Rugby player Álvaro Fernández is attacked by Vox supporters

«They beat me up for being a fagot«, Denounces the rugby player Álvaro Fernández

GAYLES.TV.- El rugby player Alvaro Fernandez has denounced in his social networks a homophobic aggression on the part of supporters of Vox. «I've been home for a long time, but they beat me up for being a fag. A people shouting 'Viva VOX, Viva España!'«. Pointing to a chipped tooth and visibly pissed off, the player exclaimed: «Another one, motherfuckers«. He has subsequently removed the video from Facebook, but it had already gone viral massively.

The player is a member of the inclusive gay rugby first team Madrid Titanes. He is also the singer of the band «TheCloths«. Fernandez became publicly known for being the actor's partner Nieto Pepón, relationship that ended a year ago. The player received an avalanche of messages of support in the networks. «They kicked me in three«, Has responded to the comments.

After deleting the video, he published a message instead explaining that he would go to the police station to report the attack. «No more LGBTIphobia",

Source: antenna 3, The Sportive Republic, Trademarks

Photography:Twitter

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Playwright Larry Kramer, gay activist and pioneer in the fight against HIV, dies

Larry Kramer: "The gay world treated me like a traitor"

GAYLES.TV.- Larry Kramer died last Wednesday morning in Manhattan, New York. to the 84 years. He was considered the great American activist for homosexual rights and a pioneer in the 80s of the fight against HIVSusan Sontag he described it as «One of America's Most Valuable Rioters«. Kramer He was uncomfortable and provocative, but thanks to his stubbornness he managed to get politicians to take the crisis in the world seriously. SIDA boat at the beginning of the 80s.

En 1981 Kramer founded Gay Men's Health Crisis, the first organization that supported people with HIV In 1987 he created Act up with which he led street demonstrations and spectacular actions, such as surprise bursts in government offices, in the Wall street stock exchange and even in church St. Patrick's during mass to try to convince American leaders that they should fight the SIDA boat. He was one of the first activists to foresee that this rare disease believed to be a form of cancer among gay men would spread worldwide as a sexually transmitted disease.

Playwright Larry Kramer, gay activist and pioneer in the fight against HIV, diesBorn on June 25th, 1935 en Bridgeport, Connecticut Kramer began his career as a writer in Hollywood at 23, in a job as a teletype operator in Columbia Pictures. That position later led him to refine the scripts written in the studio. He suffered from various diseases for a good part of his adult life. After being infected with HIV en 1988, contracted a liver disease that led to her having to undergo a successful transplant.

Uncomfortable and necessary

His first novel, «Fagots« (1978), whose protagonist based on his own person and on the world of sex, drugs and parties that prevailed at that time in the Big Apple, was received with rejection by the gay community. To critics of Kramer they found it difficult to believe the accuracy of descriptions of homosexual love relationships; both the gay press and the general press ripped up the book. Upon receiving the novel, Kramer said: "The straight world thought I was disgusting and the gay world treated me like a traitor. People literally turned their backs on me as I passed. Do you know what my crime was? Put the truth in writing. It is what I do: I have told the fucking truth to everyone I have met in front«. However, "Fagots« became one of the best-selling gay novel of all time.

The urgency of his life found its way into his works. «The normal heart«, Which premiered at the Public Theater in April 1985 it was performing for nine months. The work is considered a literary landmark. He was dealing with the issue of SIDA boat when few dared to speak of the disease that affected homosexuals, including homosexuals themselves.

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Playwright Larry Kramer, gay activist and pioneer in the fight against HIV, dies

Source: The New York Times, Wikipedia

Photography: Joshua Bright, Sara Krulwich for The New York Times, and Catherine McGann / Getty Images

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Five Sants vigilantes convicted of harassing a gay partner

Conviction for homophobia: Threats, humiliation and discrimination «fully consented by the superiors of the company«

GAYLES.TV.- El 23rd criminal court in Barcelona has sentenced to a year and a half in jail and to pay $44.275 in compensation to five Security guards from the station Train of Sants for humiliating and harassing a homosexual partner. «Sewer rat","en Sitges There are only fags and they should be around your neck","I hit with baton and (the complainant) with the bag»Or«fags can't be vigilant»Are some of the vexatious comments directed by the convicted to the victim.

For the judge, the behaviors «insulting and disparaging»With the complainant were continued in the lobby of the station Sants, and especially in the changing rooms, which caused «a situation of anguish»To the victim. To the point that on more than one occasion he returned home with the uniform to avoid meeting his stalkers. In addition, the complainant was subjected to constant changes in the service quadrant and alterations to his working hours. His superiors took no action to "remedy that work situation«, Which motivated him to be on sick leave between February and May 2002 for an anxiety disorder.

Persecution and workplace harassment

The vexatious behavior persisted after his discharge: the convicts placed pink ribbons and handkerchiefs in his personal locker, as well as drawings of obscene content, and directed all kinds of «disparaging remarks«. Between August 2003 and january 2004 caused a new casualty. The threats, harassment and discrimination were «fully consented by the superiors of the company«, According to the sentence. The situation of workplace harassment worsened since the complainant was assigned by his team leader to services of «punishment«, Like working in the open in the rain or in the so-called«dead seasons«, With hardly any passengers.

The sentence also condemns the defendants to indemnify the victim with 30.000 euros for the moral damages they caused, as well as with another 14.275 euros for the days that he remained on sick leave as a result of the events, according to the petition of the Hate Crimes Prosecutor's Office, who requested sentences of two and a half years in prison for the guards.

Five Sants vigilantes convicted of harassing a gay partner

Source: El Periodico

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Costa Rica, the first country in Central America to recognize equal marriage

Equal marriage in Costa Rica: «It is the conquest of our dignity«

GAYLES.TV.- From 00: 01h today, May 26, equal marriage is legal in Costa Rica. An article from Family Code explicitly prohibited same-sex unions. After an arduous journey, the term set by the Chamber IV of the Supreme Court for these links to be approved. In this way Costa Rica It becomes the first Central American country in which gay marriage is legal.

El Civil Registry has confirmed that, in addition to the unions that will be held this Tuesday, there are 55 marriage applications waiting to be registered. Since 2017 civil marriages have been celebrated in Costa Rica, but they did not have legal validity. Although in the country there were some levels of protection and recognition for these unions, this achievement is an enormous advance and hope not only for the country but for the region, especially the countries part of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

«Dignity, is the conquest of our dignity", He says frame castle, lawyer and activist of the rights of the population LGBT + en Costa Rica. Castle He is one of the most recognized faces at the national level for his fight in favor of the human rights of the community. «This May 26 is a historic moment", it states.

Access to marriage for same-sex couples is still banned in most countries of Latin America. Bolivia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and the Dominican Republic they do not recognize marriage between two people of the same sex. In Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay yes it is guaranteed in the law while in Mexico only in some of the 32 states the country. Chile y Ecuador they do recognize the civil union, but not with the figure of marriage.

Costa Rica, the first country in Central America to approve equal marriage

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Disney cowardice

Disney presents its first gay character in "Out", a short film for children

GAYLES.TV.- We would celebrate this news if it were not for the factory Disney has been dizzy for years with the visibility of the collective LGTB+. The reality is that he does not dare; now he does it through the small door with a short film entitled «Oct»Which tells a homosexual love story. The short is part of the series SparkShorts to present innovative projects in an attempt to find new talent. «Oct»Tells the story of Greg, who must explain to his parents that he is gay.

Greg is a leading character, but Disney + It seems that he is rehearsing how the public receives these flashes of diversity. Dare not a person LGTB + star in a movie that is being shown in a movie theater, it has to be a short film on digital platforms. The film has directed it Steven Clay Hunter who had already participated in the films of «Wall-E » Y "Finding Nemo", among others.

