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March 2014

Belize: Cinderella of human rights

Nearly 119 years of the Irish Oscar Wilde, author of Portrait of Dorian Gray, was sentenced to hard labor for "gross indecency" of homosexuality, homophobic spirit of English criminal code of 1888 is still in force in major former British colonies such as Belize.

This small nation states in Section 53 of Chapter 101 of the Penal Code, "any person who has sexual intercourse against the order of nature with any person or animal, shall be subject to a punishment of imprisonment for ten years"

But repression against sexually diverse people did not stay in a penalty to its citizens since 2003 was recorded in law that any foreigner caught in homosexual acts would be immediately deported.

His position of intolerance makes Belize is the only Central American country that constantly violates the human rights of LGBTI citizens and become the Cinderella of the region and shame.

Caribbean CIDH censorship attack various people in the Caribbean La The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed concern over frequent attacks, various forms of violence and restrictions on LGBTI people and organizations in the Caribbean.

Homosexuals living in total neglect Sexually diverse people of most Caribbean islands live in anonymity as totally lacking rights, if they find prey or violence in their countries being gay is punishable by prison and up to life imprisonment.

The media have made visible some struggles for rights in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago . However, the violence that exists in Saint Lucia or hate crimes occurred in St. Maarten , Bahamas and other islands of the Caribbean socially very conservative unpunished .

Dominican Republic in 2010 forbade the marriage miscellaneous , Haiti has no gay rights legislation , Trinidad and Tobago has immigration laws that prohibit gays from entering the country and what is happening in Antigua and Barbuda , Barbados , Dominica, Granada , Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where homosexual acts are penalized remains forgotten until international agencies .

Following the alarming information received in the last four months of 2013 and January 2014 the Commission urged member states of the OAS to take urgent and effective measures to address and prevent violence and brutal attacks against lesbian, gay , bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) The Commission reminded States of their obligation to investigate murders and other acts of violence against LGBTI people and punish those found responsible to open lines of research that take into account whether these murders and acts of violence were committed because of the identity or gender expression, and / or sexual orientation of the victims.

Cuba Create democratic space The Rainbow Project invites you made the first issue of Motivito LGTBQIH held in the Pavilion CafĂŠ Album Cuba.

The meeting sexually diverse people shared each other and began a process of democratization of the spaces of enjoyment, which in its generality is limited to receiving only heterosexuals.

The space provides an alternative to the exclusion of people with boom LGTBQI expensive spaces and gay bars, usually frequented by hustlers and foreign women (lesbian, bisexual or queer) that they can afford for their economic situation.

Subscrive to ILGA conference The International Lesbian , Gay, Bisexual , Trans and Intersex for Latin America and the Caribbean ( ILGALAC ) announced that it is open enrollment for the VI Regional Conference to be held in Cuba from 6 to 10 May 2014 .

Organizers said the meeting will be held in the cities of Varadero and Havana, under the theme " Unity of Latin America and the Caribbean LGBTI Rights " and those interested in participating should access the registration form found in the ILGALAC new website .

Is recommended before starting to complete the form , please have contact details , passport number and details of the organization they represent (address, zip code , telephone numbers and emails) . Registration will be open until 14 March inclusive ( 23:00 pm Buenos Aires ) and at other times as scholarships for airfare, lodging and meals will be granted and / or registration fees .

Day art and radical theory Visible the work of artists, intellectuals and activists fighting for the end of racism, patriarchy, homophobia and sexism from an African feminist position was the goal of jornad art and radical theory that took place at the Cultural Center Juan Marinello in Havana.

Its thus fulfilled a cherished dream for many women, activists, feminists and African descent who attended the Contraxxyones, FeminisXs, Queeridad groups in the Caribbean and AfrocubanX. This space became a critique of racist and hetero reminiscent of Cuban society and transphobia.

