in Asia.

In Cuba it subtype B (30-32%)is predominant and it is followed by recombined BG (22-24%) and then CRF19 with 17-19%.

Black and Bird, no hookups Even though there is a state offensive in favor of homosexual recognition, homophobia in Cuba is still going strong in a large portion of the population.

A few decades of narratives and government policies against homosexuals are now taking a toll. If you are gay and black racial humiliation teems between the Cubans.

In Cuba they are still having a hard time accepting homosexuals. The judging is worse if they are black. Many believe that they are prisoners in the wrong body and race.

An example of this intolerance is told by Yobal, a nurse at a hospital. “In the Medical sector there is an abundance of homosexuality. There are no grave conflicts because of this. But I have had altercations with male patients because they won’t let me inject them. Some time ago I had to perform a colonoscopy on a patient. The man became frantic; he told me that a back bird would not touch his anus”.

Marcelo is a teacher at a school. “They all make fun of me. The Director of the school, the cloister of professors and students. Being black and gay is too much. A union leader told me that I needed to conceal by gayness because it is a bad example for the students” he said sadly.

Ecuador Observatory reports 76 complaints The report “access to Justice and Human Rights for Sumak Kawsay (Good Living) of the TILGB community of Ecuador” revealed that in 2014 there were 76 complaints, of which 8 were for hate crimes.

The document complied acts of discrimination, violence, murder and death threats, signals that Guayaquil is the city were the most cases are reported with a 74% of complaints.

The report presented this week also includes some emblematic cases, like the firing of two transsexuals by a cafeteria, the complaint against the comic television programs that was then suspended and the legalization of unions between people of the same sex.

Diane Rodríguez, presidenta de la Asociación Silueta X explicó que un derecho frecuentemente violado es el derecho a la vida, seguido por el derecho civil.

Constitutionalists promote Marriage

The expresident of the Constituting National Assembly Alberto Acosta and the constitutionalist Ramiro Avila presented this week an “Amicus Curiae” at the constitutional court, promoting marriage between people of the same sex.

The Amicus Curiae consists of a judicial opinion of a third party on a litigation that is being processed before the justice.

The document by Acosta and Avila conclude that the Ecuadorian state is violating fundamental human rights by not allowing civil marriage of LGBTI couples. The case debated before the Constitutional Corte is of Pamela Troyo and Gabriela Correa, two women that wish to get married.

Radio program censured The radio program of generic sexual diversity of Eduador “La Nota Fuerte”, was censured by order of the secretary of communication, Fernando Alvarado.

According to Fredy Lobato, its producer, “the program was censured in response to a tweet from the account of @fredylobato where it shows how the government uses public funds to finance counter marches and coincided with the implementation of the Ecuadorian Family Plan where the LGBTI community is attacked and offended.

At the same time, questions were made on behalf of the LGBTI community towards authorities of the state for lack of rights.

In social media, hundreds of activists made note of their annoyance caused by the censoring.

Trans visibility day Celebrated The group HT 503 celebrated Trans Visibility Day so that the Salvadorian population can comprehend that there are also trans men in the country.

At the celebration they made reference to the violence in Central American countries that aggravates the conditions of life and insecurity of the masculine trans community, increasing the violence due to hate and chauvinism.

The occasion was used to denounce that in El Salvador there are frequent hate crimes and they demand that the guilty be punished.

Hopes in an El Salvador with no Discrimination

With the electoral triumph of Nayib Bukele, as the new mayor of the township of San Salvador, the LGBTI community has hope in a municipal government committed to the integration of all social sectors to create an environment of development and above all free of discrimination.

During the electoral process Bukele sat to speak with the LGBTI organizations on the possibility of including a Minimum LGBTI Platform in his government plan, once he was elected mayor. It is hoped that he keeps his promise.

With the electoral triumph of Nayib Bukele, as the new mayor of the township of San Salvador, the LGBTI community has hope in a municipal government committed to the integration of all social sectors to create an environment of development and above all free of discrimination.

Trans vote with no difficulties The Trans organization of El Salvador assures that in the last elections they had no trouble exercising their vote and that the Electoral Tribunal fulfilled its promise to not present any obstacles.

They also highlighted that the possibility has opened up so that LGBTI participate as observers of the elections and in this occasion there were 30 members from all over the country.