A while ago there was a very successful campaign that pushed for Elsa out lesbian. It seemed that Disney had finally yielded to the collective's claims LGTB + and vice-president Thomas O. Staggs came to affirm in 2017 that would incorporate either a homosexual character or a lesbian princess. Finally Frozen II, disappointed. The director's excuse J was memorable: «Elsa I was not ready for a relationship. She is very shy. The important thing about this movie is that she is a woman who carries the weight of a kingdom on her shoulders and who has to deal with extraordinary power. ”

At the beginning of 2020 Pixars premiered "Onward"A film of Pixar in which a character appears openly for the first time LGTB +. The controversy was not long in coming when viewers verified that it was a lesbian police officer, cyclops (one-eyed) and horned, who also only made a brief appearance in which he referred to his girlfriend who never appears in the film.

Si Disney you want to hang the medal LGBT friendly you will have to work it a little more.

Source: CCMA, Frames

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42% of LGBT + Europeans report having suffered discrimination in the last year

More than half of the LGTB + population in Spain is visible

GAYLES.TV.- According to the largest survey LGTB + carried out to date the 42% of the Europeans LGTB + they reveal to have suffered discrimination during the last year. This is one of the results that the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). The macro survey was carried out in the EU, Serbia, Macedonia y United Kingdom during 2019 and 140.000 people they have answered the questions I raised. The main conclusion is that the collective continues to face levels «high»Discrimination, which has increased compared to 2012, when another survey was conducted.

42% of LGBT + Europeans report having suffered discrimination in the last yearLuckily, more and more people are becoming visible. Compared with data from eight years ago, there has been a 36% of people who always or often show themselves as they are with family, friends, neighbors, work or doctor to a 47%. In Spain this data is superior and of the 20.180 people surveyed a 53% is visible. In fact Spain It is one of the six countries with the highest visibility. The negative fact is that there is still a 23% who chooses the answer "never" to be visible. According to the director of the FRA Michael O'Flaherty, the results "show that there has been very little real progress, leaving many LGTBI people vulnerable«.

Among more than a hundred questions posed by the survey, the answer to the question where they refuse to show themselves as they are for fear of being is surprising.assaulted, harassed or threatened«. A 47% of the Spaniards surveyed, almost half, affirm that on the street and four out of ten in the means of transport. Taking into account that this is a question with multiple answers, the 32% points out restaurants, cafes or clubs and a 27%, work place. The fear of becoming visible as LGTB + in the family or at home is marked by a 24% or with a 12%respectively.

Work environment

Spain is below the mean of the UE in the number of people who report having suffered a physical or sexual attack in the last five years. A 8% responds affirmatively against 11% of all countries. Although the 41% of those interviewed indicate that they have suffered some type of harassment «for being LGTB +»In the last 12 months, harassment is understood as having received threatening or offensive comments, messages or emails, having been insulted, threatened, the target of offensive gestures or persecuted. The average of the UE it stands at 38%. Half of the respondents indicate that it was something "less»Or«not serious enough»As a reason for not reporting the incident. In fact, only the 7% of the people attacked have reported the attack.

Trans people are the most discriminated

In the workplace, two out of ten people in our country have felt discriminated against for being LGTB + in the last year, more or less in line with the average in the UE. The study reveals the difficulties that trans people encounter in the workplace. And to the question of whether they have encountered discrimination when looking for a job 38% they answer affirmatively, 27 points percentage more than the general figure of 11%. In the case, for example, of discrimination in stores, the 12% of the total number of people LGTB + in our country it has suffered, while the data scales up to 31% in the case of the trans group.

42% of LGBT + Europeans report having suffered discrimination in the last year

Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), eldiario.es

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Chinese university students come out of the closet

More than 20% of Chinese university students do not identify as heterosexual

GAYLES.TV.- From November 2019 to February 2020, the China Family Planning Association, China Youth Network and Tsinghua University Public Health Research Center jointly launched and implemented the «National Survey of Sexual and Reproductive Health for University Students«. This survey provides supporting data for a comprehensive assessment of the current state of sexual and reproductive health of college students to improve policies and the health and well-being of youth in China. This macro survey was conducted at 54.580 students de 1.764 universities of the Asian country.

More than 20% of Chinese university students say they are not heterosexualAccording to this survey, more than 15% of Chinese university students are LGBT +. 8,92% of the respondents identified themselves as bisexual, 4,58% as gay, 1,22% as pansexual, 0,6% asexual and 0,94% marked the option of another sexuality. In other words, only 77,28% were identified as heterosexual and 6,46% answered they are not sure of their sexual orientation. These results are another indication that attitudes towards people LGBT + en China they are changing, particularly among young people.

It is estimated that in China there may be 30 million of homosexuals. Until 1997, sexual activity between people of the same sex was considered illegal in the country until it was decriminalized. Homosexuality was classified as a mental illness by the Chinese Psychiatric Association until 2001. On May 17, 2019 the Legislative Yuan approved the bill called “Compliance Law on the Interpretation of the Judicial Yuan number 748”, Thus allowing same-sex marriage from April 24 of the same year following an order from the Constitutional Court.

More than 20% of Chinese university students say they are not heterosexual

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They insult a young gay man in Madrid for carrying the rainbow flag on the International Day Against LGTBIphobia

Protesters of a pan against the Government threaten and insult a young gay man in Madrid on the International Day Against LGTBIphobia

GAYLES.TV.- On May 17 Joselu Martos decided to go outside in the neighborhood of Arganzuela de Madrid with a rainbow flag to celebrate the International Day Against LGTBIphobia. "As soon as I left my block, they insulted me shouting 'fag'. I decided to go for a walk, and every step I took was one more insult. The 28-year-old, originally from Sevilla and resident in Madrid capital for a few years, went down to the street just as a group of people dressed in flags of Spain marched to the cry of "freedom"And"government resignation".

The insults went further and he decided to turn around and go home. As he made his way to his portal, the violence began to escalate. "I was surrounded by a group of five or six people who kept insulting me. They started to grab me by the sweatshirt and one of them started hitting the saucepan a few inches from my face”, He relates. "I did not answer them at any time, but they did not stop saying that I was provoking with my flag" They also told him that he had to wear the flag of Spain and they reminded him that in Venezuela I couldn't get the flag LGTB +, something he did not understand.

The residents of Arganzuela defended the young man

The incident continued until a couple of neighbors came down to help him. "They stood next to me and that made the group of people who insulted me leave, but suddenly another man appeared and continued with the provocation. What provocation? I was only claiming the fight against LGTBiphobia, which is still as necessary as has been shown by this, " explains Joselu.

Other neighbors notified the police that he appeared at the scene and asked both parties about the events. "The man barely let me talk and continued with what he was provoking, to which the agent replied that, if my Pride flag offended him, then it was he who had a problem" After what happened Mark has filed a complaint advised by the Madrid Observatory against LGTBiphobia"It may seem insignificant, but it is not, it is the harassment that we suffer continuously. LGTBI. If we do not report it, it seems that it does not happen"Adds the young man.

Source: El País, Cadena Ser

Photography: Alex Rogue

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Ellen DeGeneres or the cruelty of mediocrity

Why does everyone hate Ellen DeGeneres now?

GAYLES.TV.- The achievements of Ellen DeGeneres on television and as an icon LGTB + they are unquestionable. 23 years ago he put his career at risk in the most famous coming out of the closet in the cathodic history of America. It was in his series with the chapter «The Puppy Episode«. That same year he starred on the cover of the magazine Time with the headline «Yes, I'm gay«. She was a brave woman when it was not easy to be so and she played it. His speed, freshness and sense of humor have made «The Ellen DeGeneres Show », often called simply «Ellen », be a talk show that has been on the air for 15 years. Ellen he is married to the actress portia de rossi, is winner of a Globo de Oro (1995), has eight awards Emmy, was presenter of the Oscars and author of the selfie that immortalized Hollywood, Barack Obama  decorated her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Throughout her career, the charismatic comedian has amassed a fortune of € 305 million. It seemed like a dream life, and suddenly everything went wrong.

Ellen DeGeneres or the cruelty of mediocrityThe crisis of COVID-19 made him have to present the program from home. A fabulous mansion in Santa Barbara (to the north of Los Angeles) that he shares with his companion of the last two decades and his dogs. The first stumble was a bad joke. It was the third week of confinement when he compared his confinement to prison "This is like being in jail, that's what it is. Especially since I have been wearing the same clothes for 10 days and everyone inside is gay."He finished DeGeneres before applauding his own joke (you can see the video at the end of the news). The networks quickly burned criticizing his folly. Without a doubt, an unfortunate comment. But does that justify the lynching he received afterwards?

