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Estrategias Frente a los Fundamentalismos Religiosos: 23 de Abril »
April 23, 2010| Contributed by
Juan Manuel Burgos
El día comenzó a cargo de Marcelo Ferreyra quien habló sobre el funcionamiento de los organismos internacionales de Derechos Humanos y la participación de las organizaciones de sociedad civil, en especial en los informes sombra (aquellas evaluaciones que estos realizan para influir en las decisiones oficiales).
Estratégias Contra os Fundamentalismos Religiosos: 23 de Abril »
April 23, 2010| Contributed by
Juan Manuel Burgos
O dia começou a cargo de Marcelo Ferreyra (Argentina), que falou sobre o funcionamento dos sistemas internacionais de Direitos Humanos e a participação das organizações da sociedade civil, em especial sobre os relatórios-sombra, que são avaliações da sociedade civil sobre violações de direitos humanos para influenciar as decisões oficiais de representantes dos países nas reuniões das Nações Unidas.
Estrategias Frente a los Fundamentalismos Religiosos: 21 de Abril »
April 21, 2010| Contributed by
Juan Manuel Burgos
Durante la jornada se llevaron a cabo dos talleres, uno a cargo de Cecilia Olea Mauleon (Perú) sobre "Estado Laico" el otro facilitado por Amaranta Gómez Regalado (México) sobre "Religiones Indígenas y Fundamentalismos Religiosos."
Estratégias Contra os Fundamentalismos Religiosos: 21 de Abril »
April 21, 2010| Contributed by
Juan Manuel Burgos
Durante esta jornada tivemos dois seminários, um a cargo de Cecília Olea Mauleon (Peru) sobre "Estado Laico" e o outro facilitado por Amaranta Gómez Regalado (México) sobre "Religiões Indígenas e Fundamentalismos Religiosos".
Atala’s Win at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission – A Victory for All
April 20, 2010| Contributed by
Paula L. Ettelbrick
Former IGLHRC Executive Director
Thank you, Karen Atala. For years to come, lesbian and gay parents throughout the Americas will have you to thank for the seven-year fight you have waged to have your daughters returned to you.
You refused to back down when your country's highest court said you, simply because you are a lesbian, were not fit to raise your own children. You refused to accept the tired old myths. The myth that girls need a father in the home to be raised "correctly" – regardless of what kind of father he is. The myth that our gender or sexual orientation, standing alone, defines us as a good or bad parent – that is, all straight parents are good and all LGBT parents are bad. The myth, that lesbian moms who chose love and life with a partner are placing selfish desire over their children's needs. The myth that your relationship with your partner presents an immoral model that would cause irreparable harm to your daughters – despite living in a world in which male violence in the home and against family members is never discussed as an issue of morality.
Photo of Karen Atala by Andrés Duque.
You fought these central foundations of homophobia. You used human-rights law to extinguish the use of these myths to stifle the dignity of LGBT parents. As a result, you have opened the door not only for those of us who are parents but, I believe, for all LGBT people in much of the region – from Tijuana, Mexico to Punta Arenas, Chile.[1] Many of us are celebrating your recent victory as a significant development in the LGBT community's human rights advocacy in the Americas. On April 7, 2010, the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (the IAHRC, or Commission) stated that discrimination against a parent in a child custody dispute because of her or his sexual orientation violates the American Convention on Human Rights.
The Commission's finding repudiates a closely divided 2004 ruling by the Supreme Court of Chile ordering that Karen's three daughters be permanently removed from her custody. The Commission's determination, which is not publicly available, is now in the hands of the Chilean government to respond and take legislative or other policy action to ensure that similar future violations do not occur.
Following is a bit of Ms. Atala's odyssey and what I think it means strategically for LGBT human rights defenders in our region.
Estrategias Frente a los Fundamentalismos Religiosos: 20 de abril »
April 20, 2010| Contributed by Juan Manuel Burgos, Argentina

El segundo día de trabajo continuó de la mano de Mario Huaco (Perú) quien presentó críticamente la categoría derecho natural, evidenciando cómo el discurso de derechos humanos está enlazado con la misma. Abordó el papel que ocupa el derecho natural en el discurso del Estado Laico y el modo en que de este derecho se valen, para defender su postura moral, los órganos institucionales vaticanos y los movimientos y organizaciones que dependen de dicho organismo.
Estratégias Contra os Fundamentalismos Religiosos: 20 de Abril
April 20, 2010| Contributed by Juan Manuel Burgos, Argentina

O segundo dia de trabalho continuou nas mãos de Marco Huaco (Peru), que fez uma apresentação crítica da categoria direito natural, evidenciando a maneira como o discurso de Direitos Humanos se relaciona com a mesma. Abordou o papel que o direito natural ocupa no discurso do Estado Laico, e como ele é utilizado para defender a postura moral, os órgãos institucionais do Vaticano e os movimentos afins. Além disso, vimos um pouco das organizações e redes fundamentalistas atuantes na América Latina.
Estrategias Frente a los Fundamentalismos Religiosos: 19 de Abril
April 19, 2010| Contributed by Juan Manuel Burgos, Argentina

