LGBULLETIN #94 – THE WEEK IN LGBTI NEWS (JULY 7-13, 2017)
Summary
Friday, July 7
Japan: politicians launch league to protect LGBT human rights
A group of local assembly members in the prefectures of Tokyo and Saitama have launched an inter-assembly league to promote policies supporting rainbow communities in Japan. According to The Asahi Shimbun, the group will seek to advance local ordinances and policy measures to protect LGBT human rights, and has already been joined by at least 78 supporters, including prefectural and municipal assembly members. “We need to change our society, including its system and levels of awareness,” said Aya Kamikawa, a 49-year-old transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. woman who was elected to the Setagaya Ward assembly in Tokyo in 2003. “We would like to work on what we can at regional levels.” During the press conference convened to launch the initiative, founding member Kunihiro Maeda – a 51-year-old member of the Bunkyo Ward assembly in Tokyo – publicly came outbeing open about their diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex characteristics. as gayadjective to describe people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional
attractions are to people of the same gender. Men, women and non-binary people may use this
term to describe themselves.: “We have to enact changes to enhance the understanding of LGBT (issues),” he was quoted as saying. The group is set to hold its first study sessions at the end of July.
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Friday, July 7
United States: arson causes damages at LGBT community centre in Dallas
An LGBT community centre in South Dallas experienced a severe fire in what firefighters confirmed has been an intentional attack. Kirk Myers, CEO of Abounding Prosperity, Inc., which runs the facility, told WFAA-TV that the arsonist broke through a back gate and used an accelerant to start the fire. By the time firefighters could put the fire outbeing open about their diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex characteristics., a back office was gutted, and smoke heavily damaged the rest of the building. The centre, reads its Facebook page, “has been a beacon of hope to the South Dallas community and Dallas’ Black LGBT community at large for over 13 years,” and it has long provided counselling, medical treatment, and STD prevention services. It is also a place where members of the LGBT community gain access to computers for a variety of needs including employment, educational, and insurance. Luckily, no staff or clients were present at the time and no one was injured. Even though the fire appeared to be set intentionally, the incident has not been labelled a hate crimeoffences that are motivated by hate or bias against a particular group of people. This could be based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or sex characteristics amongst others. at this time. However, Myers states, “because of the recent national social and political climate, we have reason to believe that this was caused by someone who is having a hard time accepting what we do to help save lives and make a positive impact in our community.”
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Monday, July 10
Hundreds of human rights defenders stage protests as “Hate bus” arrives in Chile
Histórico! Izamiento bandera transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. y diversidad en Congreso Nacional! (Banderas transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. de OTD Chile) #BusDeLaLibertad #busdelalibertadt13 pic.twitter.com/uA8CWmxZxk
— Asociacion OTDChile (@OTDChile) July 12, 2017
They called it “freedom bus”, but the message it conveys is a blatant attack against rainbow families. And, as it roamed the streets of Chile earlier this week as a part of a campaign an ultra-conservative Catholic group, it was met with hundreds of people protesting its hateful message. A similar campaign, conveying other messages against rainbow communities, had already taken to the streets in Spain, United States, Colombia and Mexico. This time, the arrival of the “hate bus,” which took aim against the rights of LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. children and adolescents in education settings, prompted human rights organisations to even organise a counter-protest with their own “Bus of Diversity and Respect”. As Agence France Presse reports, the two opposed groups clashed in front of the Chilean presidential palace in Santiago. Police reportedly intervened using tear gas and water cannon to separate the two sides, even if the Bus of Diversity was denied the chance to follow the route taken by the other bus. Several demonstrators were arrested. Both in Recoleta and Valparaiso, LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. human rights defenders unfurled huge rainbow and transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. pride flags from government buildings before the bus could pass by. “[The hate bus’] horrific campaign leads to the assumption that LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. people are a danger to children,” Movilh’s president Ramón Gómez commented. “Even worse, it denies the existence of LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. children, something that goes against the best interests of children and can lead to bullying and violence against them.”
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Tuesday, July 11
Nigeria: man detained on the grounds of his alleged sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender.
Police in Asaba arrested a man at the bar of a hotel on the grounds of his alleged sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender., NoStringsng.com has reported. Police arrested him after receiving complaints from another man, who claimed to have received a number of unsolicited advances from him, along with private pictures on social media. According to reports, the two agreed to meet at a hotel, where police was waiting for them. Victor (not his real name) was then taken to a police station and held in a cell, as the accuser demanded him to pay sum to reimburse him of the room that he had booked. In what has been described as a move “with intent to extort the victim,” a police officer concluded that Victor paid a sum of 35,000 naira (about U.S. $111) to settle the case. The victim was eventually released.
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Wednesday, July 12
Malta: Parliament votes to introduce marriage equalitywhere national marriage legislation also includes same-sex couples or gender-neutral reference to the spouses. References to “gay marriage” that are sometimes made by media outlets and decision-makers incorrectly are incorrect, as no country has created a marriage law specifically for same-sex couples.