The cruelty of mediocrity

The comedian Kevin T Porter he threw the first stone opening a thread in Twitter and offering a dollar (which he would donate to a food bank) for each comment about the alleged mistreatment of DeGeneres To him eployees. The flow of responses exceeded expectations, and left the presenter very badly. The second big jackpot came from a bodyguard who charged for an interview on the conservative network Fox News to report that Ellen she was a despot who treated him in a humiliating way.

Since last criticism, the haters (professionals?) and the accusations that discredit the presenter have been a constant that has kept many Americans distracted in a media-morbid soap opera. What is true in the accusations? Is there a campaign against Ellen? Why do people enjoy this lynching so much?

Ellen DeGeneres: Woman, Democrat, Rich and Lesbian

Would they have attacked the same way if instead of a woman, a democrat, rich, lesbian and with a strong character, the protagonist of the gossip was a despotic and unbearable man? How James Cameron, Lars von Trier, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Bruce Willis, Christian Bale, Justin Bieber, Mel Gibson, all of them with accredited fame of despots, detestable and unfriendly.

We do not know what is true in the accusations, yes, okay, he made a very unfortunate comment about his confinement, but does this justify such cruel cruelty towards him? What strange mechanism is activated in the brain haters which causes this vortex of ruthless insults towards Ellen DeGeneres?

We refuse to be part of this maelstrom of haters, so we value all that Ellen DeGeneres has done and does for the lesbian visibility and rights of LGBT + people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W497ibTzRkE

Source: El País, Pink News

Photography: The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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# 17 M: 14 Entities, 14 demands

The Platform of LGTBI Entities of Catalonia presents the campaign «14 entities, 14 demands»

GAYLES.TV.- The Platform of LGTBI Entities of Catalonia, a federation that groups 14 LGTBI associations from all over the territory, and which has its headquarters in the LGBTI Center of Barcelona, presents the campaign «14 entities, 14 demands«. The initiative wants to collect the clamor of different organizations with a long history in the field of care and the fight for the recognition of LGTBI rights. Thirty years after the World Health Organization (WHO) remove homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses, Platform LGTBIcat warns of the vulnerable situation of LGTBI people in the face of the crisis caused by covid-19. Confinement and temporary deprivation of liberty exacerbate existing discrimination, as noted by international human rights organizations such as OutrightAction International y ILGA Europe.

That is why the Platform wants to raise its voice and transmit the feelings of the fourteen member entities of the Platform under a positive and transformative approach.

The prohibition of conversion therapies, the guarantee of health rights and access to education, as well as the continuation of the fight against discrimination in different areas of people's lives are some of the requests made in this Bell. Given the current social situation, the president of the Platform, Joaquim Roqueta, it states: "LGTBI people and other vulnerable populations only have the laws as a defense, so it is now more important than ever that the governments guarantee our rights through legislation. That is why we demand in the Government of the Generalitat the approval of the decree of the regulatory procedure of the sanctioning regime provided for in law 11/2014 to guarantee LGBTI rights and to eradicate homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, and the creation of the coordinating body for LGTBI policies for greater effectiveness in their implementation".

Demands of the entities of the LGTBicat Platform:

-ACGIL: Churches also have to respect LGTBI rights and freedoms. Enough conversion therapy!

-AMPGIL: Families and school are the first door to inclusion, we ask for educational resources for a childhood and youth free of LGTBphobia.

-BARCELONA GAY MEN'S CHORUS: “Because no person feels that a song is not for them. We want more lyrics, dances, movies, plays that educate against GTBIphobia ”

-LAMBDA CASAL: We demand more access to information on LGTBI reality for young people, adolescents, deaf people and people with functional diversity on equal terms to the rest of the citizenry and specific training by teachers in school settings with safe spaces and free of LGTBi-phobia!

-FAGC: 30 years after May 17, we demand that the prohibition and sanction of conversion therapies for LGTBI people be regulated.

-FLG LGTBI FAMILIES: «We demand the inclusive adaptation of ALL administrative documentation and to ALWAYS be able to register our children without suffering institutional violence. LGTBI families exist and we will not tolerate being ignored any more! »

-ENLLAÇ FOUNDATION: LGTBIphobia also occurs in a time of pandemic, encouraging those who work for public health and LGTBI older people.

-GAIS POSITIVE: Serophobia is a discrimination that is closely linked to LGTBIphobia, normally when you are a victim of serophobia it intensifies in the case of being an LGTBI person. This May 17 we shouted very loudly: Enough #Serophobia! Enough of #LGTBIphobia!

-GAYLESPOL: Stop LGTBI + discrimination in the workplace, the police are a reflection of society and have to be a diverse #police.

-GAY SITGES LINK: We want all the measures of law 11/2014 to be applied and promoted in each and every one of the 947 municipalities of Catalonia and for the rules and sanctioning regulations to be developed.

-GENEREM: «We demand active employment policies for trans people with direct incentives to companies and administrations. Precariousness kills us »

-AND: We demand the immediate approval of the Regulation of the Sanctioning Regime of Law 11/2014 and of the Coordinating Body of LGTBI Policies.

-GROGUES PANTERS: LGTBIphobia in sport is difficult to see, but it exists. It occurs in various formats: macho, homophobic, insult, stereotypes and discrimination behaviors. We want sport to be a space free of inequalities and discrimination, where everyone feels free to be who they are. We have the right to live sport without fear, without violence and without discrimination.

-STOP AIDS: We demand the right to equal employment opportunities. Gender identity and sexual orientation can NOT be a reason for discrimination against companies, but rather a personal, social and business enrichment.

Source: LGTBIcat Platform

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LGBTIphobia, neither at home nor on the street!

 Start of the campaign "L'LGBTIfòbia, ni a casa, ni al carrer!" with the participation of LGBTI entities, the cultural sector and communication.

GAYLES.TV.- This year, the LGBTI National Council de Catalunya has launched a campaign under the motto «L'LGBTIfòbia, neither at home, nor on the street!» (LGBTIphobia, neither at home nor on the street) to commemorate the International Day against LGBTIphobia which is celebrated every May 17.

Despite the notable advances in social visibility and that Catalonia has had a specific law that protects the rights of the LGBTI community since 2014, there is still a way to eradicate this scourge. Year 2019 143 complaints were filed for LGBTIphobia (117 criminal investigations, 3 labor complaints and 23 administrative complaints) and 157 incidents, which refer to discriminatory acts that are not reportable by criminal or administrative means.

90 LGBTI Comprehensive Care Services (UPS)

From the Government of the Generalitat, General Directorate of Igualtat, the body responsible for the deployment of LGBTI public policies, works to eradicate the structural LGBT phobia that exists in our society, from the most subtle discriminations to physical aggression. According to the CEO of Igualat, Mireia Mata, "We must continue working at all levels because the whole of society openly rejects situations of discrimination and the group of LGBTI people can demonstrate their identity without feeling threatened. The commitment of all citizens is required, because it is a shared challenge" In this sense, Mata highlights the importance that all victims of LGBTIphobia and also their environment and witnesses of discriminatory acts denounce, either in the body of Mossos d'Esquadra –That has units specially trained in this area- or anywhere in the network of LGBTI Comprehensive Care Services (UPS).

Since 2017, the General Directorate of Igualtat has deployed this network of care for LGBTI people together with local authorities. Today Catalonia has 90 points with coverage in 790 municipalities. In addition to reporting discrimination situations, UPS points They also respond to any need for accompaniment, support or information that citizens have regarding sexual and gender diversity.

LGBTI training for 9.500 officials of the Generalitat and Local Administrations

On the other hand, the General Directorate of Igualtat offers initial and continuous in the field of the rights of LGBTI people. Last year 4.500 professionals from the Government of Catalonia y 5.000 workers of the local Administration they were trained in this matter. In addition, local authorities have been accompanied in the preparation and implementation of 234 Local and regional LGBTI policy plans.