However, they insist that still some parts of the population make fun of them when they show up wearing their makeup.

Formidable visibility strategy The Gente Positiva group is facing the conservatism of the Guatemalan Catholic Church that is visible in the religious activities during Hold Week announcing that God is tolerance, respect and love.

And every year they produce a beautiful rainbow carpet where they communicate their desires for equality and respect towards the LGBTI community. Magnificent strategy.

Respect in Prisons Sexually Diverse organizations in Guatemala signed an arrangement with the authorities of the penitentiary system to achieve respect for human rights of the LGBTI community, stopping violence towards this community and strengthening the tools the civil servants have to face situations of homophobia and transphobia.

The LGBT communities in penitentiaries face challenges for personal safeguard and their rights are seriously violated especially by the violent nature and indifference of the authorities.

Trans Campaign The association Redmmutrans in association with UNAIDS and HIVOS developed a visibility and respect campaign on human rights for trans women in Guatemala.

With high quality photos and direct and true messages, the campaign highlights the consigned rights in the Guatemalan laws that state trans women are useful and provide a lot for society with their work, education, studies and art.

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Concern on conviction of Human Rights Defender The Center for Justice and International Rights (CEJIL) showed its concern that the Woman’s Human Rights Defender of Honduras, Gladys Lanza, was condemned to 18 months in prison, accused for defamation when she upheld her right to denounce violations to human rights.

For CEJIL this violent decision violates Gladys rights and the Honduran state was reminded that it was their obligation to protect her.

It was also pointed out that preceding of this nature intimidate human right defenders.

Sex Work dresses as Death The trans/transvestite community what dedicates itself to sex work is the most vulnerable and against which chauvinism discharges its fury. Of the 214 hate crimes documented until June 2013 at least 127 of these (60% total) the victims are from this group.

The vicepresident of the Network of Sex Workers Jaqueline Cruz, sates that the lack of job opportunities and hunger have made her offer her services.

She indicated that despite the dangers of the streets, women prefer to operate in unsafe areas of Tegucigalpa or San Pedro Sula, because there they are not as exploited as in the date houses or closed businesses, there the owners are practically pimps.

Girl Murdered for Protesting The girl Soad Nicole Ham of 13 years of age was murdered in Honduras because she dared to speak for a few seconds that in her high school don’t even have chairs to sit in. The announcement of cut backs in the education budget provoked an outburst lead by high school students.

As a result, the government launched a brutal repression against the youngsters. One of the victims was Soad Nicole Ham. She was found with signs of torture all over her body, a few hours after she expressed her indignation to the country.

Law promotes the use of a Condom By unanimous vote, the Chamber of legislators of Mexico approved the modification of article 157 of the General Health Law to establish that it is necessary to “coordinate the promotion of condom use, prioritize the populations of higher vulnerability and risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases”.

Trans can change their information on their birth certificates It is now possible for trans people in the city of Mexico to start the process to have changes made to their birth certificates according to their gender and chosen names.

The first step is done through an appointment that can be done by telephone to go to the Civil Registry of the City of Mexico.

The president of the Health Commission, Mari Alberto Davila Delgado of the National Action Party and promoter of the initiative said that the numbers from the National Statistics and Geography Institute show that between 2005 and 2010 urogenital candidiasis and human papiloma virus affected largely young people between 15 and 24 years of age, with a higher incidence between 20 and 24 years..

Social Assistance proposed for Vulnerable LGBTI Legislator Ernesto Núñez, constituent of the Social Security Commission of the Chamber of Legislators proposed a reform to article 12 of the Social Assistance law with the proposal of guaranteeing no discrimination and human rights to LGBTI people that had been victims of abuse.

He indicated that their human rights were violated since most of them lack health services even though many of them have terminal diseases or are in a situation of trafficking people, pornography or sexual commerce and exploitation.

Free of discrimination Seventy civil servers of the Nicaraguan Social Service of the department of Carazo received training on legal instruments that promote and defend non discrimination towards LGBTI people.

The training was given by Nicaraguan Alternative of Sexual Diversity – ANDISEX, whose result was that workers declared that government institution as “free of discrimination”.

With no Labels The beautiful song “We are One”, by Axel and Abel Pintos is the song for the “With no Labels” campaign that began to diffuse in Nicaragua, but it has crossed many borders.