Union actually is not unconstitutional The Constitutional Court found no vice of unconstitutionality to the consultation for the implementation of the reform of the Young Person Act, published in the Official Journal Gazette on July 8, 2013 and allows law marriage between couples same sex, so that the family courts are obliged to apply the law.

The decision of the Constitutional Court comes after that, Mauren Solis Madrigal, Judge of the Family Court of the Canton of Homeless, dealt with as a summary trial application of commonlaw couples and forwarded to your inquiry to the Constitutional Court.

Men who have sex with men have the highest incidence of HIV/AIDS Mortality from HIV / AIDS in Costa Rica is stable, but is more common in men, with 80%, this because the incidence case this stock is superior.

According to Dr. Teresita Solano, responsible for the Epidemiological Monitoring of HIV-Aids, this behavior has been maintained for many years in Costa Rica.

"In our country mortalities have been in recent years, there are years when 130 people die, 135 or 140 deaths per year are currently reviewing death certificates, because not all cases are associated with AIDS, "said Dr. Solano.

LGBTI Rights debate in Congress will find it difficult The composition of the Legislative Assembly will make future projects addressing issues of sexuality are difficult discussion.

The presence of 4 Christian deputies, together with the legislator Accessibility without Exclusion Party will make it at least five slips for discussion and pass laws for sexually diverse populations.

33% of Panamanians believe that homosexuals are dicriminated Campaign against HIV/AIDS Goes to Congress In order to raise awareness among staff working in the National Assembly on the importance of preventing the acquired immunodeficiency virus (HIVAIDS), especially at carnival time, the Department of Social Welfare organized a school day to explain this flagellum.

The talk was led by the Director of Information PROBISIDA, Ariel Nunez, who explained the dangers that people remain unprotected sex living, and getting exposed to any sexually transmitted disease.

Nu単ez said that the approach of the holidays "God Momo" especially young people move to different parts of the country where sexual debauchery live without liability.

Promote volunteerism to consolidate rights The Association of Men and Women of Panama is conducting a campaign to recruit volunteers to assist in the tasks performed by these and other organizations for strengthening the rights of LGBTI people.

Organization for economic development that Panama must go hand in hand with equal human rights and urge the phone to call 397-2722, visit the Associative Center, located in the local 204 of the Alvear gallery or write to the address: ahmnp@yahoo.com

The National Human Development Report 2014 of the Panama of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) revealed that 98% of young people believe that there is some kind of discrimination in Panama and 33% believe that it is directed against homosexuals , 21% of people with HIV / AIDS and 22% indigenous.

Research calls the Panamanian State to take urgent action and develop parenting practices that foster skills from childhood and linked to public policies designed to expand opportunities for people of sexual diversity and indigenous.

"The future is now! Early Childhood, youth and capacity for life," stresses the importance it represents for the development of Panama to invest in early childhood and youth.

Political scene threatens HIV projects

CoNEVIH awarded for excellence CoNEVIH receive in March the Ceiba de Oro in recognition of his magnificent work of HIV / AIDS in Latin ican designรกrsele a preferred college level Surveys within the business sector and communities of Guatemala, CoNEVIH has been the institution that since its inception, has been characterized by the level of excellence in the subject of prevention and comprehensive HIV care, through the Program continuous Education, Diploma in HIV Comprehensive Care, has made it to all the Latin American and Hispanic areas speakers in the United States and Europe, prevention and timely care.

Global Fund officials in Guatemala must live a real ordeal to ensure stability and fund projects that promote the national response to HIV / AIDS, given the many obstacles they face in the current political scenario of the country.

It is common for MPs face real ordeal to jumpstart implementing urgent projects in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Although the formulation and management of the projects have been conducted with appropriate terms and conditions, the continuity of the project might be compromised at any time since its adoption in specific interests of some actors of mixed government, Congress and some civil society.