LGBTIphobia, neither at home, nor on the street!

This year, both LGBTI and heterosexual people have participated in the campaign, representing entities that are part of the LGBTI National Council, from the Pyrenees to the Ebro Lands, which wants to show not only sexual diversity and gender expression, but also the territorial, of ages, origins and capacities. Representatives from the cultural and advertising sector, such as Mon Plans, Isabel Franc, Brigitta Lamoure and Marius Núñez, among others. 

The motto "LGBTIphobia, neither at home nor on the street!»Has been chosen because these two words«property" Y "street»They make special sense in a moment of de-escalation of confinement.

The initiative invokes the need not to promote or carry out LGBTIphobic attitudes within families, or in any public, work, educational, or leisure space. And it is that there is something worse than Covid-19 and it is the hatred to which it is different, the fear of the unknown, whose reaction causes a lot of suffering, injustice and directly violates human rights.

En Gayles.tv We have participated with what we know how to do, and we are happy with the result. Thank you!

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May 15: International Day of Families

The FLG-LGBTI Family Association claims family diversity from home

GAYLES.TV.- Since 1994 each May 15 Is celebrated the International Family Day. A date to continue claiming family diversity, although this year with the particularity of having to do it from home due to the pandemic of the COVID. 19. The crisis of coronavirus Has left in evidence "the importance of investing in social policies that protect the most vulnerable people and families. It is the families who bear the brunt of the crisis, they are forced to protect their family members, to care for their children who cannot attend school, and to continue with their job responsibilities.", according to United Nations.

May 15: International Day of Families«There is always a Rainbow Family by your side»

Taking advantage of the confinement FLG-LGBTI Family Association has launched the campaign “Always display there's a Rainbow Family by your side”And has produced a video featuring families LGTB +. The objective of the campaign is the celebration and the visibility of the diverse families, and also the vindication of rights. Fifteen years ago, non-heteronormative families acquired the status of families with their recognized rights, with the approval of the joint adoption for lesbian and gay couples (3/2005), the law of equal marriage (13/2005), and the law to eradicate LGTBIphobia in Catalonia (11/2014). But after fifteen years of laws that protect them on paper, families LGTB + they remain invisible in many areas of society and many discriminatory situations continue to normalize.

The lack of visibility of diverse families in the documentation and institutional forms, and the difficulties of correctly registering their daughters and sons, are some of the demands of families LGTB +. It is for this reason that the celebration of May 15 He wants to be a speaker to claim the effective equality of rights of these families and their daughters and sons. Below you can see the manifesto of the FLG-LGBTI Family Association and the video they have made to celebrate the International Family Day.

May 15: International Day of Families

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Indonesia seeks to 'cure' LGBT + population with exorcisms

Exorcisms are a common practice among homosexuals and trans people in Indonesia

GAYLES.TV.- En Indonesia Exorcisms are increasingly used to "cure”To community members LGBT +. Oddly enough, even in some cities like Padang en West SumatraThese exorcisms are sponsored by the government. They are a common test for homosexuals and trans people in this country of Southeast Asia, where the largest Muslim population in the world resides.

Indonesia seeks to "heal" LGBT + population with exorcismsSo strong and intense is the pressure in Indonesian society that even some members of the community LGBT + they have requested exorcisms on their own account. Homosexuality is legal in Indonesia, except in the province of Aceh, the only one that applies Islamic law. The advance of the most conservative Islam in recent years has sharpened discrimination against the minority LGBT +.

Many Indonesians are convinced that homosexuality comes from evil spirits that inhabit the body and can only be eliminated through prayer or exorcism. For his part, the police of Padang, between November and December 2019, arrested 18 same-sex couples and forced them to undergo conversion exorcisms. "We have an exorcism expert here who specializes in the LGBT + community", He said Lucky Abdul Hayji, member of a civil society organization that assisted the government in this operation. "Gay men are generally possessed by female demons. We also have a program that will allow transgender people to be trained by the military.", he pointed.

Sexual minorities have faced discrimination from all ranks of society. Regional governments, the police and even citizens have actively persecuted community members LGBT +. A survey conducted in 2017 by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) revealed that 87.6% of Indonesians perceive community members LGBT + as a significant threat.

Indonesia seeks to "heal" LGBT + population with exorcisms

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Santiago Abascal: now he is "LGTB + liberator"

Abascal to Sánchez: "abandon this historical hatred of the left for homosexuals". The cynicism of the extreme right has no limits.

GAYLES.TV.- Yesterday he Congress of Deputies The world seemed upside down. The crisis of coronavirus has turned politics upside down: the right defending public health, the left taking the army to the street... Abascal He has not wanted to be left behind and has become a defender of the collective LGTB +. The same as in Ana Rosa's program was against equal marriage, the president of the party that proposes to repeal the Law that guarantees the rights of LGTBI people, the creator of gaysper, the one with the parental pin, the one on the orange bus, now it turns out that he is the champion LGTB +.

LGBT + defender AbascalAbascal: "people should be able to love whoever they want »

In response to accusations from the previous plenary session of the April 22 in which the president Pedro Sánchez accused the extreme right wing formation of “Qualify homosexuality as a disease", Abascal took up the issue to claim "You can label and insult us however you want, but we care about Spaniards regardless of their color, age, sex and sexual orientation. I beg you to abandon that historical hatred of the left towards homosexuals".

"At Vox we do not despise anyone for their sexual tendency"And"en Vox they will not have to bear to see a former minister who sat next to her and now the attorney general, seriously insults them as she did with other colleagues from the blue bench"He commented in reference to Dolores Delgado and his recorded comment on the interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska.

But the best was yet to come. Sanchez he was ojiplático and his reaction has already become meme by listening to the leader of Vox say to Government"Stay away from idols like him Che Guevara, who imprisoned them, and encouraged their government partners, who now do not seem to want to listen, to move away from ideologies that cataloged people based on their sexual condition" Because according to abacal, "people must be able to love whoever they want, and it must be very hard for homosexuals to continue to pay homage to their persecutors and murderers" There is nothing. Cynicism and manipulation of reality is the basis of Vox's hate speech. And there are still people who will believe them.

 

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Trans woman humiliated by a police officer leaves Benidorm after receiving threats

The victim leaves Benidorm along with her roommates after receiving threats and coercion

GAYLES.TV.- The woman victim of humiliation by two officers of the Benidorm Local Police He has had to leave the town due to threats and coercion, as denounced by the Valencian Observatory Against LGTBIphobia. Following the massive dissemination of the video, the victim along with his two roommates have been transferred by the organization «to a safe place" as "they were fearing for their physical integrity«.

«She is very scared«, They point from the Observatory. "They have insulted them, spit on them and made threats of all kinds«, They add. «One of them explained to us that they are afraid of the local police.«, As reported by the newspaper Public.

The events occurred last week in Benidorm when two policemen from inside a patrol car rebuked the trans woman. «By day you are even uglier, you are horrible. What are you doing now that you can't pull cocks or steal? How do you live? If you would pull few cocks before, with how ugly you are, now what do you do?»Asks the copilot while the police driver records with the phone. The agent adds: «I told you the other day that you couldn't be here and I didn't denounce you«, While his partner who is recording the scene says:«No, no, we must denounce him«. «Go pig«, Blurts out the local policeman before stopping the recording.

They shared the video in a WhatsApp group with other agents

From this entity they seek, and have requested it to the Prosecution, to clarify the reasons that led the agent who witnessed the reported events to make the video recording and subsequent dissemination in a group of Whatsapp where there were other agents «that they did not denounce«, They warn. «These facts cannot go unpunished and we will take all the necessary actions so that all responsibilities are cleared. We cannot end without pointing out that, after all, our partner has been a fortunate«, They continue.

The local policeman who appears in an insulting video has been arrested for an alleged hate crime and has spent the night in jail. On Saturday he was provisionally released on charges of the Investigating Court number 4 of Benidorm. The agent who recorded the events has been released although charged with a crime of omission of relief.

