Torture is returning in Chechnya

LGTBI people are being detained and tortured in Chechnya again

GAYLES.TV.- The information that comes to us from Chechnya they are chilling: dozens of detainees in detention centers and two homosexuals killed as a result of the torture inflicted on them.

Amnesty International (AI) It has officially confirmed the existence of this new purge and has attacked the Chechen authorities and the Russian federal government. Marie Struthers, director of the Eastern European section for AI has declared “The news that the Chechen authorities have resumed raids (of gays) is chilling. (…) Given that lives are in danger, there is an urgent need for an international response to protect gays and lesbians in Chechnya ”.

The response of Government of Grozny has been to qualify the accusations of "Fantasies worthy of a novel about the adventures of homosexuals who for some reason prefer to be oppressed". Pure cynicism to face an evidence that cries out to Europe while, for its part, Moscow is silent.

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The alarms jumped at the report of the NGO LGBT Network, based in St. Petersburg, about the detention of at least 40 people who were transferred to an internment center in Argún and the death of two of them. Igor Kochetkow, one of the people in charge of this organization, affirms that it is completely "impossible" specify the actual number of victims of this new campaign against LGTBI people. "We know that around 40 people have been arrested, both men and women; at least two arrested have been killed as a result of the torture; we also know that the arrests are being carried out by law enforcement agencies, and that the victims are imprisoned in Argún. ".

The history of the repression of homosexuals in Chechnya is not new and like a couple of years ago, the police have resorted to social networks to identify the detainees. Given the prevailing homophobia in the country, gays and lesbians usually use all kinds of networks to contact each other. The purge started with the arrest of the administrator of a group in VKontakte, Russian version of Facebook, from there the arrests went chain.

El European Parliament, after reviewing the reports of this new round of homophobic repression in the Muslim-majority region, has urged Russia to investigate allegations about "Monstrous tortures" of detainees. The information always arrives mediatized given that the Chechen police withdrew identity documents to the detained persons to avoid their escape from the country and the search for protection abroad.

Source: elperiodico.com, es.euronews.com

Photograph: AFP, Reuters

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Become bi-sible, fight for your rights

The 23 of September celebrates the Day of the Bisexual Visibility

GAYLES.TV.- Yes, in the acronym LGT (B) I B represents the collective formed by bisexual people in spite of the suspicions of heteros, heterazos and even of some members of the LGTBI collective itself.

To avoid citing the protest statement on duty, you will allow me, for once, to adopt a somewhat personal tone. Many years ago, but many years walked carelessly on the Rambla de Barcelona when I was struck by the claim that loudly repeated a prostitute addressing all and should be added and all: "I make uncles and aunts, I make uncles and aunts!". I was stunned, I was very young and it had never crossed my mind that a prostitute could offer herself to women. I have given a lot of thought to that memory, wondering if, in your case, it should be indifferent to you, or if on the contrary you would feel indifferently comfortable with men or with women ... perhaps the most certain thing is that it did not do more than expand the possibilities of business and that, I learned that later, in reality in any case those sexual encounters for her should only assume their modus vivendi.

And as a memory leads to another, I came to the appointment with a psychiatrist that someone in my family took to take me when I confided that, despite having a boyfriend, I liked a friend, is more, I I liked it very much After listening to me, the psychiatrist looked me straight in the eyes and said: "I have no prejudices, it seems good to me that you like women and it seems good to me that you like men, but you have to make up your mind, choose, or one thing or the other, grow up if you don't want to be sick all your life". The subject was very clear, I never went back to a psychiatry clinic to talk about my sexual life.

And so far my memories and if I have shared them is to bring to reality the validity of some slogans that seems to be a lie that we still have to repeat year after year, in the face of those who consider themselves "normal" and who, installed in Their orientation without fissures, they are not able to understand that someone, simply, can feel attraction for both sexes. And I'm not talking about pansexuality, that's more about ideology, I'm talking simply about attraction, pleasure, fantasies.

Because, as I read there in a beautiful twitt of Javier Bezares

Being bisexual is not a phase.
Being bisexual is not being a vicious person.
Being bisexual is not being more unfaithful than others.
Being bisexual is not being curious hetero.
Being bisexual is not being homosexual with fear.

To be bisexual is to love in freedom.

Bisexual people are not confused or confused, they do not have to define themselves, they are not expecting to find the lover who clarifies their ideas or desires, they exist, and they do it despite biphobia, which also exists, even in the LGTBI collective itself. So if it starts to become clear that being bisexual is not being a vices @, neither immature or indecisive, let me insist that, above all, It is NOT a STAGE in the life of a person. Being bisexual does not make you more reliable or more promiscuous, better or worse, not even a better lover. Enough of kinky jokes about "sailing and motor", about "meat and fish". Hopefully nobody, ever, should strive to be visible.

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Source: as.com, verne.elpaís.com

Photograph: See Tele, The Televiser

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International Day against Homophobia in Football

El 19 February Is celebrated the International Day against Homophobia in Football. The fecha pays homage to Justin Fashanu born an 19 from February of 1961 and that was the first elite footballer who rehe publicly met his homosexuality in 1990. Justin was expelled from his team, he received the jokes of coach, teammates and fans and he did not become a coNecessarily treated by no other club. After being falsely accused of rape he fell into a depression he would not get out of and He ended up committing suicide in 1998.

Day against homophobia in footballPerhaps Justin's story justifies the fear some players feel of coming out of the closet. The atmosphere in the locker room continues to be clearly homophobic and statements like those of Fabio Capello about whether Atlético de Madrid were a violent team, Capello replied “Atleti is not a violent team. Football is not for ladybugs ", now, he had the quick response of two Atletico players, Saúl and Raúl Jiménez, who showed off in the next match the laces with rainbow colors in the boots.

Every year from the LGBTI entities the message is launched that the football fields, stands and changing rooms are spaces without violence or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. This year the Generalitat de Catalunya by Direcció general d'Igualtat and General Secretary of l'Esport, with the support of Federació Catalana de Fútbol, join to spread the campaign "Stop LGTBI discrimination in football and everywhere " and extend it in the field of sports and specifically in the world of football, to guarantee the rights of all people to enjoy a sport practice free of any type of discrimination based on sex and sexual orientation.

They want to encourage all sports entities linked to the world of football and sports in general to participate in this campaign and denounce any type of aggression, insult, threat, blackmail or incitement to violence or discrimination on the playing fields and in the stands of sports facilities.

In this International Day against Homophobia in Football we miss that the great teams of Spanish football, like the Real Madrid and Fútbol Club Barcelona among others, show clearly and firmly, as it has for a long time Rallo Vallecano, your position in front of the extreme homophobia that lives inside and outside the pitch. What are the most powerful clubs afraid of?

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Nudes against homophobia

Australian hockey players get naked against homophobia

GAYLES.TV.- Christmas is approaching and with them the expected CALENDARS OF NAKED ATHLETES !!!!

Yes, you have to rejoice a little bit, which is already good for so much insult, murder, homophobic twitt and abused children in schools and in their homes. Because at the end of it is about being able to express and enjoy freely what we like. And in this case what we like is the incredible calendar of fight against homophobia in the sport that has prepared an Australian hockey team, the Perth Pythons.

