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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Gender and Sexuality : Globalization : International Relations |
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Tuesday 17th May: International Day Against Homophobia. |
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by via global IMC Newswire
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16 May 2005
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The International Day Against Homophobia "will articulate action and
reflection in order to struggle against all physical, moral, or symbolic
violence related to sexual orientation or to gender identity. It intends
to inspire, support, and coordinate all initiatives contributing to the
equality among citizens in right, as well as in fact, and to achieve
this in all countries where action is possible." |
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The International Day Against Homophobia "will articulate action and
reflection in order to struggle against all physical, moral, or symbolic
violence related to sexual orientation or to gender identity. It intends
to inspire, support, and coordinate all initiatives contributing to the
equality among citizens in right, as well as in fact, and to achieve
this in all countries where action is possible."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia">What is
Homophobia? | http://www.bidstrup.com/phobia.htm">The
Fear Behind The Hatred |
href="http://www.indegayforum.org/authors/berggren/berggren41.html">The
Emotional Origin of Homophobia | http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/index.html">Sexual
Prejudice - Understanding Homophobia and Heterosexism |
href="http://www.idahomophobia.org/">Towards an international
recognition of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Trans People
According to opinion widely held, homosexuality is said to be freer
today than ever before. For the slightly more attentive observer, the
situation is globally very different.
Despite homosexuality's apparent visibilty [in the street, in the
newspapers, on television, at the movies, recent legislative advances
made in many countries for the recognition of same sex couples], the
more attentive observer notes that the situation is globally very
different. Indeed the 20th century was the most violently homophobic
period of history: deportation to concentration camps under the Nazi
regime, Soviet gulags, blackmail and persecution in the United States in
the McCarthy era...
Homosexuality is discriminated against everywhere:
href="http://www.forplu.com/community/life&style/feature/homorights.htm">in
at least 80 countries, homosexual acts are forbidden by law; in many
countries, the punishment can exceed ten years in prison; sometimes, the
law prescribes life imprisonment. And in a dozen countries, capital
punishment may be actually carried out. In Africa, recently, several
presidents have brutally acted on their will to combat personally this
"scourge" which they consider "anti-African".
Even in other countries where homosexuality is not considered a crime,
persecutions have multiplied. In Brazil, for example, death squads and
skin heads spread terror: 1,960 homophobic murders have been officially
reported between 1980 and 2000. In these conditions, it is difficult to
think that "tolerance" is gaining ground. So, homophobia appears more
violent today than ever before.
Perth Indymedia
Feature Story
| Newswire" target="_blank">http://perth.indymedia.org/?action=newswire&parentview=10486">Newswire Story
http://ilga.org/index.asp">ILGA - International
Lesbian and Gay Association |
http://www.galewa.asn.au/">GALE WA
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href="http://www.queerplanet.com.au/lifestyle/homophobia/">Queer Planet |
