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Dear Members of Opus Gay - Obra Gay Associacao
We hope this email finds you well! It's time to give you a heads up on what's happening onhttp://www.ilga.org. This weekly newsletter is sent to more than 4000 LBGTI and allied organizations in the world.
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, the email we have for the person acting as contact between ILGA and your group: Antonio Serzedelo.
Below are some of the organizations in our directory and articles uploaded on our website.
GROUPS:
1. Network of Asia Pacific Youth (NAPY)
2. Victorian AIDS Council - Gay Men's Health Centre (VAC-GMHC)
3. Positive Life New South Wales
4. Cambodia People Living with HIV/AIDS Network (CPN+)
5. National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nepal (NAP+N)
NEWS:
Asia and Oceania
Selectors OK with gay, transgender candidates for human rights commissioners (INDONESIA)
National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) selection committee chief Jimly Asshiddiqie says selectors would have no problem in accepting homosexual or transgender candidates for commissioner roles.
Committee to select human rights body executives (INDONESIA)
The selection committee has received 312 applications for the National Commission on Human Rights members for the 2012- 2017 period as of Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Millions of Chinese wives wed to gay men (CHINA)
There may be as many as 16 million women on the Chinese mainland who are married to homosexual men, a leading expert has estimated.
Open Letter to LGBTIQ Communities and Allies on the Israeli Occupation of Palestine (OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY)
After months of planning and preparation, the first LGBTIQ delegation made it to Palestine in early January 2012. Below is the delegation's statement in which they describe their visit and express their solidarity with the Palestinian people. Please read, sign, and circulate widely!
Philippine version of ILGA's Lesbian Health: Myths and Realities (PHILIPPINES)
GALANG, an organization of LBTs in the Philippines published a Filipino translation of ILGA's publication on lesbian health.
India faces female infanticide crisis (INDIA)
(AFP News)- Padma Kanwar Bhatti, sitting among a classroom of boys during a lesson in a small school in Devda, in the Rajasthan state district of Jaisalmer, which has one of the worst female sex ratios. As the only girl in her noisy classroom of 22 boys, Padma is one defiant symbol of the toll exacted by India's deadly preference for male children.
World
Men Can Stop Rape Launches “Where Do You Stand?” Campaign (WORLD/UNITED STATES)
Men Can Stop Rape launched their new bystander intervention campaign geared towards addressing sexual violence on college campuses. “Where Do You Stand?” uses a number of tools such as trainings, posters, and media materials to encourage young men to become active bystanders to end sexual violence.
International Women's Health Coalition names FRANÇOISE GIRARD New President (WORLD)
The International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) has named Françoise Girard, long-time women's champion in the fields of global health and human rights, as its new President. Girard has a distinguished history in these fields with a particular focus on women's health, sexual and reproductive rights, sexuality and HIV/AIDS.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Inspiring Ideas & Solutions To Deliver for Girls & Women (WORLD)
Every year, in conjunction with International Women's Day, Women Deliver celebrates the progress made on behalf of girls and women worldwide. Our Women Deliver 100 list in 2011, which featured 100 of the most inspiring people who have delivered for girls and women, was covered by over 100 traditional and new media sources. This year, to continue the momentum, we are spotlighting the top 50 inspiring ideas and solutions that deliver for girls and women.
North America
One Town's War on Gay Teens (UNITED STATES)
In Michele Bachmann's home district, evangelicals have created an extreme anti-gay climate. After a rash of suicides, the kids are fighting back.
For Bayard Rustin’s partner, an effort to preserve legacy (UNITED STATES)
The celebration honored an influential man often overlooked in history books, supported, in part, by the lover who never forgot him. In the civil rights era, Bayard Rustin was known as a master strategist. He organized the March on Washington. Raised a Quaker, Rustin tutored the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the use of nonviolent resistance. He was openly gay, and his life and legacy were often subject to derision.
A new day in Holyoke politics: An exclusive interview with openly gay Mayor Morse (UNITED STATES)
Alex Morse, the nation’s youngest openly gay mayor, has gained local, state, and national attention for his recent campaign victory against former incumbent, Elaine Pluta. The 22-year-old Brown University graduate has plunged into Holyoke politics without following what many would consider as the typical protocol –working your way up the political ladder to the Mayor’s position. This perhaps was his greatest asset. He defied the odds, stayed optimistic and out strategized his opponent to land him the seat in Holyoke’s highest office.
National Organization for Marriage reports raising $280K in Minnesota, lists zero donors (UNITED STATES)
The National Organization for Marriage reported raising more than $284,000 in 2011 to promote Minnesota’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, but the group did not list any donors in its campaign finance disclosure filings, which were released Wednesday.
Anti-gay group slams J.C. Penney for hiring Ellen DeGeneres (UNITED STATES)
Ellen DeGeneres is at the center of fracas over her JC Penney hiring.J.C. Penney hired Ellen DeGeneres to get some attention -- and so far, she's delivering.
TOOLS FOR CHANGE:
ILGA Lesbian Health brochure now available in Spanish, Bahasi and Filipino
The French, Dutch and English version of “Lesbian Health: Myths and Realities” were released in September 2011. We are now pleased to inform you that ILGA has completed the Spanish version. Local groups adapted and translated it into Bahasi (Indonesia), and Filipino.
Send your news and announcements to JJ Josef at
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. We would also appreciate it if you can help us enrich our directory by sending us a list of LGBTI groups in Asia-pacific region. See you next week for another edition of News from Asia and the Pacific.
Thank you,
ILGA Communications Team Asia
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