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Jul 01, 2006; Anonymous ... During the last ILGA World Conference, which took place in Geneva from 27th of March to 3rd of April, a scholarship programme allowed more than 80 people to come and participate. But the vast majority of the 500 people who had put their candidature for scholarships to come to Geneva couldn't ...
Second Go for the International Day Against Homophobia!
Jul 01, 2006; Anonymous ... WORLD CAMPAIGN Last year, the success of the 1st International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) led to the official recognition of Louis-Georges Tin's initiative by Belgium and the European Parliament. This year, the French activist and IDAHO Committee president took us on a global tour of ...
ILGA Shows Political Strength in Geneva
Jul 01, 2006; Anonymous ... With some 220 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists coming from all regions of the world, the 23rd World Conference of the International Lesbian and Gay Association, held in Geneva, from March 27 till April 3 2006 has been a strong demonstration of how alive and needed the LGBT ...
NEEDS EXPRESSED
Jul 01, 2006; Anonymous ... 1 Need for researdh - both qualitative and quantitative I Need for research - both quaLitative and quantitative In Africa, there is very little research done about LBT women. ( ...) Information on LBT safer sex and transmission is also very scarce. It is clear that Africa has a lot of ...
Violence Doesn't Distinguish Between Sexualities
Jul 01, 2006; Anonymous ... Mira Ofreneo, a Filipina psychologist and Bernadette Muthien, an activist for women's and LGBT issues in South Africa, met last April in Geneva during the ILGA conference. Strengthened by their experience, they run a workshop on the topic of violence in same-sex couples and united homosexuals ...
Questions for the Women's Secretariat
Jul 01, 2006; Anonymous ... ILGA's last World Conference witnessed the election of a new Women's Secretariat. The Swedish LGBT federation, RFSL has agreed to take up this challenging role and represent women's needs within ILGA. An interview with Maria Sjödin, Executive Director of RFSL. ILGA is always concerned ...
Dalai Lama Expresses Support for LGBT Human Rights
Jul 01, 2006; Anonymous ... Participants at the XXIII World Conference of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) Welcome Message of Support. By www.temenos.net Dalai Lama Expresses Support for LGBT Human Rights Participants at the XXIII World Conference of the International Lesbian and Gay Association ...
Islam and Homosexuality
Jul 01, 2006; Hendricks, Imam Muhsin ... Islam's Shariah law is based on Quranic text and the teachings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) collected in books called Hadith. In both these sources reference is made to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah which forms the basis for the law and the blanket condemnation of ...
Questions for the Trans Secretariat
Jul 01, 2006; Anonymous ... One of the biggest - and most awaited - changes in ILGA's constitution at the Geneva World Conference was the decision to establish a Trans Secretariat. Instituto Runa, represented by Belissa Andia Perez, was elected and applauded by all members. Latin America was the first ILGA region ...
The Asian Transgendered Experience
Jul 01, 2006; Winter, Sam ... Ladies and gentlemen, I am here to give an overview of the Asian transgendered experience - the experience of those who were allocated to one sex category at birth, but who deeply desire to identify and live in another gender role. But there is no single Asian experience. There is no single ...
Initiative for the Advocacy of Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights in Muslim Communities
Jul 01, 2006; Anonymous ... On March 28, before the main ILGA conference, a pre-conference dealt with Religion and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. "Religion pre-conferences have been held for a number of years before ILGA World Conferences" says activist Douglas Sanders, "but Muslim participation has never been as ...
LGBTI rights enter the African human rights discourse for the first time
Jul 01, 2006; Landau, Wendy ... May 12, 2006: The claims of lesbian and gay people to nondiscrimination and equal protection were mentioned for the first time on Thursday, 1 1 May 2006 at the 39th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights sitting in Banjul in The Gambia. This historic ...
Embracing the Extremes of State Homophobia
Jul 01, 2006; Thoreson, Ryan Richard ... Nigeria Last year, the issue of same-sex marriage became especially controversial in Africa, with groundbreaking decisions in two countries on the continent. On July 5, 2005 Uganda became the first country in Africa to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, ...
Detailed account of the events
Jul 01, 2006; Anmeghichean, Maxim ... Moscow Pride March 27 May 2006 On 27 May 2006, 1 1 :00 am at a press conference given by the Moscow Pride organizers, Nicolai Alexeev announced that there would be no Pride parade. Instead two separate actions would take place. Members of the Moscow LGBT community and guests were ...
Cameroon: Writing a History of Homophobia
Jul 01, 2006; Thoreson, Ryan Richard ... Cameroon Over the last year, Cameroon has attracted international attention for the frequency and intensity of homophobic attacks in the country and the complicity of public officials. Of the incidents, the most prominent has been the trial of the 'Yaounde Nine," who were kept in police ...
END HOMOPHOBIA IN AFRICA
Jul 01, 2006; Anonymous ... We arE African lEsbians, gay mEn, bisExuals, and trans pEoplE, wE arE human rights dEfEndErs and wE arE dElEgatEs to thE XXIII world confErEncE of thE IntErnational LEsbian and Gay Association (ILGA) ... Here, in the city of Geneva that so many around the world identify with peace, we ...
Handbook on Observations of Pride Marches
Jul 01, 2006; Loudes, Christine ... Acknowledgements The author of the report would like to thank the following persons for their inputs in the drafting of the handbook: Paula L. Ettelbrick, Executive Director, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, for contributing to the introduction to this ...
African LGBT strongly represented in Geneva
Jul 01, 2006; Gontek, Ines ... MorE than 15 African rEprEsEntativEs participatEd in thE 23rd ILGA World ConfErEncE in GEnEva. African pEoplE madE thEir communitiEs highly visiblE and callEd for grEatEr intErnal but also ExtErnal advocacy towards the EmpowErmEnt of thE LGBT/gEndEr movEmEnt on thE African continEnt. By InEs ...
Bridging the French and English speaking gap in Africa. An interview of Serigne Mbodji, Senegal
Jul 01, 2006; Gontek, Ines ... Despite our efforts to ensure a fair balance between French speaking and English-speaking African activists at the conference, ILGA faced many troubles dealing with visa issues and could not get as many activists as wanted from Togo or the Ivory Coast to name but a few countries. We'asked ...
UNGASS 2006: any progress for LGBTs?
Jul 01, 2006; Anonymous ... In the beginning of June, the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS recognized that "vulnerable groups" are especially at risk for HIV/AIDS. The term "vulnerable groups" was a compromise between those who to name high-risk groups (for example, sex workers, migrants, women, and men who ...