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Bolsonaro accuses the WHO of encouraging masturbation and homosexuality among children

Bolsonaro: "WHO encourages masturbation and homosexuality in children"

GAYLES.TV.- Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro He said that the World Health Organization (WHO) «encourages masturbation and homosexuality in boys«, In his last clash with this organization whose councils of social distancing and confinement to confront the coronavirus has repeatedly questioned. The leader continues to qualify the Covid-19 of "flu«. In the meantime, Brazil continues in the growing curve of cases and already has more than 7.367 deaths and 108.620 infected. Some cities, like Manaus, Fortaleza, São Paulo o Rio de Janeiro they are already with their hospitals and cemeteries on the verge of collapse.

Bolsonaro accuses the WHO of encouraging masturbation and homosexuality among childrenAttack on WHO

«This is the WHO that many say I have to follow in the case of coronavirus. So should we also follow it in its guidelines for educational policies?«, He wondered Bolsonaro. And he added that, for children from 0 to 4 years old, the entity recommends «satisfaction and pleasure when touching the body (masturbation)" and that "play doctors»To express your wants and needs. According to the Brazilian president, between the ages of 4 and 6 the WHO recommends «masturbation in early childhood » y «Same-sex relationships«, And a little later, for children between 9 and 12 years old, the first sexual experience.

In a direct video on Facebook Bolsonaro directly attacked the WHO director, saying he had no credibility: «I am facing processes within and outside of Brazil, being accused of genocide, for having defended a different thesis than the WHO. They talk a lot about following the WHO… is ​​the director-president of the WHO a doctor? ¡he is not a doctor! Did you know«He told his followers in the video last week.

Bolsonaro dismissed the Minister of Health Luiz Henrique Mandetta, who had a pro-confinement stance based on science. His successor Nelson teich, has not yet presented a clear plan against the pandemic. The president is directing the minister to allow the opening of «quickly»The economy .. It has also demanded the return«immediate»To normalcy and encouraged Brazilians to return to their jobs, in addition to insinuating that there is nothing they can do about the growth in deaths.

Source: El Mundo, UOL

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The Pride! Barcelona does not rule out a face-to-face celebration for the end of the year

Pride! Barcelona will be held on June 25, 26 and 27 in a "virtual" and televised manner

GAYLES.TV.- Pride! Barcelona It is looking for new dates for the celebration of pride, and for the moment, it suspends the physical activities of the month of June and replaces them with one "virtual" and televised version. Pride LGTBI de Barcelona had positioned itself in recent years as the 2nd largest celebration in the city, with more than 400.000 attendees in the 2019 edition. The event, which combines vindication and celebration, was going to celebrate the days 25, 26 27 y de Junio in different spaces.

Pride! Barcelona bets in June for a "virtual" and televised versionHowever, the crisis of COVID-19 makes it impossible to hold the acts of the pride!. So the organizing entity ACEGAL (Chamber of Commerce LGTBIQ) and the 32 LGBTI entities that are part of the Pride, have chosen to maintain visibility virtually. In addition, an agreement has been reached with the city's public television Betevé so that the week of June 27 there are some hours of special programming on the occasion of pride! BCN.  The content can be viewed from anywhere in the world online. The idea is that the LGBTIQ + collective continue to have a platform for expression and continue to amplify their voice through debates, colloquia, interviews and televised performances and in streaming.

«We are very sad that pride! It cannot be carried out as we know it because it is a massive city event, but one of the main demands of the group is health, we have spent many years fighting and raising awareness of another epidemic that stigmatized us a lot: HIV. We consider that for consistency, the best option is to cancel this edition and convert it into a live edition through a format that we have had to get used to a lot lately." it states Ferran Poca, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of Pride! Barcelona.

In any case, the organization does not rule out alternative options in case at any time it is possible to conduct some kind of celebration in person during the last quarter of the year.

Pride! Barcelona bets in June for a "virtual" and televised version

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"A secret Love": a lesbian couple hides their love for 65 years

Netflix premieres "A secret Love", a documentary that tells the secret relationship of a lesbian couple for 65 years

GAYLES.TV.- When Terry and Pat Gays were known to be persecuted and excluded from society, there were raids to criminalize them and damning announcements in the media. In the late 65s being a lesbian was being out of the system. Like many women of her time they chose to hide their love story and to the outside world they were a couple of good friends who lived together. It took XNUMX years for them to communicate to their families that they were a couple.

And precisely the nephew-grandson of Terry, Chris bolan, who was in charge of documenting its history for seven years sponsored by the content magnate LGTB + Ryan Murphy and released in Netflix. The result is 112 minutes of tenderness and history through daily life. The documentary deals with a very little discussed topic such as lesbianism in old age.

"She means everything to me"

secret love netflixIt also portrays women's sport at a time when they defied taboos by playing baseball. Terry and Pat they met in 1947 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League when they were only 18 and 22 years old. They both fell in love, but were forced to keep their relationship a secret for their own safety. Terry inspired the movie starring Madonna y Geena Davis «They strike«. But at that time the issue of homosexuality was not discussed because it was not public.

«Secret Love« It shows the conflicts with their counseling families, the struggle they are going through to decide whether to get married or not. Even how in the face of aging and disease, their love remains as strong as the first day. Terry and Pat they were accompanied for more than 65 years until Terry sadly passed away in 2019 Parkinson's disease. But still, their love remains. "What does she mean to me?"Says Pat in the trailer when asked about Terry. "She means everything to me."

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An organization pretends to charge for the use of the bisexual flag

BiNet USA threatens legal action and demands payment for the use of the bisexual pride flag

GAYLES.TV.- In the midst of a pandemic, surreal situations continue to occur. BiNet USA, an association that on its website is described as the B in the initials LGBTQIA +, claims to possess the rights of the bi pride flag. So through your account Twitter, which has mysteriously been canceled for the past 24 hours, began to demand money from users and activists for the use of the blue, purple and pink flag.

According to Wikipedia , the Bi Flag was designed by Michael Page in 1998. Page claims he designed the flag while working with BiNet, but it also says: «The Bi Pride Flag is the only bisexual symbol that is not patented, registered or marked as a service.«. The mess is served.

Messages to raise money on Twitter

From the Twitter account of BiNet USA different messages like this were sent to the bisexual author Jayne B Shea: "We in BiNet USA We ask that you get in touch so that we can discuss your use of the bisexual pride flag without any money going to our organization. Thank you for removing the banner from your site, social networks or work. We know this is a lot, so we hope we can reach a new agreement ». He also asked Shea to remove the flag from their social media accounts and their website where they sell T-shirts and other products with various designs that use the colors of the flag of bisexual pride.

According to reports, BiNet USA is the oldest defense organization in United States for bi + people and is known in part as a co-founder of Bisexual + Awareness Week, Together with GLAAD. But what happened during the last hours is too rare.

That the organization demands payment for the use of the bisexual pride flag has caused a fire in the network. And creativity has not been long in coming. Among the best answers we highlight the one of @kristwhotweets en Twitter who answered them «I hope you like my design » with an attached photo that you can enjoy on the cover of this article and that of @winzigerwalhai You can see below.

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Panic in Morocco after the "outing" proposed by a trans influencer

Suicide of a young gay man after the "outing" promoted by a trans instagramer in Morocco

GAYLES.TV.- Sofia talounia an influencer Moroccan transgender also known as Naoufal Moussa, has spread panic in the community LGTB + de Morocco. This instagrammer with more than 600.000 followers wanted to show that there are many gay people in her country. For this he encouraged his followers to create false profiles in applications aimed at the gay community, such as Grindr, Hornets o Planet romeo.

Last monday April 13 hung a Instagram Live in which he taught how through these applications gay people could be found near his area and proposed to remove them from the closet through false accounts. "These applications will show people who are close to you. One hundred meters, 200 meters, even just one meter, right next to you in the living room", He said Moussa in the video that has already been deleted.

Since then dozens of gay men are being persecuted in Morocco where being gay is illegal. The article 489 of the Penal Code Moroccan penalizes homosexuality with up to three years in prison, for committing «obscene or unnatural acts between persons of the same sex«. Two weeks ago, various associations have been mobilizing against what they call a «Witch hunt»Against the community LGBT +.