The commercial contrasts labels like tomboy, dyke, deviant, faggot, girl, weird or girly to an LGBTI population who provides to society as friends, workers, entrepreneurs or artists. It can be found at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1600905690 126410&fref=nf

LGBTI Magazine Published To obtain a degree in Social Communication Javier Ruíz and Karla Sánchez produced the first coy of the multi thematic magazine “Enigma”, that reflects the daily living of the LGBTI community in Nicaragua.

The publication covers topics on culture, lifestyle, entertainment and Human Rights. In the first edition they published “Lipstick and Notebooks”, an article that gives information on what to do as a trans in the educational system, “And what are you” on distinct sexual orientations. It can be found at the following link: http://issuu.com/enigmanic/docs/enigma_versi __n_lanzamiento

Anonymous Societies for couples have a high cost

If a homosexual couple in Panama decides to legalize their union, it is not easy, first because there is no legislation that permits civil union and if they decide to do it via a pact between two people like an anonymous society it can cost up to $500.

For Ricardo Bateta, of the Association of Men and Women Nuevos of Panama, this is a type of discrimination, given that if a heterosexual couple decides to marry the cost is less than one hundred dollars.

One of the arguments that Agustin Clement uses, the human rights defender of homosexuals, was to manifest that we are all equal under the law and that nothing differentiates us “You heterosexuals can decide if you can to get married or not, we homosexuals simply cannot get married and I find it unjust�.

High School Sexual Education Approved

The National Assembly of Panama approved in the first debate the project for Law No.61 that adopts policies of integral education, attention and promotion of health in Panama.

The president of the Commission of Health, Work and Development Crispiano Adames, explained that the proposal for a law looks to handle the topic of sexuality in an integral manner based on scientific data and with alarming statistics on teenage pregnancies and the levels of HIVAIDS. According to the data provided by the Attorney General of the Republic, in Panama more than 75% of children are actually born outside of a stable union, one of five pregnancies is a teenager and AIDS is the third cause of death of youngsters between 15 and 24 years of age.

Police Violates LGBTI Rights To be a sexually diverse person is a limitation that is an impediment to become an agent with the Panamanian National Police, since in article No. 133 of the disciplinary regulation it establishes that practicing homosexuality and lesbianism is considered a serious misconduct in the police force.

Carmen Rosa Villa, representative of the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights, manifested that if the bill for law No. 206 were approved the disciplinary regulation of the National Police would break the law, since this establishes in Article No. 3: It is forbidden to discriminate against people due to their sexual orientation.

LGBT Activism Made themselves Heard

The LGBT Community of Paraguay took advantage of the visit of Ban Ki Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, to place in the lime light of national media the fact that the rights of the collective are still being fought for.

During the encounter with the representatives of different Paraguayan organizations, Ki Moon signaled that the Human Rights topic is central for the UN and that they are leading a campaign called “Human Rights Forward”.

The activists pointed out that the need to have an instrument to inform against so that discrimination does not go unpunished. “The law against all forms of discrimination is a need for the majority, nor something for minorities like they want us to believe” said Rosa Posa, Member of the Aireana organization, a group for Lesbian rights.

Graffiti for equality SOMOSGAY held a campaign for artistic expression and collectivity called “Graffiti for Equality” that consists on creating artistic murals that express the different aspects of Diverse Paraguay and the construction of a more just, equal and inclusive society.

The first mural was painted at the Community Center, in homage to LGBT activist, Harvey Milk.

This campaign was held thanks to the support of the European Union, The Triangle Foundation and AIDS healthcare Foundation and it counts with the artistic direction of Oz Montania a known Paraguayan graffiti artist.

Harvey Milk became one of the largest LGBT icons of activism and was killed due to a homophobic crime that also took the life of the mayor of San Francisco in 1978, he fought for an ideal society without homophobia.

We now go for everything Thousands of people and their organizations marched through the streets of Lima and congregated in the Plaza San Martin to show their indignation to the negative response from the Justice Commission in Congress to approving the law on Civil Unions to couples of the same sex.

With the motto “We now go for everything: the LGBTIQ community not only demands civil union, but they also will want a Gender Identity Law for transsexuals, a legislation that places an aggravate for gender discrimination in crimes of hate and a rule to regulate the lives of sexually diverse couples.