The initiative of this LGTBI team has been joined by some of the best Australian hockey players. They affirm that the 85% of those who practice different sport disciplines have witnessed or suffered episodes of homophobia in the exercise of their sport. "The message we want to convey is that anyone can play hockey, either for Australia or as an amateur. We want everyone to feel welcome. "

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The Perth Pythons is a team whose members belong to the LGTBI collective and their motto is that they practice sport with pride: "While homophobia can, unfortunately, make its way into many cultures and sports clubs, we believe that the best way to combat this is to be out there, proud and active within our communities."

Well here we leave the link in case you want to encourage buying this fantastic calendar, a good gift for Christmas and a way to contribute to a good cause.  https://www.perthpythons.com/pridecalendar

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The stigma of living with HIV

World Day of the Fight against AIDS

GAYLES.TV.- Today, December 1, we commemorate the World Day of the Fight against AIDS. According to figures from UNAIDS, since the beginning of the pandemic it is estimated that some 80.000.000 of people contracted HIV infection and 40 million have died due to diseases related to the virus. The effectiveness of antiretroviral treatments, the intensive work carried out in the campaigns of prophylaxis together with research and new advances in methods such as PrEP and the increasingly feasible vaccine, have contributed to reduce the global figures of deaths and infections but they have not eradicated the virus or its consequences.stopsida Gayles.tv

It is important not to lower our guard and continue to take security measures and to do check-ups, but we can not focus exclusively on the prevention of new infections and forget the situation in which people who have already contracted the virus live. That is why the organization STOPSIDA, who works from 1986 for the prevention of HIV / AIDS and other STIs, has issued a warning statement about the risk of stigmatizing those who have already been infected. Today we wanted to give this space to the dissemination of that statement without altering its content or its message. Part of the measures presented by STOPSIDA are related to the scope of the Generalitat de Catalunya but we have preferred to respect the integrity of the text given that they seem perfectly valid not only for the whole of the Spanish state but for any society that considers respect and integration of LGTBI people.

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Currently for LGBT people, having HIV does not have the implications of years ago, but it continues to awaken feelings of fear, guilt and shame. Even today it is difficult - sometimes almost impossible - to talk about HIV in public, with friends, with family, with co-workers, etc. Even in many socio-health resources, the psychosocial and affective needs of people are not sufficiently affected, focusing attention on the ability to transmit the virus.  

Today we commemorate December 1 World Day to fight AIDS and from Stop AIDS we want to highlight the stigmatization of LGTB people living with HIV, and especially those who practice sex work.   

We start from the fact that in all social groups there is a discriminatory discourse that defines good and normality.
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This devalues ​​and makes invisible, stigmatizes people who do not have those supposed characteristics of "normality" and good. In turn, some of these stigmatized people assume discriminatory speech as their own and common sense. Others do not accept it but may be socially excluded.  

In reference to HIV in LGBT people, the discourse that discriminates and stigmatizes:  

- Attempts against the solidarity and dignity of people.
- Attributes prejudices and stereotypes to people based on their serostatus, their sexual orientation / identity, their behavior and their decisions regarding preventive strategies.
- It qualifies the entire gay community as a transmission agent that must be controlled healthily and medicalized on a regular basis.  
- It hinders the implementation of prevention strategies and access to health resources.
- Exclude people with HIV from institutional prevention campaigns targeting gay and bisexual men.  

Stop Sida, as an LGTB community entity that addresses the promotion of sexual health, invites us to break this spiral of discrimination and stigmatization. How?:

- Developing the Law to guarantee the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people and to eradicate homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, creating a comprehensive care service, among other matters, aimed at promoting sexual health from and to the LGTB community.
- Facilitating empowerment tools and strategies from and for people living with HIV, as well as participation in socio-health policies that affect us.
- Eliminating barriers for the social and health care of people with HIV regardless of their administrative and legal situation.  
- Establishing a social pact against discrimination against people with HIV led by the Generalitat de Catalunya as established in the "National Agreement per a fer front to the epidemic of HIV in Catalonia and against the stigma relacionat".
- Promoting concrete measures against serophobia in the new "Pla d'acció in front of HIV / AIDS of the Health Department 2015-2018" (not yet completed)
- Promoting a "law against LGTBphobia" and an "Agreement to face the HIV epidemic" at a state level.

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Forgotten books LGTBI

Tribute to the anonymous authors of books on homosexual themes

EDITORIAL.- The books that we want to recover here today may not even have a place in the library of forgotten books which Carlos Ruiz Zafón imagined in "The wind's shadow".

But where they surely did find clandestine shelter was in the pockets of thousands of people who eagerly read them secretly. Some lined them with newspaper to hide the titles so they could read them on the subway on the way to work or back to the sacrosanct family home. Ran the 30 years and the phenomenon of the "Pulp fiction". Its name comes from the material that was used to make the covers, which was none other than the pulp of the cheaper woods.

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It was about cheap books, with striking covers and that they circumvented the limits of censorship to try Taboo subjects such as interracial sex, prostitution or homosexuality. In principle the latter were aimed at gays and lesbians, but its sale, especially of lesbian, had a huge success thanks to the consumption of male heterosexual readers. The morbid has always sold well.
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Generally it was about anonymous authors or signed with a pseudonym, although we also find large firms such as Gore Vidal, with reissues of works that made veiled references to homosexuality and in which sex was barely intuited. It was a way to show the experience of gays and lesbians in an environment that was hostile to them.

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At first the production of these copies was scarce because, in the environment of repression that was lived, not everyone dared to ask for such a title on a counter. But the 60 already entered, the censorship begins to lower the guard and we find stories with explicit sex when not openly pornographic.

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Today, International Book Day, we wanted to pay homage to the men and women who anonymously created those stories and those who read them. And we invite you to become aware of immense privilege that implies enjoying the freedom to write, publish and read without any kind of censorship that limits us.

Happy Book Day!

 

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"All men hand in hand"

In the Netherlands politicians and other groups protest hand in hand for the beating that a couple of men received

GAYLES.TV.- Last Sunday a Dutch gay couple, Jasper Vernes-Sewratan and Ronnie Sewratan-Vernes, aged 35 and 31 respectively, were attacked by a group of boys between the ages of 14 and 20 when they walked hand in hand on the street in the small town of Arnhem (Netherlands). The couple were on their way home after a night out walking hand in hand when the boys began to insult them and then beat them violently, giving them a full-blown bullshit.  One of them was hit in the face with a wrench causing the loss of several teeth.

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The aggression has generated the indignation of the entire political class and a wave of solidarity in social networks, in addition to various gestures by various sectors of Dutch society. Alexander Pechtold, leader of the left liberals, went to Parliament at the hands of Wouter Koolmees, one of his colleagues and later uploaded the image to his Twitter account with the hashtag #allemannenhandinhand, which could be translated by "all men of the hand."

The President of the Eurogroup and Dutch Finance Minister, Jeroen Dijsselbloem and Lodewiijk Asscher, head of the Social Democrats, also held hands by strolling along the beach and shared the photo on Twitter.

Since then, the protest has been extended to police, private companies, emergency services, football teams and many private users of Instagram and Twitter who have wanted to express their disgust for the aggression by giving their support to the collective LGTBI.

Representatives of a Dutch association fighting for gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual rights have issued a statement stating that in the last 6 years homophobic aggressions have increased from 400 to 600. However, in most cases, the perpetrators go unpunished and the figures show that 2015 only convicted 9 convictions.