Four days after the video of MoussaOn April 17, a young gay man committed suicide as a result of the campaign started by the instagramer. I had just 21 years and lived in France, but he was going through confinement with his family in Rabat. According to a journalist friend of his who was the one who reported the death was «committed suicide out of desperation«. He had seen his photos posted on social media.

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The Barcelona Gay Men's Chorus invites you to dream

The boys from Barcelona Gay Men's Chorus perform "Sueña" on their YouTube channel

GAYLES.TV.- El Barcelona Gay Men's Chorus (BGMC) He has taken advantage of these days of confinement to send a positive message through his YouTube channel. They have performed the song «It sounds«, With musical arrangement by Andreu Gallén, to share and convey to his followers his «desire to live and, above all, to continue dreamingo«. Angel hurtado, responsible for communication of Barcelona Gay Men's Chorus, comments «It took us two weeks to produce the video, first we recorded all the voices and, after modifying the sound, we did the recording of the images. Our goal is to reach as many people as possible and we are satisfied because in 24 hours we already have more than 4000 views on YouTube. Today we are going to send the video to the more than 200 LGTBI corals that exist in the world«.

In their message on Facebook they explain «we have dreamed of a new world, one in which there are no borders, eager to return to live in freedom and feel again the love of all those around us. Now is the time to change and, if you are determined, everything will happen«.

Barcelona Gay Men's Chorus DreamAmong the objectives of BGMC is give visibility and normalize homosexuality through their shows, openly showing men who express themselves freely as homo-affective people, carrying out an activity focused on a general public, not exclusively LGTB +. Last year they filled the Condal Theater with his show «Last Dance»And participate in the Pride of Barcelona or the holidays of La Mercè de Barcelona.

The choir is made up of about 60 amateur and professional singers (among them our friend Tony Ponce) that together with Gerard Ibanez (musical director), the commission in charge of the artistic and charismatic direction Conxita Paricio (sign language interpreter) rehearse every Tuesday in a place located in the neighborhood of Sant Antoni of Barcelona between 20:00 and 23:00. The singers are divided into three strings: basses, baritones and tenors. The BGMC It is mainly based on five values: commitment, spectacle, visibility, accessibility and solidarity. In particular, it demonstrates a solidarity commitment to the prevention of infection by HIV and the fight against AIDS, with groups at risk of social exclusion, with the protection of children or with respect for people LGTB +.

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Hungary takes advantage of pandemic to cut transgender rights

Hungary prepares to end legal recognition of trans people

GAYLES.TV.- En Hungary the first Minister Viktor Orbán has registered a Law for trans people cannot legally change their identity. While all eyes are focused on the laws that allow Orbán To govern without Parliament's intervention, the government has tabled a bill that could deny legal recognition for trans people.

As reported by the British newspaper The Guardian, the new law considers that gender is «biological sex, based on basic sexual characteristics and genes«. This means that no trans person could legally change their gender in the civil registry.

El European Parliament He is critical of the new law. Dutch Liberal MEP Sophie in't Veld has made a list of the elements with which Orbán aims to "demolish democracy«. The german Terry reintke (Los Verdes) rates the step of Orbán and his party as «scandalous but not surprising«. It also underlines that legal recognition of the gender with which a person identifies is the basis for protecting trans people in Hungary. «Without that possibility, they are exposed to harassment and discrimination. This law is nothing more than willful assault«.

The new gender law must go through the lower house

Tamas Dombos, spokesperson for Hater, the organization LTGB + oldest and most numerous in the country, explains that this measure comes after several sentences of the Constitutional Court Hungarian and minor courts forcing the recognition of the right for trans people to be legally registered according to the chosen gender and not the one assigned at birth. The Government's struggle with the existing laws in the country was to try to force it to only occur in the event of an operation, although this new legal change recedes even further, making it impossible for it to be modified under any circumstances.

The law comes at the moment when the European Union is looking closely at the Hungarian government's measures regarding the coronavirus. Right now, the Prime Minister can rule by decree, without Parliament's intervention. However, the new gender law does have to go through the lower house. Legal experts say the new law will violate European human rights jurisprudence, leaving it open to challenge both in the Hungarian Supreme Court and in the European Court of Human Rights (CEDH).

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LGBT + readings for Book Day and cultural health

Small specialized LGTB + bookstores are a cultural oasis that we must protect

GAYLES.TV.- We will not tire of saying it, we buy in the small bookstores of the neighborhood, in the LGBT + as Partners in crime, Antinous, berkana, A Different Life ... which also sell online. «These bookstores, whose participation in the sale of the book has been decreasing as that of the large chains, department stores, global Amazon giants grew, are the true support, still, of the world of the book. In them everything begins. It depends on their ability to re-sell from the store that they can pay the arrears caused by their sudden closure in mid-March»As the editor of Anaconda Editions Enrique Murillo en ctxt.es.

We leave you with our small selection of books!

Boulder

«Boulder»By Eva Baltasar (Club Editor / Random House Literature, 2020)

The novel by Eva Balthazar, which portrays passion, love, disagreement and heartbreak between two women, has numerous elements that refer to a masculine imaginary. Starting with the maritime environment of the first part. The girl works as a cook on a ship that runs along the Chilean coast. The island of Chiloé has been tattooed on his chest and, when he renounces his freedom, he occasionally looks at the tattoo. He is a character in a novel by Conrad or Querelle à Brest by Jean Genette, transplanted into a lesbian relationship which, as it happened in permafrost, is expressed with a explicit sexuality, although Boulder seems more passionate, more devoted to love than the protagonist of the previous book, who tried at all times to separate love and sex.

The end of the wardrobe

«The end of the wardrobe»By Bruno Bimbi (Anaconda Editions, 2020)

For one to be free, all have to be. So "The end of the wardrobe»Has been written for people of all orientations and identities. Bruno Bimbi integrates individual and collective stories from around the world. It talks about homophobia and transphobia, racism and anti-Semitism, philosophy, history, television series, dating apps, discos and dark rooms. And from Pope Francis, Jair Bolsonaro, Nicolás Maduro, Israel and Iran, and from Vox and Vox and Abascal, but also from Alan Turing, Pedro Zerolo, Rosa Parks and the rebel queers of Stonewall. Eduardo Mendicutti praises in his prologue the agile narration of Bruno Bimbi and the fact that the author knows how to "grab the reader by the head and the heart."

testo-junkie

«Junkie testo»By Paul B. Preciado (Anagrama, 2020)

This book is not a normal book. It is, from the outset, a hybrid text, which intersects autobiographical narration and philosophical essay. But it is something else: the chronicle of an experiment with the writer's own body, which applies testosterone in gel form in a personal and political exploration. A bodily and sexual inquiry that transcends, through transgressive writing, the traditional limits of gender, in all its meanings.

It has been said of Junkie testo which is what it was for the new transfeminism The Anti-Oedipus by Deleuze and Guattari for the Generation of '68. This is a book on sexual identity understood as a fluid and non-stagnant condition; on sexuality in capitalism, pornography, feminism, and the sex industry; on techosexuality and pharmacopornography; about arousal and control; about heterodox sexual desires and encounters, about hormones, dildos, body fluids, intersexuality, activism queer ...

Words for a tribe

«Words for a tribe»By Rafael M. Mérida and Jorge Luis Peralta (Egales, 2020)

Words for a Tribe delves into the manifestations of gay slang in Argentina, Spain and Mexico. The reconstruction from very heterogeneous sources -from literature and dictionaries to newspapers or testimonies- of the particular ways in which «fags», «jotos» or «crazy» name themselves and / or were named, bets on giving an account of the uses, versions and perversions of the language as it could circulate within and outside the dissident communities, in a complex dynamic of borrowings and influences.

how to understand your gender

«How to understand your gender»From Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker (Two Whiskers, 2020)

How to understand your gender It is a practical guide for anyone who wants to expand their knowledge of gender from a biological, historical and sociological perspective. Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker They also propose an informative study of the role that gender plays in our relationships and interactions with family, friends, couples and unknown people. The book, which helps us both to analyze the ways in which gender can be expressed and to understand people whose gender could be different from ours, has activities and exercises distributed throughout its pages.