This recognition marks an important antecedent in the history of La Ceiba Gold Awards

Campaign Mazatenango

The Central Park Mazatenango was ideal for preventive campaign scenario. Talks on Human Rights of LGBTI, STI and HIV were the central themes that spread.

National Network Contrasida Guatemala and unified efforts and in a day's work which also distributed materials, talked with LGBTI members and clarified doubts.

Couples simbolic marrige contract In the eyes of dozens of onlookers, Sexual Diversity organizations conducted outside the National Assembly a symbolic wedding six different pairs to sue MPs their equal rights Multiple marriage was performed by the lawyer Braulio Vargas the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights, Cenidh, who said the deputies should integrate gay and lesbian marriage in the Constitution.

Marvin Mayorga Norori, member of the Sexual Diversity Initiative for Human Rights, said that 57 cards have been introduced in the Assembly asking that marriage between people of the same sex is permitted.

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Reducing stigma and dicrimination

LGBTI groups receiving office equipment Participating organizations of the project: "Building Citizenship for life in diversity in Nicaragua" supported with funding from the Royal Norwegian Embassy, began their equipment with the delivery of computers, projectors, audio system and office furniture each for each organization .

Among the groups benefiting Trans Venus Chinandega Association, Collective Holiday Colors of Leon, Coastal Diversity Sexual Movements Association of Puerto Cabezas and Sexual Diversity Association Siuna.

"Prevention of transmission of HIV / AIDS in high-risk populations" of the Sustainable Development Network (RDS) is a project that seeks to promote a culture of prevention against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV / AIDS through dialogue face to face and video forums.

The project is implemented with funds PrevenSida and seeks to address issues such as gender violence and in turn. Sensitize, inform the package is supplied with three condoms and two (packets) of each person lubricants that address.

Honduras Persistent death threats and harassment of LGBTI defenders Executive Director, Center for Education and AIDS Prevention and Sexuality Health (CEPRES), Joshua Hernandez reported that in Honduras persist death threats, vandalism, persecution and harassment against human rights defenders and human rights of populations various sexually Honduras.

The activist reported that he has been the victim of gangs who are controlling the streets in the city of San Pedro Sula, that assault and organizations demand money in exchange for not dismantle installations.

Are these gangs also are controlling the sex trade and forcing a Trans companions who deliver daily money or subjected to shock and threaten to execute them if they do not obey.

Program TV LGBTI

The Committee of the Sexual Diversity Honduras, Comayag端ela and Tegucigualpa are making an extraordinary effort. They created Baktun LGTB, a television program that provides news of sexual diversity, conducts interviews with Honduran characters and disclose the various activities undertaken by organizations and groups in the country.

With a flexible schedule, presenter Darwin Fuentes takes a tour of the Honduran events, takes very agile interviews and reveals the agenda of LGBT activism.

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Fai intention to ban gay marriage The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador rejected a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage.

The result is a serious setback for the most conservative sectors of the country, who have spent years pushing to raise constitutional discrimination against same-sex couples access to marriage.

In September 2009 the ruling Front Frabundo Marti National Liberation (FMLN) refused to give his support to the initiative despite the pressures of the Archbishop of San Salvador, JosĂŠ Luis Escobar.

Ask for assistance to participate in Olympics A football team composed of members of various organizations of sexual diversity has set a goal to raise $ 15,000 to fund the travel and stay of its players in the Gay Games, Gay Olympics to be held in the U.S. city of Cleveland in 9-16 august 2014.

For these athletes to participate in the most inclusive sporting event in the world, you can make your donation at the site of the fiscal agent of the organization through the pĂĄginwww.irtfcleveland.org The idea of participating in the gay olympics arose in a meeting held in the Central American University in Cleveland where a delegation made a formal invitation to LGBTI activists in El Salvador.

Struggles LGBTI Human Rights threatened in 76 countries The UN organization denunic贸 that while the rights of lesbian , gay, bisexual and trans are included in the international agenda are still threatened in 78 countries.