Source: bbc.com

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Visible transsexuals

EDITORIAL.- Today, March 31, Transsexual Visibility Day is celebrated and, beyond the claims, the feeling we have when trying to penetrate the transsexual reality is that we are tremendously ignorant. We feel like Alice falling into the rabbit hole, we discover that there is a diverse, complex, enigmatic and hidden world and that this world is not beyond the mirror, but lives with us, and shares our day to day. And not only do we ignore almost everything about its reality, but we also allow ourselves the luxury, as a society, to marginalize, classify, label and make symbolic gestures, change something so that basically nothing changes.

While it is true that in recent times has begun to talk about the issue, to publicly recognize the need to legislate, to depathologize, to protect especially transgender minors, it is no less true that we are in a blanket, we know almost nothing on how and why. We claim the right to reassign sex, ignoring that not everyone involved would want to be reassigned. Because as he says David Tello, president of the association Chrysallis in Catalonia, "There are girls with penis and children with vulva" and maybe they do not want to change that, but simply want to be an adulttranssexualitys who they are.

The fact that celebrities such as the current ones Wachowski sisters or who Bruce Jenner today turned into Caitlyin Jenner have made public their transsexuality, can lead us to the deception of simplifying an infinitely richer and more complex reality and finally anchoring ourselves in the binary concept that prevails in society: you are a man or you are a woman and if you are a transsexual person you will be a man in a woman's body or vice versa. Error. Of course there will be cases that are, but that is just the tip of the iceberg.

The advances of the sixties in plastic surgery coupled with theories of John Money, who provided a pseudoscientific alibi for corrective surgery by claiming that gender identity was based on the sum of “genital upbringing”, destroyed the lives of thousands of people. When a baby was born with genitalia that were poorly defined or contradictory to its chromosome, corrective surgery provided a miraculous “solution”. But the maturing nature of the individual was not always in accordance with that arbitrary assignment, and it was too late to turn back. A high percentage of corrective operations removed underdeveloped penises, leaving female genitalia, then tried to educate the child as a girl when many times it turned out to be a boy.

In short, we know nothing, but our ignorance and our lack of certainty is our greatest wealth. We must try to know more, understand better and while limiting ourselves to the most basic: eradicate definitively corrective interventions at birth and advance the rights, recognition and integration of transgender children. Understand ultimately that transsexuality is not binary and begin to make visible the various transsexualities.

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Lesbians, more sex, more time

GAYLES.TV.- A little over a year ago we published an article with the title "More orgasms and more intense if you're a lesbian", in which we collected a study by the prestigious scientific journal The Journal Sexual of Medicine where it is assured that lesbian women have more orgasms on average than heterosexuals and bisexuals. And not only that, they also ensure that they are more intense and pleasurable.

The study was conducted by Indiana University and analyzed the sexual habits of 3.000 people of different orientations, who had had sex in the last 12 months. In the case of women, the figures draw a lot of attention, since the frequency of orgasms that they manifested was of a 61,6% for heterosexuals, an 58% in the bisexual group and an 74,7% palesbian sexra homosexual women.

Well, another study on human sexuality, carried out in this case by the Canadian Journal of Human Sexualityaffirms that it is homosexual women who maintain the longer sex (enter30 and 45 minutes), followed by the tie between male homosexual couples and heterosexual couples (15-30 minutes).

It is already known that this type of statistical studies on the frequency of sexual activity, type of practices or their duration, result in relative reliability, but it is curious that lesbians are doing so well in terms of both to enjoy orgasms as to the duration of relationships.

We are going to have to consider a catch-up campaign with a slogan including: "Do not you know about lesbian sex yet? Who tests repeat! "

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In the skin of the victim

Jesus Tomillero, the first referee who came out of the closet, lives in permanent fear

EDITORIAL GAYLES.TV.-  After making his homosexuality public Jesus Tomillero, the first football referee to step out of the closet, was forced to leave the referee in May for the seriousness of the insults and aggressions he received when he pitted a meeting. Phrases like "You are a comepollas and you like to have your ass split" o "You're going to get the goal in the ass, you fucking asshole", they are a good example of the humiliations he received every time he jumped on the pitch to start a game.

But the passion he feels for refereeing since he was 11 years old was stronger and with the start of the new season he decided to return and the homophobic fury also returned. In the second match a spectator yelled at him: "Take it out that you have to be a fag, go to Big Brother, chula". Jesus stopped the game and expelled the aggressor, but he returned and continued insulting, which caused the suspension of the match. That precipitated some events that have worsened and motivated complaints, lawsuits and the solidarity of many people and entities.

Because you have to put yourself in the victim's shoes to understand what Jesus is living, his "I'm afraid they'll kill me" it is a plea for anguish that can not remain in a holder. Twitter has become for him a window through which come to your life all kinds of threats, humiliations and insults of the type "The boss is very angry, he does not like fags in his fields, he advises you to retire or die" o "Son of your fucking mother, we will kill you, you fucking with AIDS".

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Jesus filed the corresponding complaint with the police and for the time being "It is already a summary secret and they have placed police surveillance on me at my house because I am very afraid", according to Tomillero himself. The question is whether it will really act to locate those who cowardly rely on the impunity of social networks and anonymity or whether we will have to wait for a misfortune to happen but not regret for what was not done in time . Death threats are typified as crimes and those who proclaim them should be persecuted, tried and punished, there is no more.

That is why, in this context of impunity and helplessness, the role of institutions, entities and public figures takes on a very important value by taking sides with the victim and calling for action to be taken to protect it. From the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, through members of various political parties such as Esquerra Republicana or Citizens or even the recently appointed Minister of Health, the lady Dolors Montserrat of the PP, have met with Jesus showing their support and solidarity.

But if there is a particularly sensitive area and where it is absolutely essential for managers and managers to speak, it is in the sport and specifically in the field of football. Tomillero himself turned to the Association of Arbitrators where he was told that he would be helped, but according to Jesus, "they have done nothing." In this sad panorama, the position of the FC Barcelona that, the last 29 of October, invited Tomillero to the tribune of Camp Nou to witness a match between Granada and Barça. An act of reparation and solidarity consistent with the line of fight against homophobia in football played by Barcelona.

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But perhaps what has not reached the soul is the frankness of the player Barca Andres Iniesta who received a visit from Jesus and after showing his concern about the brutal weight of homophobia in football, he was sincere with a tremendous statement: "Look what happens to you, imagine what would happen to us". That's how clear the captain of FC Barcelona with Tomillero was. And Jesus fitted it, "Iniesta told me that's why it's normal for players not to come out of the closet".

We must see the images of mutilated bodies sent to Jesus, we must read the threats, we must try to listen to the insults and close our eyes, and imagine how we live with it, how today and here, in the XXI century, breathe the permanent fear that any fanatic ends your life. You have to put yourself in the victim's skin.

Sources: El Periodico, La Vanguardia, Sport.es

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"Erase AIDS" stains Madrid in red

The campaign "Erase AIDS" starts today with the aim of raising funds to eradicate HIV

GAYLES.TV.- The most emblematic buildings of Madrid will be illuminated in red to make visible the actions of the campaign #BorraelAIDS with the purpose, not only to raise funds that contribute to the eradication of the disease, but also to increase the level of social awareness, especially among the youngest.

The fundraising will be done through a crowdfunding that basically allocate the income to research through the Foundation Fight against AIDS.