Chamber of Commerce Towards the end of May the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Chamber of Commerce will be officially founded in Peru.

The main objective, according to Amaldo Vilchez, the president of the guild, is to support entrepreneurs to formalize and to offer training in diverse topics of negotiation.

“With the chamber we want to denote that we are professionals and we can start a business, generate employment and achieve what any entrepreneur looks for, to generate money”, said Vilchez.

Presenting Civil Unions Again After the negative response by the Peruvian congress to approve the civil union project for same sex couples, congressman Mauricio Mulder has presented a reconsideration on the filing that will make the Justice Commission vote again on the initiative.

However it is not very probable that the nine votes that are necessary to continue will be found so that new law can continue, the nationalist group voted as a block against the proposal according to the creator of the initiative, Carlos Bruce shows “a homophobic directive in the highest spheres of the government”.

However Bruce will not cease his endeavor and will present his project again in congress in 2016-2021.

Inappropriate Molinga Every Sunday in the plaza of Entrevero, people meet to dance tango. That is why two young women thought that they could participate, but they were severely reprimanded “fags and dykes can’t dance”.

They responded that it as a public place and they had the right to do as they wished. But they were answered with violence and other people joined in the conflict, so they decided to withdraw with awe because of what happened.

Subsidy for businesses that hire Trans A political program for social inclusion of LGBT poses that the government subsidy private businesses that hire trans and so that they can change their identity documents.

The agreement between the National Direction of Social Politics and the Population Fund of the United Nations will complement the actions held in 2014 in which the first campaign against school bullying of LGBT people was held “Let’s Change the World” and a Center for Friendly Reference was installed through an agreement with the Faculty of Psychology of the University of the Republic, to care for people that have been mocked, faced violence and discrimination in schools.

But the reaction came swiftly with the organization of the “Inappropriate Molinga”. That day men danced with men, women with women, some danced with the opposite sex, everything went. An air of happiness was felt and there was much bliss in the environment. People who did not dare dance formed a circle around those brave enough to fight for the right to dance.

Thanks to the agreement a publication was also made “Sexual Diversity in Uruguay. Policies on Social Inclusion for LGBT people of the Ministry of Social Development 2010-2014”.

The event had the presence of the candidate for Montevideo, Lucia Topolansky, wife of the ex president Pepe Mujica, who danced with a woman, showing that not allowing women to dance together is totally ridiculous

Around 500 people attended and said NO to discrimination and YES to diversity.

National Congress of Sexual Diversity In the first National Congress for Human Rights of Sexual Diversity, that was held in the Main Theater of Caracas, with representatives of 335 municipals from around the country, with the objective of boosting public policies on inclusion in favor of sexual diversity and equal marriage.

“We are propelling asexual revolution inside the Bolivian Revolution” commented Leandro Viloria, Congress Delegate, during his participation in The program El Desayuno, which is transmitted by Venezolana de Television.

He explained that “we are responding the call of the President of the Republic, Nicolas Maduro, whom invited all organization to join in one voice, to achieve an organization and to consolidate as a left sexgender-diverse force and to fight for in the political and social”.

On his behalf, Koddy Camos, delegate and organizer, expressed that the “idea of changing that paradigm that stigmatizes. That is the test that only in a revolution can we be included. In the fourth republic there was a law for bums and vagrants and we were persecuted and jailed, today the sex-diverse community is participant in the politics of this country.

Venezuela in Non Compliance with LGBTI rights Quiteria Franco and Yonatan Matheus representatives of the LGBTI network of Venezuela, in an audience before the Interamerican Commission for Human Rights (CIDH) denounced that in the country there are civil servants that use expressions that incite homophobia, there is no legislation that protects same sex couples, nor is there the freedom to express gender or the right to a legal status or personal identity.

They added that the Venezuelan State is in non compliance with its obligations when they did not facilitate the means necessary for the human rights defenders to freely perform their activities and there is no legislation against hate crimes.

They recommend that the CIDH serve as a mediator so the Venezuelan State guarantee non discrimination and request that the National Assembly approve laws linked to human rights, sexual diversity, mainly an Equal Marriage Law, an Identity Law for trans people and to criminalize hate crimes.