Those who belong to the movement ( LGBT) people of all ages and all regions of the world suffer physical violence motivated by hate. " Many more suffer discrimination in the labor market , schools and hospitals , or mistreat their own families and repudiate . At least 76 countries , having a partner of the same sex is a criminal offense ."

Today, however , the LGBT community still faces discrimination daily in 78 countries around the world who continue to regard homosexuality as a crime, speak freely about it prohibit or place restrictions on the free circulation of sexuality.

Six countries are still violating the right to life of LGBT persons, condemning them to die : Iran, Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Sudan , Mauritania and throughout northern Nigeria. In a further 70 attacks freedom to imprison people based on their relationships. In addition , Russia and Moldova have curtailed freedom of expression cons laws promoting homosexuality.

Japan recognizes child of a transsexual The Japanese Supreme Court recognized for the first time, a transsexual man (born female) paternity of a child conceived by his wife through artificial insemination with sperm from another man.

According to the Supreme Court, the fact of using the sperm of another man in the gestation process is not a legal impediment to acknowledge paternity transgender.

This decision opens the possibility for other transsexuals to be recognized as parents, although they have not played a biological role in the conception and birth of the child raising.

Present 700 millon have access to equal marriage A new analysis by the LGBTI rights activist, Tony Pitman has revealed that as of January 2014, about 700 million people worldwide living in jurisdictions with marriage equality.

Tony performed this analysis for the first time in July 2013. At that time the figure was 607 million people. Now, six months later, the number has risen to 700 million.

"It's an increase of 93 million in just six months, an extraordinary change This also indicates that marriage equality is now a reality for nearly 10 percent of the population of the whole world!

Another extraordinary figure!" Tony said.

UN accuses the Vatican of tolerating child abuse La The United Nations (UN) accused the Vatican to allow and conceal the sexual abuse committed by its priests against hundreds of thousands of children over decades in many nations.

The agency also urged the Catholic Church to set aside his duties immediately pedophile priests, to open their files and report abusers to the authorities investigate and prosecute the church.

The document was prepared by 18 human rights experts from around the world and renews pressure on Pope Francisco to advance to the tackling of abuse cases to ensure that no remain unpunished.

Worse situation of gays in Ă frica Under an anti-gay law, homophobic bands have started to "clean up neighborhoods" of several cities in Nigeria exterminating all sexually diverse people or those with suspicion.

In Africa, Nigeria and Uganda situĂĄn leading the prosecution against homosexuality two laws that include sentences of life imprisonment.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Ugandans scientists have determined that homosexuality "is not genetic," but an "abnormal" social behavior and therefore should be jailed.

Notoriety National journalism award The journalist Marcelo Castro received the National Journalism Award VĂ­quez Pius, which annually awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Youth professionals achieve their work stand out.

"Perseverance, commitment, dedication and professional ethics" for 34 years prompted the jury to award the prize.

Solidarity with friend in difficult times for the sexually diverse population of Costa Rica, publicly acknowledged that he is gay.

Courage to foolproof

RDS coordinates LGBTI Activist LGBTIQ activist Juan Carlos Martinez was named the new General Coordinator of the RDS (Sustainable Development Network).

Martinez is a graduate manager at the Central American University in Managua, and served for many years in organizations such as SI Women and International Solidarity, among others. For many years he was a teammate of another country recognized LGBTI activist.

RDS is an NGO working on human rights and promoting development.

The former deputy and transgender activist Italian Vladimir Luxuria was arrested during the Olympics Winter carried out in Sochi, by waving a rainbow flag with the words "Gay is OK" written in Russian.

Luxuria had arrived a few hours before his arrest in Sochi as part of team of a TV show.

His goal was just to go on Monday night at a hockey game dressed in the colors of the rainbow flag in order to protest against homophobia status in Russia, a country in which the situation of LGBT people it is increasingly difficult.