"play ground" will collaborate in the campaign with the diffusion of thematic videos as you can see at the bottom of this article. In principle it is intended to reach the figure of 15.000 € although it is possible that the media impact makes this forecast can be overcome.

It is planned to dye the sources of Cibeles and Neptune red as well as the Town Hall among other known locations. The city will also be filled with banners and tourist buses will show mottos of the campaign.

The idea is to get information very specific and specific that impacts clearly, the main slogans are:

  • In the world there are 2 millions of children infected with HIV.
  • In our country every day there are new 10 infected with HIV.
  • Of the 37 millions infected with HIV, only 17 millions receive treatment.
  • In Spain, 25% of those infected with HIV do not know that it is.
  • Since 1984 in the world, 34 millions of people have died from AIDS

From Gayles.tv we join in the diffusion of this campaign because we know the importance of not lowering the guard, to keep fighting, to continue investigating until the total eradication of the virus.

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Source: Foundation Fight against AIDS

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Jail for picking up a lesbian

Sentenced to 4 months in prison and a € 7.000 fine for assaulting a lesbian

GAYLES.TV.- Yesterday Thursday at the Criminal Court number 2 of Barcelona a giant new step was taken in the fight against lesbophobia. And we emphasize the fact of lesbophobia for the worrying increase that is taking place of aggressions against lesbian women.

A man has been sentenced to a sentence of four months in jail and to pay one compensation of 7.000 € for having verbally and physically assaulted one of her acquaintances for the mere fact of being a lesbian. The accused has acknowledged the responsibility and has asked the victim for forgiveness, which has meant that the magistrate has pronounced the sentence "in voce" by a crime of injuries with the aggravating of hatred and discrimination by lesbophobia.

The events referred to in the judgment occurred in August of the 2015 in a street in the Sants-Montjuic district of the city of Barcelona, ​​where the victim and accused who already knew each other met and he began to recriminate the woman who had masculine attitudes and that its behavior was own of a man. The situation turned into insults and serious physical assault. Fortunately, a passer-by who was passing through the area helped the woman and notified an ambulance so that they could treat her of the injuries caused by the blows of her attacker.

The victim, after going to Observatory against Homophobia of Catalonia, he went to the Service of Attention to Victims of Crime of the Generalitat de Catalunya, where, in addition to providing the necessary psychological assistance, they accompanied her to file a complaint with the police, in this case the Mossos d'Esquadra, who did not take long to identify and locate the aggressor.

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Following the agreement of the parties, the defendant has deposited the amount of 7.000 € corresponding to the compensation and has apologized to the victim with whom he has a restraining order of 2 years. In spite of the seriousness of the facts, he should not enter prison because he has no criminal record and is worth less than 2 years.

For his part, the president of the OCH, Eugeni Rodríguez, has told the agency Efe that this sentence “is very important because it is essential that hate crimes against lesbian women be punished severely because we are observing that there is an increase of aggressions against lesbians, either because they now have greater visibility or because they report cases more ». We applaud that we are finally beginning to hear sentences that make it clear that homophobic attacks do not come for free.

Source: La Vanguardia

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LesGaiCinemad, Bridging Bridges

LesGaiCinemad consolidates its position as one of the most important LGTBI-themed festivals

GAYLES.TV.- Today the 21ª edition of LesGaiCinemad It will last until November's 13 with a repertoire of over 110 movies and 18 official venues. Stresses among them the one of San Sebastián de los Reyes that for the second consecutive year will project the audiovisual creations of international scope between the 7 and the 12 of November and will also do it completely free until full capacity is reached. The headquarters in this town will be the Municipal Center for Occupational Training with a varied program that ranges from 2 short film sessions to recent titles such as the comic adaptation of Alfonso Casas and Julián Almazán "Marica you", a medium-length film directed by Ismael Núñez and with the presence of David Novas and Abel Zamora in its cast.

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This year's event pays a well-deserved tribute to the filmography of the Catalan filmmaker Ventura Pons through a retrospective of his LGBTI filmography. His presence is common in all editions of LesGaiCInemad but it was in 2009 when he received the Honorary Award for his film career and especially for the visibility and naturalization that his work has given to the LGBTI collective. In the retrospective, four titles of his filmography will be screened that portray characters and different historical moments as a prism of LGTBI reality: "Ocaña, intermittent portrait", "Cola, Colita, Colassa", "The virus of fear" and finally "Ignasi M.". An excellent opportunity to review the work of Ventura Pons.

As in previous editions, there will be monographic sessions of diverse topics such as animation shorts, French cinema, queer Palestinian cinema and highlighting the session "DocuVIHvO! and Positive Cinema " which aims to normalize the situation of people with a positive serostatus until the whole society sees them as they are, human beings like others, with their same fears and their same desires. For this session we have had the collaboration of the Directorate General of Public Health of the Community of Madrid.

A wide range of options for all tastes that invites you to prepare a personalized tour. For this we attach the link to the hand program and we recommend you visit the official site of LesGaiCinemad.

Congratulations to the organization and the desire to have many future editions.

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"Notes Apart", the new web lesbian series

"Notes Apart", the new web series that highlights the prejudices of society

GAYLES.TV.-  The premiere of a web series is always good news and when the project consists of 7 chapters that will be released all the same day, it goes from being good news to being a promising sofa and computer evening.

"Notes Apart" is a web lesbian series designed to be enjoyed by all types of public regardless of sexual orientation. Each chapter will have an approximate duration of 5 minutes and see them in continuity is an immersion of 35 minutes in the creativity and the satire.

Lesbian webseries apart notesThe series deals with the various aspects of the life of a teenage girl in her attempts to come out of the closet. Always in a humorous way, in “Separate Notes” we accompany Sara, a naive and shameful teenager who has not come out of the closet. Sara is studying second year of high school and needs reinforcement classes for the Art History subject if she wants to pass the selectivity. So when she discovers the homosexuality of Helena, the girl who will help her prepare for the course, she will learn many things about herself and will understand that first impressions are sometimes misleading.

Lesbian webseries apart notesInspired by the movement "We Deserve Better", "Apart Notes" takes the cliché representation of the LGTBQ community in the media as a starting point to make us have a good time while putting in check social prejudices.

The project, which comes from the hand of the scriptwriter, director and producer Alba Guillén, aims to help young people face the exit of the closet with normality, "Notes Apart" plays with humor and laughs at the tics of a society where supposedly there are no prejudices but with a strong persistence of homophobia.

In its first season, "Apart Notes" has the presence of Aysha Daraaui and Mònica Rius as main protagonists. The chapters are broadcast in Spanish, with subtitles in Spanish and English.

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The “We Deserve Better” movement on which the series is based, (http://lgbtfansdeservebetter.com/) is an initiative created to defend a better representation of LGTBI characters in the media to help prevent suicides of young lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transsexuals and queer from 13 to 24 years.

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1001 weddings, 1001 stories

The "1001 Weddings" room incorporates a LGBT wedding sector for the first time

GAYLES.TV.- Last weekend and for the first time in the 25 years of history of the most important salon of products and services for wedding celebrations, the contest "1001 Weddings", had an area dedicated to couples formed by gays or lesbians, organized by Diversity Consulting International. A step forward towards normalizing the business environment for matrimonial bonds.