Biphobia

«Biphobia»By Ignacio Elpidio Domínguez Ruiz (Egales, 2017)

Bisexuality is surely the most invisible "acronym" within LGTBI groups and movements, although it is probably the majority quantitative. The fact that their very existence is the subject of debate is the most palpable proof that the different activist organizations have work to do in this regard. This invisibility, along with other forms of physical or symbolic violence, is studied and fought under one name: biphobia, discrimination or biphobia towards bisexual people.

Mothers and sons

«Mothers and sons»By Colm Tóibín (Lumen / Amsterdam, 2019)

For the first time in Spanish, the best stories by the author of «Brooklyn«, Winner of the awards Impact y Forster. Colm Tóibín He has established himself as one of the great contemporary narrators of Anglo-Saxon literature. Often compared to Henry James, one of his great references, in our country he begins to obtain the recognition that he already has in Europe and in the United States. In this volume, which compiles his best stories, Tóibín addresses the great issues of his literary universe: relations between mothers and children, Dublin society, the image of home, exile and immigration, and even offers us a splendid portrait and not at all conventional in Barcelona, ​​a city that he knows very well because he lived in it during the transition years. Owner of a precise and harmonious prose and a great capacity for psychological penetration, Colm Tóibín is already, thanks to both his novels and his stories, a new teacher.

Peri rossi

«Poetry gathered»By Cristina Peri Rossi (Lumen, 2005)

Lumen compilation in one volume the complete poetry of the Uruguayan Cristina Peri Rossi, one of the most relevant voices of contemporary Latin American poetry. In addition to allowing a unitary reading of the poetic corpus of the author of Otra vez Eros, the present work offers the unique opportunity to recover poetry books whose access had been practically impossible for decades

Amors sense house

«Amors sense house»By Sebastià Portell (Angle Editorial, 2018)

«You have in your hands a personal journey in search of non-normative sexual and gender desires and identities in Catalan poetry of the last hundred years. To follow the traces of those ways of wanting, of loving, of desiring and of being that at one time or another, like poetry itself, have not fitted the norm. » Sebastià Portell. "I would like your love to define my sex." Francesc Garriga Barata. "Your sex and mine are two mouths." Maria Mercè Marcal. «Together, we invent new calligraphies that we write with words and embers on the skin»  Nora Albert. "I've pushed my way through more men like me." David vilaseca. "We were clocking time with the stench of a censored perfume." Biel Mesquida. "I sold my breasts and put on men's cologne." Bel Olid.

Alice in a real world isabel franc

«Alice in a real world»By Isabel Franc / Susanna Martín (Egales, new edition 2020)

The Alice we present to you does not live in wonderland. She has been through an experience that, unfortunately, is real and common for many women: breast cancer. However, thanks to his fighting, wild and positive spirit, he has managed to turn the situation around.
Neither the journey of the disease nor aggressive treatments nor the removal of a breast have robbed him of his sense of humor. The protagonist tells us her adventure based on a very clear motto: Life after cancer is never the same ... but it becomes the same.

Mariquita

«Mariquita»By Juan Naranjo (Roca Editorial, 2020)

From the first moment, Juanito discovers that he does not fit in with the others. At school they start calling him a ladybug and he doesn't quite know what it means. This personal work tells a universal story: that of the marginalized, the different, the harassed.

From his childhood to the present day, Juanito Books He tells us about his experiences as a homosexual in Spain in the 90s. The homophobia he suffered in his school years, the search for identity in adolescence and his beginnings in adult life as an openly gay man. Mariquita It is an open window to the life of Juanito Libritos himself, a story of growth and learning in which we see how a child warns from the first minute that he does not fit in his family, his school or society. But it is not only talked about the harassment that he receives for being gay: he also talks about how the Spanish society of the 90s was in relation to sexual diversity, how culture and books can save our lives or how a person LGBT begins to discover the group to which it belongs.

Dunes

«Dunes (Diary of another summer)»By Muriel Villanueva (Babulinka Books, 2019)

Two years have passed since Duna began to write his diary. He is now 14 years old. Now she understands herself better, and perhaps the world as well. Her friendship with Max has matured and the feelings of love between them begin to complicate. There is no one to take her mother from Manuel, who also has a young son who will live at home with Duna. And grandfather Ignacio has fallen in love. As if all this were not enough, the authentic spirit of the town is in danger: a promoter company wants to seriously change the beautiful landscape of Dunas. The gang, however, will have a lot to say. And a lot to do!

Sirens

«Sirens»By Jessica Love (Kókinos, 2018)

Julián loves mermaids so much… He imagines himself becoming one of them, swimming and playing with fish. So while his grandmother takes a bath, he manages to disguise himself as a beautiful mermaid. Julián places the leaves of a plant in the form of lush hair. Add some flowers. She paints her lips in front of the mirror and, finally, with a curtain she makes an elegant mermaid tail. When her grandmother comes out of the bathroom she is stunned. Julian is scared. He thinks that she is angry, that she might scold him, that it is not okay to look like a mermaid… But his grandmother surprises him by giving him a necklace to complete his outfit. Then he takes you to a traditional Carnival party. There he parades alongside octopuses, jellyfish, fish of different colors and, of course, mermaids, many mermaids like him.

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Masks against LGTBIphobia (and coronavirus)

A Polish gay couple hands out face masks with the LGTB + flag to combat both LGTBIphobia and the coronavirus

GAYLES.TV.- Unfortunately, the pandemic of COVID-19 it is not the only one that affects us. To also fight the pandemic of the LGBTophobia a gay couple has distributed hundreds of masks in Poland. Jacob she borrowed her grandmother's sewing machine and made 300 masks. Along with her boyfriend David decided to distribute them to the Polish cities of Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot found on the coast of the Gdansk bay, by the sea Baltic.

Gay couple from Poland hands out rainbow masks to combat both homophobia and coronavirusAfter this initiative there is an act of denunciation; «many Polish people consider that people LGTB + we are a plague, so we thought that if we helped the rest to overcome a real disease, they could change their minds»They explain in the video that they have posted on Youtube. Due to the pandemic, basic protection measures are scarce and masks have become a highly sought after product in Poland.

Jacob says that "many have been created in our country LGTB + free zones, so we were a little scared about how people would react, but our idea really touched them. I think they really appreciated that someone cared about their health. It was great to see that the colors of the rainbow were not scary, but will help them stay safe.".

The video they recorded during this action has gone viral and has been played more than two million times only in Facebook.

Source: Pink News, Shangay

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Revealing results of a survey of 1.559 LBT + women

79% of lesbian, trans, or bisexual women feel less visible than gay men

GAYLES.TV.- From 2008 each April 26 Is celebrated the Lesbian Visibility Day. Diva Media Group has had the initiative to create the Lesbian Visibility Week. To release it, he has released the results of one of the largest surveys carried out  LGBT + women (although in this case it would be more correct to use LBT +). The responses of the 1.559 women lesbian, bisexual, trans or queer (mainly from United Kingdom) who answered the questions create a photo of the group today.

79% of LGBT + women feel less visible than gay menAmong the results obtained, it stands out that the 79% of LGBT + women they feel less visible than gay men. The investigation also found that the 37% of mothers says that their children have been victims of homophobia because they are LGBT +.
More data: a 86% of the women surveyed are open about their sexuality with close friends.
La mental salud also deserves a separate note in this survey from which one in three women has experienced psychic abuse due to their sexuality, one in two she doesn't feel safe in him public transport or with a 35% He claims to have suffered some mental health problem.
At labor sphere el 50% of the respondents you haven't completely come out of the closet at work. Little more than 27% of the women said that people had made them feel uncomfortable at work because of their sexuality. But that number rose to more than 46% when the researchers asked the same question about the gender identity. Most of those who have come out of the closet feel socially accepted at work and do not feel that their sexual orientation has affected their career.
When it comes to parenting, the 22% of women have children and even 25%  they would like to have them in the futureand an 37% of the LGBT + women with sons or daughters have suffered homophobia from other parents y one in three boys or girls with LGBT + parents has experienced homophobia.
Over 92% of women do not take trips or vacations focused on LGBT +. However, more than 60% would go on a women only trip or vacation.
The Week of Lesbian Visibility begins!