With a landslide vote, the Maltese parliament has voted to introduce marriage equalitywhere national marriage legislation also includes same-sex couples or gender-neutral reference to the spouses. References to “gay marriage” that are sometimes made by media outlets and decision-makers incorrectly are incorrect, as no country has created a marriage law specifically for same-sex couples.. Both Government and Opposition agreed to vote for the amendments to the Marriage Act, which were approved with a 66-1 vote. “The aim of the bill is to ensure all couples are treated equally before the law,” explains ILGA-Europe. “In practice, this will make marriage genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. neutral and open for all. Once the new law comes into effect, same-sex couples will have the opportunity to enjoy the rights associated with marriage.” “This is a historic moment that we will never forget,” Malta Gayadjective to describe people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional
attractions are to people of the same gender. Men, women and non-binary people may use this
term to describe themselves. Rights Movement’s Gabi Calleja said as hundreds of people gathered together to celebrate. The bill will now be presented to the President who must sign it before it becomes law. In recent years, several provisions protecting the rights of LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. persons were passed in the country, including a ban on so-called ‘conversion therapy’, the Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Act and an amendment to the Maltese Constitution that added sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. and gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. as protected grounds.
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Monday, July 12
Australia: newspaper infographic labelling being LGB as a health issue sparks outrage
Quick note to all staff at @dailytelegraph: this isn’t journalism, it’s hate speech pic.twitter.com/yCGld4NiXm
— GetUp! (@GetUp) July 12, 2017
Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph has come under fire on social media for an infographic suggesting that being lesbianadjective/noun to describe a woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Women and non-binary people may use this term to describe themselves., gayadjective to describe people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional
attractions are to people of the same gender. Men, women and non-binary people may use this
term to describe themselves. or bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders. is a health issue among secondary school students, alongside childhood obesity, drugs and alcohol use. As The Star Observer explains, “the article draws from a NSW state government report canvassing young people to help determine a framework to address the needs of the nearly 1.3 million young people in the state.” Readers took to social media to complain about the article, and a group of about a hundred persons staged a demonstration outside the newspaper offices in Sydney, chalking a large rainbow on the ground. While a petition called on the newspaper to apologise, the editorof the newspaper was reported claiming that “the presentation of the story has been misinterpreted,” and that “in no way (it) suggests, or intends to suggest, that same-sex relationships are unhealthy.”
Is that all? More LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. news bites
Registration and scholarship applications are now open for the 2017 ILGALAC Conference, which will be held in Guatemala from 16-19 November 2017. In Mexico, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation struck down the
La @SCJN invalidó arts. del C. Civil de Chiapas que definÃan al matrimonio como exclusivo entre un hombre y una mujer#MatrimonioIgualitario pic.twitter.com/xW6YerD6Mf
— Eduardo Murillo (@emtdf) July 11, 2017 ” target=”_blank”>Chiapas’ ban on marriage equalitywhere national marriage legislation also includes same-sex couples or gender-neutral reference to the spouses. References to “gay marriage” that are sometimes made by media outlets and decision-makers incorrectly are incorrect, as no country has created a marriage law specifically for same-sex couples., invalidating two articles of the Civil Code of the state that established that marriage should be celebrated only between a man and a woman.
The Russian LGBT Network has confirmed that the persecution against LGBT persons in Chechnya has started again. In the United Kingdom, a man has won a landmark ruling which will make his husband entitled to a spouse’s pension.
In the Philippines, the Department of Education issued a policy that “commits to integrate the principles of genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. equality, genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. equity, genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. sensitivity, non-discrimination and human rights in the provision and governance of basic education”. In Taiwan, members of the Genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. Equality Committee of the Executive Yuan called for members of rainbow communities to be included in the team discussing the marriage law reform.
In the United States, the House of Representatives voted down an amendment that would have scrapped health care for transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. service members and military dependents. Brittany Johnson, a lesbianadjective/noun to describe a woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Women and non-binary people may use this term to describe themselves. woman of colour, was shot and killed following an altercation in New Orleans, LA, United States. The woman living with her was injured in the accident.
In Australia, a Liberal Senator announced plans for a private member’s bill to hold a parliamentary vote on marriage equalitywhere national marriage legislation also includes same-sex couples or gender-neutral reference to the spouses. References to “gay marriage” that are sometimes made by media outlets and decision-makers incorrectly are incorrect, as no country has created a marriage law specifically for same-sex couples.. The Prime Minister, however, reiterated the government’s support for a plebiscite on the matter. In Fiji, Haus of Khameleon is working on a research project about violence facing transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. women in the country.
In South Africa, reports revealed that the minister of Home Affairs has allegedly refused to back an amendment to remove a provision in the Civil Uniona form of legal recognition of relationships that does not always guarantee the same rights and/or benefits as marriage – synonymous with registered partnership or civil partnership. Act that allows officers to deny marriage services to same-sex couples. A video entertainment company has reportedly suspended six children-tv programmes across Africa after the Kenya Film Classification Board had banned them, claiming the programmes bear “messages that are deliberately designed to corrupt (children’s) moral judgment regarding the institution of family.”