As happened with FITUR GAY that since 7 years ago has its own space within the framework of FITUR, "1001 LGBT Weddings" it is established as a thematically independent zone but within the scope of the prestigious event "1001 Weddings". Those couples of girls or boys who are thinking of getting married, found the doors of IFEMA - Madrid Fair wide open with a wide range of products and services that undoubtedly contribute to your great day is absolutely perfect.

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And also as happened with the tourism sector, entrepreneurs in the sector are discovering the immense business opportunities of this market niche, not because they have more than the rest of the population, but because the usual expense is lower, which allows greater availability of disbursement on such a marked date. Market studies show that the investment for a LGBT wedding exceeds by up to an 50% the average expenditure of a heterosexual marriage.

If there is still some doubt about the reason for creating this new LGTB area in a wedding hall, we can say that in the first place it is an integrative and not exclusive initiative that will favor the approach of the companies to the segment LGTB to know its characteristics and peculiarities. After all, all companies and tourist destinations have something to offer people of the LGTB collective who decide to get married, before, during and after their wedding. The sector is particularly interested in a year in which an increase in the number of LGTB weddings is foreseen for the celebration of the "MADRID WORLD PRIDE"

And of course we can not forget that there are companies specialized in LGTB services (Weding Planers, Travel Agencies, Design and many others).

For this first edition "1001 Bodas" had the support and participation of leading firms and exhibitors. You can find all the information in  www.milyunabodas.lgbt

Source: 1001 LGBT Weddings

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Adele, the most famous gay friendly

The singer has had a new gesture of support for gay couples

GAYLES.TV.-  Adele is very clear about her priorities: first comes her family and then her musical career. To the point that she plans to leave world tours for 10 years to fully dedicate herself to caring for her son. Starting next November, after his concerts in Mexico and Phoenix, he will leave the road, flights and stages to focus on what matters most to him. In an interview with the newspaper "The Sun" He recognized that long tours generate more discomfort than anything else: "I do not consider myself a touring artist. I've never tolerated the tours very well, I'm quite homey ". However, the singer does not want to leave the stage completely and is thinking about an offer that would mean to act regularly in Las Vegas.

That love for his son was reflected in one of the themes of his last album, "Sweetest Devotion”(The sweetest devotion). Devotion felt by her LGTBI followers as a result of the usual gestures of support that Adele has with the group. The most recent occurred during his tour in Toronto, Canada, where to see a couple of two men with his baby invited them to take the stage to photograph with her. After greeting them affectionately they made a joint selfie that has become viral. In the photo the little Jackson wears headphones signed by the singer that Adele gave him to protect his ears.

You will remember that it is not the first time that Adele shows publicly its support to the homosexual marriage. Last May in Copenhagen she also brought a couple of boys to the stage whom I accompany in her commitment until she came to offer herself as a possible surrogate mother of her future children. Or at his concert in Barcelona when he sang for a couple of boys in love.

These values ​​are also reflected in the education he wants to convey to Angelo, his little one, who was photographed wearing a Princess Frozen dress making it clear that he educates his son without any prejudice about the identity or sexual orientation of the people.

Source: La Vanguardia

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Aggression to a lesbian couple in Barcelona

The victim of the aggression of a group of young people had to receive a stitches in the face

GAYLES.TV.- This afternoon we have been informed of a new homophobic aggression in Barcelona. The person who told us the events, DC, has preferred to remain anonymous but has claimed to have witnessed the attack and even to have been involved with his partner in the subsequent persecution of the attackers.

Apparently at dawn on Monday, on the 5: 30, the witness entered with her partner, a woman also, in a cafeteria in the Plaza de Urquinaona, a very central area of ​​Barcelona, ​​there they saw another couple of girls chatting quietly taken by the hand. Apparently at a certain moment they kissed, which caused a young man to approach them, recriminating their behavior, telling them that they should not do that in public and that this was wrong. It was at that moment when The young woman could see through the window of the cafeteria that the boy was not alone and that one of his friends was showing his genitals. Outraged, she went outside and admonished his behavior, saying: "What are you doing with your life?" There the physical aggression began with insults and shoves. As she tried to defend herself, the boy who had reproached her inside the bar gave her a punch that opened a hole in her face. In view of what had happened, the rest of his friends suggested that he flee and there began a persecution through the center of the city that continued while waiting for the police to appear, who was notified on more than one occasion.

The boy was finally able to escape through the Pza. Tetuán metro line but his companions were detained and identified by the police. For her part, the witness who has contacted Gayles.tv explained to the agents that she heard perfectly how the aggressor's friends called him "Miguel." He was also able to record a short video sequence in which he is perfectly identified and which was made available to the police.

The victim was treated for the wound in a hospital center in which they had to put some points and then filed the corresponding complaint.

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The right to one's identity

52 trans entities and LGTBI say about the days around "THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER IDENTITY, MINORS AND GENDER DISPORITY"

EDITORIAL GAYLES.TV.- If there is an inalienable right, intrinsic to being, is the right to own identity in any field, national, linguistic, racial but, above all, gender identity felt to be the basis on which the personality of the individual is constructed. And it is the person and no one else who can reflect, debate, mark the limits or the basis on which that identity is built. It seems obvious, does not it? Well, at the conference on childhood, adolescence and trans youth that have been closed yesterday in Madrid, at the University of Comillas, under the title: "THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER IDENTITY, MINORS AND GENDER DISPORITY", not one of the people who presented papers was trans.

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Surely there will be those who think that it is a professional days and just as it is not necessary to be deaf to be an otorhinolaryngologist, it is clear that you can discuss transsexuality without being one. But it is enough a diagonal reading of the program to see that they deal with issues in which it is offensive, not to say manipulative, not have the voice of the people affected, that is, transgender individuals. Legal aspects, bioethics, life histories. At the root of the question is the fact that The subject continues to be approached from a pathologizing perspective. We have gone from “come and see”, from being the anomaly in the circus tent to being the insect in the entomologist's microscope. An attitude that, if it did not involve so much suffering for so many people, could be called almost rude, as when talking about someone present pretending that they are not.

That is why 52 trans collectives and LGTBI have united and raised their voices, so that we can also hear what trans people and their allied environment have to say about trans identity in childhood and adolescence. Because beyond the studies that the professionals of "specialized units" present on the issue, is the experience in the first person and the right, at least, to be taken into account when you are debating about yourself.

Today We wanted to give this space to these groups and the statement that on the days around the "THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IDENTITY OF GENDER, MINORS AND DISTRESS OF GENDER" have just published. We believe that it is worth transcribing it completely because it matters that its content reaches as many people as possible and because its dissemination is almost a moral responsibility of those who feel involved in the struggle for integration, diversity and the right to their own identity. That's why we recommend you not stop reading here, it's worth it.

Because identity can not be diagnosed. Identity is a right.

Then we leave you in communication that has facilitated the Daniela Foundation.

 


Communiqué of Trans and LGTBI entities from all over Spain the Conference "THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER IDENTITY, CHILDREN AND GENDER DISTRESS "that has been celebrated today, 6 of October of 2016, at the Pontifical University of Comillas in Madrid.

On behalf of 52 Trans and LGTB collectives from all over Spain, we want to raise our voices about the Conference: “THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER IDENTITY, MINORS AND GENDER DYSPHORIA” which was held today, October 6, 2016 at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas.