79% of LGBT + women feel less visible than gay men

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Discriminated blood donors in the United States

More than 500 medical professionals claim to remove the ban on men who have sex with other men donating blood in the United States

 

GAYLES.TV.- Men who have sex with other men were prohibited until 2015 donate blood en United States. It was then that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) applied a restriction to any male donor who has had sex with another man (MSM) in the past year. The crisis of coronavirus has caused a extreme shortage in blood banksso last April 2nd the FDA recess from one year to three months this postponement period.

The asociación GLAAD issued a open letter signed by more than 500 medical professionals in which they denounced the FDA that three months is equally discriminatory. Although United States While restrictions have been relaxed for the duration of the pandemic and 60 days after the state of emergency is lifted, it remains an act of homophobia to limit blood donation to men who have sex with other men.

The letter includes signatories from world-class hospitals and universities, such as Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins, Columbia University, Duke University, The University of California - San Francisco y The University of California - Berkeley, Emory University, Boston University, The University of Minnesota, la Vanderbilt University, el Mount Sinai Hospital, el Massachusetts General Hospital and New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Risk based assessment

The text states that «the recent decision of the FDA shortening the 3-month ban window is a step in the right direction, but it doesn't go far enough to reverse the unscientific ban«. The signatories "ask the FDA to reverse its nonscientific and discriminatory prohibition against men who have sex with men to donate blood in favor of risk-based screening«. Risk-based assessment means asking about people's behavior and whether they have unsafe sex, rather than excluding all gay and bisexual men.

The President and CEO of GLAAD, Sarah Kate Ellisdeclared:The decision of the FDA reducing the deferment period for men who have sex with men from 12 months to 3 months is one step to be more in line with the science, but still imperfect. We will continue to fight until the postponement period is lifted and gay and bisexual men, and all LGBTQ people, are treated the same as everyone else.«.

Discriminated blood donors in the United States

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Homophobia in a Barcelona market during confinement

«The dog has detected that you are a fagot«, Said the guard to the victim

GAYLES.TV.- A young gay man has reported that a security worker from the Clot Market de Barcelona He has uttered homophobic and racist insults while queuing to enter. The events occurred last Friday, and have already been reported to the Mossos d'Esquadra and Barcelona's town hall.

The victim, an Ecuadorian man, was waiting to go shopping at the municipal market, but the security guard let a woman in before him. «Us first«, Has snapped. Minutes later he added: «you know that the dog has detected that you are a fagot«.

«It has been a racist and homophobic act«, Details the president of l 'Observatory Against Homophobia, Eugeni Rodríguez. "The security company must terminate the contract to this person«, Has claimed.

During the confinement, the entity has registered 13 discriminatory acts against the LGTB + group. «The majority of cases are insults, humiliations and harassment through social networks«, Explains Rodríguez. For example, the case of a boy who was insulted by saying that he was gay on an Instagram live. Another of the most prominent discriminations was a police action in which the agents addressed a trans man without respecting his felt identity.

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Bad Gyal apologizes after controversy for collaborating with Kafu Banton

Bad Gyal will collaborate with an LGTB + association after controversial duo with Kafu Banton

GAYLES.TV.- Rectifying on time is a victory. It seems that Bad Gyal has heard criticism from the collective LGTB + after the launch of «You are a bom bom ». The remix made in collaboration with El Guincho y Kafu banton It has generated a lot of controversy. The Catalan singer has been questioned for working with Coffee, author of the homophobic theme «Duck«, Something that has called into question Bad Gyal, who had always said that he would not collaborate with any homophobe.

The Panamanian artist created the song «Duck", from high homophobic content in which he referred to the derogatory homosexuals and with messages like "you want to be a woman and you were born a man, duck that does not exist out of order" A theme that has reminded Bad Gyal his fans, many of them from the collective LGTB +. The lyrics said things like: «Duck, where do you go, I'll take you out, kick point even if you break my shoe«.

Bad Gyal Apologizes For Collaborating With An Artist From Homophobic PastA homophobic past splashes collaboration

The Barcelona woman has reacted and issued a statement in which she apologized to all those who might have felt "offended or disappointed»For the collaboration with banton. In his defense, he claimed to be unaware of the existence of «Duck»And again apologized for not having informed himself enough. «I have always said that I would not get involved in any homophobic project or work with anyone who was, because I do not want my music to promote disrespect or anything that is not in accordance with my values.«, Has pointed out.

According to Bad Gyal «Panama, a Caribbean country where unfortunately much homophobia has always suffered and continues to suffer today. What happens in Panama it is reflected in the music (…). For people who listen to 'dancehall' and Caribbean music, it is not news that the genre has a lot of homophobic and macho history. I want to emphasize that I am against these values«.

As well Coffee He apologized on his Instagram account stating that "Duck It was a subject written and produced more than 20 years ago at the beginning of my career, which did not have the maturity, nor the orientation that I maintain today, I am faithful to my ideals and I still fight for social justice".

Bad Gyal has decided give part of the benefits from this song to a collective support organization LGTB + de Panama.

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Why "Tiger King" will blow your mind?

«Tiger king«, The latest Netflix docuseries, is so excessive that it seems unreal. "Gay, polygamist, tiger breeder and former candidate for governor"

GAYLES.TV.- It is hard to describe the last madness that is sweeping Netflix in times of quarantine. «Tiger king»Has been crowned in the platform and in the first 10 days after its premiere in United States, 34,3 million viewers had already seen it, 10% of the population. Perhaps it is because it goes beyond the real and bursts the verisimilitude. The same happened last year with «Wild Wild Country«. Curiously, the reality of these documentaries leaves fiction in its panties.

Tiger kingThis tstreet crime focuses on stark rivalry between big cat dealer Joseph Maldonado-Passage aka Joe exotic aka Tiger king, and the owner of the Big Cat Rescue Foundation, Carole baskin. But everything in this miniseries is deranged and addictive. It's like getting John Waters, Sharon Tate, Currupipi y Tarantino in a cage and wait sitting with popcorn. All the characters that appear in this zoo of the thanks to they deserve a spin-off. We could live eternally confined in him Wynnewood Great Exotic Animal Park.

«There are more tigers in captivity in the United States than in the wild worldwide.«. With this premise begins the seven-episode docuseries that delves into the world of large cat owners and their wild lives. Polygamy, homosexuality (or not), country, drugs, puppies, Las Vegas, teeth, gurus, Oklahoma, cripples, fame, explosions, volunteers, politics, envy, fires, video clips and contract killings are some of the highlights you can find in «Tiger king", Look at her.

«I saw a tiger and the tiger saw a man»

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Transphobia in Peru: police force trans women to shout "I want to be a man"

Police officers who humiliated trans women at a police station in Peru have been punished

GAYLES.TV.- The pandemic caused by COVID-19 that we suffer worldwide has caused our rights and freedoms to change. Among the measures that were taken during the state of emergency in Peru, There is a curfew with gender restrictions. But the case of institutional transphobia starring the police of the police station of Nice view es inhuman, humiliating and outrageous.

While patrolling the streets to enforce the movement restriction, the police stopped a group of trans women. They detained them and forced them to squat on the Bellavista Police Station in Callao while they made them repeat the phrase «i want to be a man«. They humiliated and mocked them.

The video with the vexation suffered by women circulates through the networks but we prefer not to show it. He alderman of Lima Manuel Siccha He published it on his Twitter account to report this police abuse. He Minister of the Interior, Carlos Morán, said: "In cases where videos of wrong interventions on transgender people have been seen, corrective measures have been taken and we will carry out the sanction. Here there is no discrimination".

La National Police He has reacted and published a tweet on social networks explaining that “con regarding a video where police officers are observed punishing members of the community with physical effort LGTBI A disciplinary administrative investigation has been launched against those who are responsible for this deplorable act.or". Hours later, in the account of Twitter reported that the troops of Nice view they had been identified and removed from the charge for serious misconduct.

Transphobia in Peru: police force trans women to shout "I want to be a man"

Source: Peru21, The Republic

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