Curiosities Diversofobia shortens life The diversofobia, ie hatred against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex can shorten life up to 12 years, according to a study by Columbia University According to research findings, live in environments with strong rejection causes a life expectancy significantly lower for sexually diverse people living in places with greater acceptance.

The research was published in the journal Social Science & Medicine and was conducted for 20 years. At the end of the period, 92% of respondents residing in environments considered acceptance were still alive, compared with 78% who had died in hostile environments.

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Sex improves memory quienes vivían en lugares con predominio del rechazo.

La Neuroscience has discovered that the human brain has the capacity to generate new neurons and modify its structure on de esperanza de vida, los gays, lesbianas y bisexuales que En términos the fly. Responsible action to renew brain viven en lugares donde impera el odio viven una media de 12 años menos. cells are sexual relations andthe Estaphysical notable diferencia es comparable a la que se observa entre personas and mental exercise. con educación superior y sin ella, tal y como señala el director del estudio, Mark Hatzenbuehler. Según este mismo autor, “las minorías sexuales que A team of researchers from the University viven en comunidades con niveles más altos de prejuicio mueren antes que of Maryland tested improvements in cognitive aspects in rats having frequent quienes viven en comunidades con bajos niveles. Estos efectos son sex. While scientists at Konkukindependientes University de los riesgos establecidos de mortalidad, incluyendo los in South Korea, concluded ingresos that sexual en el hogar, la educación, el género, la etnia y la edad”. activity counteracts the negative effects of chronic stress on memory.

The ophthalmologist Zlatko Piskulich ensures that certain images of eyes can show that conditions have a Apparently, sex, meditation or Unexercise, número significativo de las muertes señaladas en el estudio fueron person. and can even diagnose if you have AIDS. provide the body with a series registradas como suicidios y como fallecimientos por enfermedad benefit cardiovascular. El dato delthrough suicidioimages es ya conocido, el de la can help "One presentedpero on the retina associated with enfermedad cardiovascular merece atención: dehypertension, las muertes de personas you discover problems with diabetes, relaxation LGB registradas en comunidades con fuertes prejuicios, el 25 %said se debían tumors in the retina and kidney problems," the flooding the a este tipo de enfermedades.

Este hecho apunta a otra forma más body expert. silenciosa en la que el odio puede matar. En palabras del director del mechanisms Yes there are de certain behaviors also eye diseases as self-healing. estudio, “los generadores sociales estrés están fuertemente ligados al . tuberculosis syphilispuede are evident. riesgo cardiovascular.

Y este tipoand de estrés constituir un camino indirecto por el que el prejuicio contribuye a la mortalidad. La discriminación, el prejuicio y la marginación social generan diversas exigencias en los individuos estigmatizados que son exclusivas en ellos y estas exigencias

Disease detected by eye

Poesia Poetry The weight interrestre You bring the full weight Ocean wrapped evening under that towel.

Because it's my fault germinal to align with the winter.

Because now you feel when things are born!

Now that your humidity residence loving you bring up the sheets.

Now you do not fit in yourself, Now that these have for wanting to stay where no man had gone in you!

Desire to suffer to be alive.

Feel like your nipples out of the shower, attending the faulty equation of my mouth as two, two, two complementary enemies!

Just tired of preparing to the astonishment of the world.

Just mutely so touched!

Just you, so touching, invaded forward with this moon you get on the heart.

Óscar Martínez (Honduras, 1965-2010)

She had filed a complaint for theft , assault and death threats. He identified three of his attackers.

On December 22 , two unknown men entered his house , stabbed him , tied him to a chair and burned him alive . His excuse : Martinez was gay, and as a transvestite called herself Lady Oscar.

December creaked on your latchkey when you came into your house.

Frost with your heels behind the night .

With your wig retouched dawns before your last night !

For them, the noises , also entered .

And stabbed the life to life itself , I tied to life about same chair , I waited until the room consumed feathers , dresses, daggers , chair, until your silk stockings !