And we want to do it so that other approaches and perspectives other than those raised here are also heard at these conferences. So that what trans people and our allies have to say about trans identities in childhood and adolescence is heard.

Let's start by saying that these conferences are focused on the reality of trans people, and yet not a single trans person appears on the program as a speaker. This is not by chance, there are many reasons that explain why we are not present and it is not something new. From certain spheres, trans people have never been given the floor, we have never had a voice to speak about our own reality and our needs. And it has not been like that because, we have never been allowed to express ourselves or our arguments have been listened to. Those of those who live this reality in the first person daily.

And the reason for all this is precisely the pathologization that continues to exist when addressing trans identities in childhood and adolescence in the "specialized" units that are represented at these conferences, and the professionals who personify them in the conference.

The pathologization of their perspectives is easily identifiable:

1. The bodies and identities of cis people (that is, non-trans people) are still considered as correct, congruent and valid and that is why our identities are questioned. They are evaluated, they are observed ... to the point that we depend on those evaluations to be able to live as men, women or the non-binary people that we are. This shows a pathologizing vision; believing that we must ensure that we are indeed what we say we are, wondering if this may be due to another disorder, being certain that it is something that lasts over time ... A perspective that has led them to assume that underage people they cannot know what their identity is by excluding them from being full citizens. In the same way that it has been done with non-binary people, trans people who are neither men nor women and therefore also face the prejudices on which these units are based.

Perspectives and interventions that have been forced to modify in some cases and those that continue to resist being carried out in others, in the Units specialized in the care of trans people in Andalusia and Madrid, speakers at these conferences, only through the mandate of the laws that in this sense have been approved both in Andalusia and Madrid. Legislation to which many of its professionals have publicly stated that they are against or consider them wrong, despite having been drafted by the transgender collectives, allied professionals, and subsequently approved by a majority in the assembly.

2. In these conferences, being trans has continued to be equated with suffering from “gender dysphoria”, you just have to see the title of the conference. Not all trans people suffer from dysphoria, we suffer the consequences of cisexism and transphobia and some of us may or may not have discomfort with our bodies and others not. It cannot continue to be assumed that trans people suffer from dysphoria due to this condition. This is also pathologization.

3. That is why, under this vision, trans people have no place in these conferences: What will they know? What will a child or adolescent know about their identity? There are already the professionals, who are the ones who really understand pathologies and treatments. We are not heard nor have we been heard when we have shouted, cried, claimed or denounced. Not when we were on the verge of suicide.

4. We are not here either because it is not interesting to listen to us. Many of the professionals who treat us in health know that we are not satisfied with how they treat us and prefer to avoid the conflict that they foresee and that effectively exists, to continue pretending that everything is under control and that trans people are happy in their hands .

5. Precisely, these days are being held in October, a month in which since 2007 the International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization has been celebrated, launched by the Stop Trans Pathologization Campaign. An international platform started in Spain, which has an adhesion of 405 activist groups and networks, public institutions and political organizations from the five continents. This movement is necessary today due to the pathologization to which some of the professionals who are present at these conferences, or who are members of international medical organizations, try to subject trans people, whether they are minors or of legal age.

This is why the groups that sign this statement ask all medical or social health professionals to:

- Stop talking about dysphoria, evaluation or treatment. Trans people are not sick.

- Stop questioning our identities.

- Stop believing yourself with the right to decide who we are.

- Stop ignoring our voices and our needs.

The identity can not be diagnosed. Identity is a right.

Signatory entities:

Arcópoli

Arelas, trans child association *.

Trans autonomy

Chrysallis. Association of families of transsexual minors Chrysallis Madrid.

Take up

Collective Bolus Bolo

The transgender man

FELGTB (Representing 47 federated collectives from all over Spain)

Daniela Foundation. For the equality of children, adolescents and trans youth and their families.

Triangle Foundation

Trans footprints.

Source: Daniela Foundation

 

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Two nuns are married in Italy

Two Franciscans hang out for love and marry

GAYLES.TV.-  Who was going to tell her Lucas Salvai, mayor of the small Italian town of Pinerolo, near Turin, who would end up marrying two former Franciscan nuns?

The ceremony put the finishing touch to the precious love story between the Italian Federica and Isabel, coming from South America, two women who in their day took the habits of the Franciscan order without imagining that destiny would end up uniting them forever after meeting on a pilgrimage trip.

In an interview "La Stampa" from Turin Federica stated:  "We would like our Church to welcome all the people who love each other" and on a more personal level he added, "not only do I have to tell my father that I am no longer a nun, but I am very happy to have married Isabel". A great moment for Federica's father, frankly.

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The marriage was to be officiated by the former priest Franco Barbero, excommunicated by the Vatican in the 2003 for his sympathies towards the LGTBI collective. Franco commented "it is not the first time that" case "to two nuns (...) I still feel a priest from head to toe." But finally it could not be and the office in charge of the mayor, had to be advanced one day to avoid the presence of curious to know that the date of the link had leaked to the press.

Anyway, Isabel and Federica are sure to have given thanks to God because in Italy this year gay marriage has finally been legalized. And from Gayles.tv we can not but rejoice very sincerely for their decision and wish them the best.

Sources: La Vanguardia, El Periodico

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"Sound airs" blow in Cadiz

Cadiz will host "Aires Sonoros ", the first gay-friendly festival in the South Atlantic

GAYLES.TV.-  If you still have vacations or you are lucky to enjoy the superpuente 12 October you do not think, Cadiz It awaits you with a proposal difficult to resist. "Sonorous Airs" it is more than a festival, it is a cultural and social tourist experience.

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The appointment, which will take place next 11 and 12 October in the Bastion of the Martyrs in Cadiz, will include gastronomy, wines and live music in its offer. Aires Sonoros was born with the ambition of being the first 100% gay-friendly national festival that is committed to the integration and visibility of the LGTBIQ collective. The Festival organization is committed to an inclusive policy in a tolerant and inclusive space that turns the province of Cádiz into a LGBT / gay-friendly destination.

Remedios Palma, delegate of Culture, Tourism and Sports of the Board in Cádiz, declared in the presentation that the Festival comes to «provide quality to the necessary complementary offer of leisure that isNewrequiring you from the public and private sectors in a land with very large tourist resources ».

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The chef  Javier Pajuelo will be one of the professionals of the gastronomy next to Mauro Barreiro, Pablo Terrón, Antonio Carnicer, Javier Córdoba and the new wineries Entrechuelos, Huerta Albala, Forlong with the consolidated Barbadillo and Tio Pepe. Recognized artists such as Depedro, which presents a new album, the malagueña band Dry Martina, Tom's Cabim from Tenerife and the international artist Juan Zelada, (opening of the British singer Amy Winehouse) together the bailaor of Cadiz Eduardo Guerrero and Milián Oneto. None of the big names of the "silver cup" wanted to miss the appointment.

"Aires Sonoros" will have a basically diurnal character and, thanks to the agreement signed with several consignees, it will also be the first Festival that will be shown on the tourist cruises that meet those days in Cádiz.

You have all the information available on the official website www.airessonoros.com and the sale of tickets from 35 € in ticketea. Do not miss the interesting discounts they offer!

