TAG: LGBTQ rights

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Argentina uncategorized: Debates about human trafficking, prostitution and sex work In this article, Carolina Justo von Lurzer and Santiago Morcillo present the main points debateted during a meeting organized by the Sexualities Studies Group of the Gino Germani Research Institute of the University of Buenos Aires to discuss the public policies related to prostitution. Sexual […]

Yogyakarta Principles

During the 4th session of the Human Rights Council, one key event was the launching of the Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. They affirm binding international legal standards with which all States must comply. Available in different languages (also translated into Portuguese […]

Brasil se prepara para a I Conferência Nacional GLBT

Por Marina Maria* Entre 6 e 8 de junho, será realizada no Brasil a I Conferência Nacional GLBT, que estima mobilizar 600 participantes, sendo 60% representantes da sociedade civil organizada e 40% do poder público. Entre os objetivos deste encontro estão propor políticas públicas e elaborar o Plano Nacional de Promoção da Cidadania e Direitos […]

The Yogyakarta Principles

By Daniel Sarmento* One of the most important human rights issues in the current world regards discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Notwithstanding advances that have been achieved in some countries, the systematic violation of human rights, the prejudice and the violence – physical or symbolic – are still the rule in this […]

Brazil prepares for the 1st Brazilian GLBT National Conference

By Marina Maria* The First Brazilian National GLBT Conference will be held in Brasília between June, 6th – 8th, 2008. Roughly 600 participants are expected, 60 percent of them will be civil society representatives and 40 percent will be public servants. The main goals of the conference are: to propose and validate public policies and […]

Sexuality and Hate Crimes

By Vagner de Almeida * Sexuality and Hate Crimes is a documentary and the first alternative film produced by Director Vagner de Almeida and Richard Parker. Previous films directed by Vagner de Almeida and produced by ABIA, the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association, include “Cabaret Prevenção” (Prevention Cabaret), “Ritos e Ditos de Jovens Gays” (Rites and […]

News from Paraguay

Sent by Airea na and translated by Mulabi FEMALE CABINET MEMBERS IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT WILL WORK AGAINST DISCRIMINATION On Thursday, July 24, Airea na (lesbian rights group) organized a round table under the title “Thoughts on an inclusive State”. At the round table, five female ministers and vice-ministers for the new Paraguayan government – […]

I Conferência Nacional LGBT no Brasil: contextos e análises

Por Marina Maria* A I Conferência Nacional LGBT aconteceu entre 5 e 8 de junho de 2008, em Brasília, capital do Brasil, e reuniu cerca de 1500 participantes, entre ativistas e representantes do Estado e da sociedade civil brasileira e de outros países que trabalham com a temática. O encontro teve como objetivo propor políticas […]

Entrevista: Marcelo Ferreyra

Marcelo Ferreyra es coordinador del Programa para America Latina y el Caribe de la Comision Internacional de los Derechos Humanos para Gays y Lesbianas (IGLHRC) y fue uno de los/as invitados/as del gobierno brasileño para participar de la I Conferencia Nacional LGBT en Brasil. En esta pequeña entrevista, Ferreyra habla sobre alguns aspectos de la […]

First Brazilian National LGBT Conference: Contexts and Analysis

By Marina Maria* The First Brazilian National Conference on LGBT public policies was held in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, from June 5th to 8th of this year. It gathered around 1500 participants including governmental representatives, Brazilian activists and international observers from the field of sexuality. The goal of the conference was to propose and […]

Update on ongoing resistance to the Indian anti-sodomy law

By Radhika Ramassuban* India continues to have on its statute books a 150-year-old anti-sodomy law enacted in the mid-nineteenth century by the British colonizers in keeping with a similar law in England at the time. More than half a century ago, the British law was repealed. But in India, Section 377 of the Indian Penal […]

Turkey’s new struggle: re/defining

Pinar Ilkkaracan* In July 2007, the religious conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP)¹ was re-elected in secular Turkey. Since the election, Turkish feminists, LGBTT activists and youth have been faced with several attempts by the AKP government and bureaucrats to use their redefinition of “morality” to curb sexual rights. In November 2007, the government’s attempt […]