From: invicta loneliness (unpublished)

Ronald Campos poeta Costa Rican poet whose work includes homoerotic themes, the everyday situations of homosexuals, love relationships and misunderstandings, and the complaint of discrimination and abuses against LGBTI community in the world, always from a transcendentalist perspective. His poems KNIFE LUCIÉRNAGAS is the first gay themed homoerotic published in Costa Rica by EUNED in 2010.

What then is burned in a bonfire more higher than both eyes , tell me ?

What is burn with the same blood to which they relied a destination, if every moment is restarting everything if every moment a new face ay, sustains us to death ?

Although this afternoon , Oscar, you or me death reach us You or me we decided travestirnos men walking while both candled on this earth ... !

From: Shroud for a thousand nightingales (unpublished )

Sports Seven different athletes we make visible in Olimpics Seven athletes undertook the arduous task of making visible to different people sexually at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi and generate international awareness that discrimination must end.

This is Belle Brockhoff of Australia, Cheryl Maas and Van Kerkhof Sarine and Ireen Wust of the Netherlands, Slovenia and Barbara Jezer拧ek Canadian Anastasia Bucsis.

The presence of athletes and did not go unnoticed, amid the repression they were able to demonstrate in many ways their sexual orientation and their protest against homophobic and repressive regime.

Lesbian takes in p贸dium in Sochi The Austrian Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, who declared lesbian, the silver medal was hung in Speed Skating Sochi Iraschko-Stolz accumulated 246.2 points thanks to a jump of 104.5 meters, the longest of the day.

The female jumps had their Olympic debut after being officially recognized by the International Ski Federation (FIS) until 1999.

He debuted the first gay player in the NBA Jason Collins played in his team, the Brooklyn Nets, the Los Angeles Lakers and thus became the first openly gay participant play a game of American basketball Collins, 35, and revealed in April last year that he was gay, jumped onto the field in the absence of 10:28 minutes left in the second quarter to play with the Nets, with which it signed a contract for ten days.

Collins thus became the first player to admit to being homosexual in major U.S. professional leagues.

Shows X Men=X Gay

The struggle of the mutants X Men is a parody of the reality that sexually diverse people live, so revealed British actors Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart having starring roles in the series.

McKellen, actor openly gay for decades and who plays Magnetoen series and Stewart, who plays Professor Charles Xavier, warn chelates social persecution living mutants in fiction is the same as the LGBT community suffers many years .

'X-Men' is actually the fight for sexual diversity and its director, Bryan Singer, openly gay, and recently by Canadian actress Ellen Page, she came out with a role in the saga, agree that reality is what want to reflect. .

Venezuelan LGBTI film Goya wins The Venezuelan film "Blue and not so pink," won the 2014 Goya for best Latin American film. The production directed by Miguel Ferrari openly addresses issues such as homosexuality, transsexuality, difficulties in family relationships, the invisibility of sexually diverse populations, violence and homophobia.

The film tells the story of Diego (played by Guillermo García) successful photographer and gay, which unexpectedly is forced to take care of a child come from Spain, Armando (played by Spanish actor Ignacio Montes), who did not it has been for years and it gets loaded with reproaches Venezuela.

In this context, Diego must confront the brutal homophobic attack that left his partner eat. Another important character of the film is Delirio (played by Hilda Abrahamz), a transsexual woman.

Azul y no tan rosa ha cosechado un Eiditor: importante éxitoFallas en su propio Héctor país, donde pocas semanas después de su estreno consiguió superar Correspondents: El Salvador:una Karla Avelar Panamá: José Ramón los 400.000 espectadores, cifra que según su director nunca Castillero Nicaragua: Waldir Ruiz imaginaron alcanzar. Fue también la ganadora del Premio del Público Guatemala: Aldo Dávila Honduras: Dennis Castillo al Mejor Largometraje en Andalesgai 2013 (el Festival Internacional de