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Erotism without hypocrisy

«Patria»: the spot of the Erotic Salon of Barcelona that revolutionizes the networks

GAYLES.TV.- "My name is Amarna Miller. I am a porn actress and I was born in a hypocritical country where the same people who call me a whore jerk off with my videos ». This is how forceful the spot of the Erotic Salon of Barcelona for your 2016 edition. Without concessions the video directed by Carles Valdés It makes a review of the double moral and the lack of scruples that roam at ease in the homeland.

SPOT SALÓ ERÒTIC BARCELONA GAYLES.TVWith a baroque aesthetic and while playing «Lacrimosa » de Mozart In the background the voiceover of Miller, a sex worker and writer, lists the most controversial issues in Spain. Corruption, evictions, bank bailouts, bullfighting, prostitution, sexual abuse in the church, homophobia ... He makes an explicit allusion Jesus Tomillero, the first openly gay referee under police protection: "a country that thinks itself open and tolerant where a referee receives death threats for being gay."

The announcement ends with a joint shot in which all the contradictions that have been exposed in a kind of Holy Supper appear in which before the poster appears that reminds that the event is celebrated from October 6 to 9, 2016 in the Olympic Pavilion of the Vall de Hebrón in Barcelona, ​​Miller says: «Yes, we live in a disgustingly hypocritical country. But some of us do not give up«.

The agency Vimema He posted the ad on his Facebook account with the following message: “We don't like hypocrisy. Nobody likes it. But it is one of those things in which it is easier to see the straw in someone else's eye than the beam in your own. Well, here we leave you a few straws. And never better said, because this is the new spot of the Barcelona Erotic Show ». She was also responsible for the spot of the previous edition that did not go unnoticed on the networks either. On that occasion the protagonist was Nacho Vidal. The title could not be more explicit «Let's fuck"In which the porn actor declared in his manifesto with the words:" Let's change missiles for dildos, and weapons of mass destruction for mass orgies. "

 

Sources: Was born digital, Verne

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Tefía or the pro-Franco infamy

The penitentiary agricultural colony where Franco redeemed homosexuals

EDITORIAL GAYLES.TV.-  This is not the right place for thoughtful historical studies, but from time to time it is worth retrieving bits of our most recent history before they are forgotten. Because the problem with the story is that, in addition to the winners always, the passage of time tends to deform the facts, sometimes even the denial and when those who were eyewitnesses die, there is a risk that atrocious infamies will fall in the most absolute forgetfulness.

Just a month ago a deputy of Republican Esquerra, Mr. Gabriel Rufián In a speech at the congress of the deputies, he recriminated that entire neighborhoods continued to be named after the General Yagüe, sadly known by the bad name of the "Butcher of Badajoz". His was responsible for the rapes, amputations and death of 4.000 civilians locked up in the Badajoz bullring. He himself acknowledged the facts claiming that his column could not continue advancing with that burden of civilians and that if he left them alive they would proclaim the Republic again. Well now it turns out that Yagüe's daughter denies the historical facts, referring to them as "the myth of Badajoz", a lie. Let Mrs. Yagüe go to Badajoz and ask, to see what they tell her.

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That's why it's important to know the story and learn from it, so you do not have to live it again. And today we want to talk about a damn place in the collective memory of homosexuals for decades: the Agricultural Penitentiary Colony of Tefía on the island of Fuerteventura, a sad symbol of the bitterness with which the Franco regime persecuted and condemned homosexuality for decades. The center was supposedly conceived as a place of “rehabilitation through healthy work discipline” for those convicted of the "Law of Vagrants and Maleantes", ruffians, pimps, vagrants and social misfits of all kinds, but above all homosexuals.

Tephia was built on the wasteland of an old airport, a stony desert without water or a trace of the minimum conditions for life where dozens of men were subjected to beatings, insults, constant humiliation and forced labor for years. Loading water from the well, digging trenches, chopping stones in quarries, raising walls and all under the inclement sun of the island. To the inhuman treatment was added the absolute lack of the minimum essential food, men who arrived with health came out having lost 40 kilos or more. According to the testimony of Octavio García, an old prisoner: "the worst was food, rooted sweet potatoes, rice with weevil, small bread for the whole day. I saw men there coming in with 87 kilos and staying in 45. " Octavio himself refers, "I have seen there the most appalling beatings on the poor prisoners ... and the only reason to be arrested was to be a queer".

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Octavio García

The Agricultural Colony of Tefía closed the 21 of July of 1966 silencing behind its walls histories of cruelty, sexual abuses and exploitation of men whose main crime was the affectation in their way of expressing themselves. The terrible testimony of Octavio, serves as an example of the treatment that the prisoners in Tefía received and is included in the novel of Sosa Machín "Trip to the Center of Infamy". Although the past should not slow us down, we must not forget that our current freedoms are founded on the suffering and sacrifice of the generations that have preceded us.

Source: eldiario.es

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Famous bisexuals .... or not

Some familiar faces that have claimed their bisexuality

GAYLES.TV.-  Today 23 of September and for 17 years, the International Day of Bisexuality with the intention of making visible a group that has often been misunderstood, not only by the heterosexual world, but also by certain homosexual sectors. Sea withAngelina Jolieor the presence of B in the initials that we defend, LGTBI, should make us think that it has not even been true that so much that "we are all bisexual to a greater or lesser extent", nor are bisexual people because they have not Known to those who take them in a certain option, they simply feel attraction for both sexes.

Much has been theorized on the subject, but since we are Friday we have decided to put a little frivolity to the matter because, after all, who does not love to read those lists of famoseo trans, bisexual, gay or whatever ? So there are a few known names and to start who better than the protagonist of the break of the week, AnMegan Foxgelol Jolie, the beautiful actress icon of bisexuality that after 12 years of marriage and 6 children shared with Brad Pitt, still has a corner in your heart for your ex, Jenny Shimizu. That without forgetting the doubt that for a year he has been planning on Brad's alleged outings with men. In any case the tandem "Branjolie" has stopped being it and both return to the market, luck colleagues!

And if we talk about bisexual beauties, it is impossible not to mention Megan Fox, the famous actress from «Transformers» married to another handsome actor, Brian Austin Green. Too bad it was to set foot in Los Angeles and fall madly in love with a club stripper known for Nikita. Megan confirmed her bisexuality without problems.

AnotherPaco Leon known face that claims his bisexual status is the famous actor and director of film and television Paco Leon that although he did not use the term bisexual to define himself, he has insinuated otherwise in saying "I have changed sidewalk many times in my life." A way like any other to refer to their love preferences.

And another guy who apparently is waiting to know who to confirm in his suspicions. Josh Hutcherson, the popular protagonist of "The Hunger Games" said of himself that in spite of being considered heterosexual, he did not reject the idea of ​​kissing other boys and that in fact he had met several that he liked. So the fans of Josh are already taking a long time to help him out.

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The list would be long and if something draws attention is that women's names abound more, from Fergie to Jessie J., Michelle Rodriguez or the archipopular Miley Cyrus. But these names have been preceded by others who, even though they left us, once had the courage to vindicate their feelings against the wind and tide and perhaps in times when nothing was so simple and still less to refuse to accept a label. So let's go ahead and pay homage to Marlon Brando, Amy Winehouse and David Bowie.

 

Happy Bisexuality Day and happy weekend!