Durante el desayuno se incorporaron el resto de l*s participantes al Instituto, una vez en el salón se llevó a cabo una dinámica intensa de presentación donde las personas pudieron compartir sus distintas realidades y sus experiencias como activistas LGTBI. Se incorporaron nuevas normas de convivencia y se procedió a trabajar en grupos (conformados por bloques geográficos) realizando mapeos acerca de su realidad como activistas (aspectos favorables y desfavorables) y. detectando cuáles son los grupos e instituciones aliadas y cuáles no lo son a la hora de llevar adelante las agendas políticas.
Estratégias Contra Fundamentalismos Religiosos: 19 de Abril
April 19, 2010| Contributed by Juan Manuel Burgos, Argentina

No café damanhã, juntaram-se a nós *s demais participantes do Instituto, e uma vez no salão, procedemos a uma intensa dinâmica de apresentação onde as pessoas puderam compartilhar suas distintas realidades e experiências como ativistas LGBTI. Algumas novas normas de convivência foram incorporadas, e começamos a trabalhar em grupos (formados por blocos geográficos), realizando mapeamentos acerca de sua realidade como ativistas (aspectos favoráveis e desfavoráveis nos países representados) e detectando quais são os grupos e instituições aliadas e quais não são aliadas quando se trata de levar adiante as agendas políticas.
Estrategias Frente a los Fundamentalismos Religiosos: 18 de Abril
April 18, 2010| Contributed by Juan Manuel Burgos, Argentina

A lo largo del día fueron arribando al hotel “La Casona de los Cóndores”, en Chaclacayo, Lima –Perú, activistas sociales de colectivos lésbicos, trans, bisexuales y gays desde distintos puntos de toda America Latina y El Caribe (Argentina, Costa Rica, México, República Dominicana, Puerto Rico, Perú, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay, Honduras, El Salvador, Panamá y Nicaragua).
Estratégias Contra os Fundamentalismos Religiosos: 18 de Abril
April 18, 2010| Contributed by Juan Manuel Burgos, Argentina

Ao longo do dia foram chegando ao hotel "La Casona de los Cóndores", em Chaclacayo, Lima - Peru, ativistas sociais de coletivos de lésbicas, pessoas trans, bissexuais e gays de vários lugares da América Latina e Caribe (Argentina, Costa Rica, México, República Dominicana, Porto Rico, Peru, Equador, Venezuela, Bolívia, Brasil, Chile, Paraguai, Honduras, El Salvador, Panamá e Nicaragua).
Passing of Burundian LGBT Activist Georges Kanuma
April 16, 2010| Contributed by
Dear Friends:
We were informed on April 16th of the passing of Burundian human rights activist Georges Kanuma. Georges was a lovely and committed young man who faced the challenges of intense homophobia in Burundi to create the country's first LGBT group. I had the pleasure of working with him to respond to plans to implement a law criminalizing same-sex acts in Burundi back in February/March of 2009. Despite the success of the bill, Georges continued his very visible activism.
LGBT in Haiti, Three Months After the Quake
April 13, 2010| Contributed by
IGLHRC and partners meet to assess community needs in Haiti
Cary Alan Johnson, IGLHRC Executive Director
LGBT Activism Under Attack in Surabaya, Indonesia
April 2, 2010| Contributed by Grace Poore, Regional Program Coordinator for Asia, IGLHRC

Staff members Grace Poore and Ging Cristobal of IGLHRC's Asia & Pacific Program were in Surabaya, Indonesia for the ILGA Asia conference scheduled to begin in the East Java capital on Friday March 26 and run through the weekend to March 29 2010.
However, on March 24th as participants began arriving in preparation for the weekend's activities, Indonesian police ordered the cancellation of the conference after anti-LGBT pressure from Islamist fundamentalist groups. Although conference participants moved to a new venue in Surabaya, they were tracked there and fundamentalist groups continued to threaten their safety with one of the groups occupying the hotel lobby for several days, starting on Muslim prayer day, Friday March 26th After many tense hours of negotiation and threats of violence, local activists were forced to leave the hotel and foreign attendees forced to disperse throughout Surabaya until they could leave Indonesia.
LGBT Activism Under Attack in Surabaya, Indonesia
April 1, 2010| Contributed by Grace Poore, Regional Program Coordinator for Asia, IGLHRC

Grace Poore and Ging Cristobal, staff members of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) were in Surabaya, Indonesia for the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) Asia conference scheduled to begin in the East Java capital on March 26 and run through March 29, 2010.
One hundred and fifty activists representing one hundred organizations from sixteen Asian countries were scheduled to attend. As participants began to arrive for the weekend's activities, Indonesian police ordered the cancellation of the conference in response to pressure from Islamist fundamentalist groups. The conference hotel refused to permit the conference to proceed. ILGA Asia found alternate venue, but fundamentalists tracked them there. One of the groups occupied the hotel lobby for several days. After threats of violence and hours of negotiation, Indonesian activists were forced to leave the hotel and foreign attendees forced to disperse until they could leave Indonesia.