Sources:  huffingtonpost.com, curiosisimo.es

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Kate Perry steals our hearts

Kate Perry surprises an Orlando survivor in the Ellen DeGeneres show

GAYLES.TV.-  In the killing of Orlando many lives were lost, but many others were truncated, broken by the nearness of the horror and the perplexity of having seen so much life collapse around you, without understanding, why you have saved yours.

This is the case of Tony Marrero, a club survivor Press from Orlando to whom Ellen DeGeneres interviewed in your program "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". In the course of the interview Tony spoke of "Rise", a song by Kate Perry that had helped him from the first hours in the hospital to overcome what had been experienced. "The lyrics of that song are so powerful! I hear it all the time, my boyfriend is crazy to hear it, "joked Tony as the cameras searched for their partner in the audience. Suddenly Ellen asked her a surprising question: "Do you know Perry? Would you like to meet her? " And the boy could no longer answer because the singer appeared on the set merging in a hug with him.

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But the thing was not there, Kate told the boy that he knew she was someone very creative like her and that her dream was to study cinema, so "I will take charge during the first year of the payment of your race". Tony could not contain the emotion. What better support for someone coming out of a trauma like Orlando's than helping him give him the incentive to start a new life studying what he wants? The proverb says that if someone is hungry do not give him bread, give him a tool and that's what the singer did with Tony Marrero.

For her part, Kate, in relation to “Rise”, the song Tony had talked about, said that it was a song that she had preferred to release as an independent track rather than include it in an album and clarified: “it is a song that has been been inside me for years and it has finally surfaced. " And it was worth it if it has served to help move even one person forward.

Once again we took off our hat with Ellen DeGeneres and of course with Kate Perry, for her gesture and for the support she has always given to the LGTBI collective.

We leave you with the moment of the program and of course with "Rise". Enjoy it!

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Sources:  Gay Universe

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The return to school "normalized"

The El Corte Inglés ad "Operation: cover the books" touches social networks

GAYLES.TV.-  Once again we have to applaud the advertising line of "El Corte Ingles" with regard to the LGTBI issue and the very best is that there is no LGTBI question. The mall's advertising is really standardized.

This time it's about going back to school and what we see is a situation that surely is being lived in many homes with children: the fearsome "Operation: lining the books"! That transparent paper that sticks everywhere but where it should do it, air bubbles that do not disappear but are leaving wrinkles, discussions on how to do it. Surely more than one and more than one will feel identified to see the spot because it is such a situation of everyday, a couple of two men trying to cover the books and the fun commentary of his son to a friend: "I already told you that with two dads it was not faster". Great!

But the coolest thing is that there is no specific claim, simply opt for a gay couple instead of a hetero for a situation common to any family with children and the result is seen in the caequalisCustomer reviews of "El Corte Inglés" to the video on the official website. They do not comment on the fact that they are two men, but the grace that makes them feel identified with the situation, which in the end is what it is about, to normalize and integrate once and for all.

It is curious how the same company that generated the controversy for selling a book on the alleged cure of homosexuality (we believe they missed a goal), has such a correct line in terms of business practices regarding the LGTBI reality.

And since we are talking about business practices that are respectful of the collective, we highly recommend reading "Aequalis", the first report published in Spain on best practices in the management of LGBT diversity in the company and institutions. You can download it for free in this link. Surely it is of your interest. We leave you with the delight of this return to school.

 

 

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Dad, why are you gay?

The answer to a girl from 3 years who wanted to know why there are gay people

GAYLES.TV.-  When you have 3 years do not ask questions with double meaning, you do not give too many turns to things, what you have in the brain or in the heart comes out through the mouth. And they want to know everything, they have to learn everything and there is no moral filter or prejudice, only the curiosity for a wide and diverse world where it can be so interesting to know why the snails walk with their house always on their backs or because dad and mom They have friendship with couples of two boys or two girls. And they let you go like this, without warning, without anesthesia. But we must be prepared, give simple and sincere answers, because ultimately with each of them we are educating, we are putting the filter, we are changing the world.

That is why today we bring here a daily story, simple but touching precisely because of its simplicity. Tyler Currie is the happy father of a girl of 3 years, the marriage counts between his friends with a gay couple and one of lesbians. On the day of the girl's birthday one of those couples went to the family's house to congratulate the girl and later, that same day, they went to eat at the house of the other couple to end up spending the afternoon. Once back home, in the car, the girl asked a question: "Why some boyfriends are male and female, others are male and female and some other female and female?". The couple exchanged a knowing glance and smiling dad answered: "It only depends on who you love". Clear, simple, sincere. The girl understood, she accepted it without further ado and there were no more questions.

diverse families

Tyler decided to share the experience on his website and recalled that when he had 12 years he knew that his mother had a lesbian friend. When he asked her for her mother's response, she left him dismayed. He did not want to give the name and when the boy insisted, he told him that when his friend died he would give him more details on the subject. Because "the issue" was an impure subject, a taboo subject and we still did not know how to answer innocent questions like Tyler's daughter.

Sometimes we complicate things, we still have the taboo that we have internalized and we lose ourselves in elaborate answers that do not clarify anything. Hopefully when we hear that question remember to respond: "It only depends on who you love."

Sources:  upsocl.com

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Trans breastfeeding, is it viable?

Stories of parents who breastfeed their babies

EDITORIAL GAYLES.TV.-  Today we want to talk about a topic that draws much controversy: the possibility of a transsexual man breastfeeding a baby. Normally, the situation occurs when there has been a previous pregnancy, as in the case of Trevor MacDonald, a young Canadian from 31 years who, having been recognized as a woman at birth, felt like a man and decided to legally change his name and take hormones to get a good appearance.lactation-transsexualsculino Trevor never felt the need to undergo the removal of the uterus and thanks to that  could have two children naturally with his partner Ian.

After childbirth, Trevor did not want to renounce the benefits that breastfeeding poses for babies or the bond that is generated. Although for him breastfeeding became routine, he was often the object of reproachful looks and comments that made him hide to feed his children. On one occasion and to silence the crying of his baby in a restaurant, he locked himself in the bathroom to breastfeed but then had to endure the recriminations for using a bathroom that did not correspond to his gender.

Tired, he decided to take a step and contribute his bit to the trans collective turning his experiences on the blog "Milk Junkies", where he narrates his experiences as a transgender father. Soon the number of followers interested in the way he had managed to breastfeed his children grew. Trevor had undergone chest surgery but he manages to combine his own milk with another donated one that, placed in a kind of bottle, reaches the babies through a tube similar to that used to feed premature infants. In this way the creature suckles naturally from the nipple and the probe at a time.

Subsequently and in conjunction with a research team from the Canadian Institute for Health Research has published a first book with the title "Where is the mother? Transgender Dad Stories " try to be a guide for all those men whotrans-breastfeedingto follow in his footsteps.

A similar case is that of Evan, a young man who after communicating to his family to the 19 years that he had decided to make the transition to man, struggles to pull ahead a pregnancy by artificial insemination, since his partner is a woman. Unfortunately, in one of the first attempts the heart of the fetus stopped beating, but Evan did not give up. Subjected to medication to balance the hormones, she finally managed to give birth and decided, like Trevor, not to give up feeding her baby from her own breast.

And it is that breastfeeding is very beneficial both for babies and for those who raise them and not only for the irreplaceable contribution of substances in breast milk but also for the bond that is generated while the baby sucks from his mother or in this case his father's.

It is undeniable that the fact produces some surprise at the beginning, but once argued and with sufficient information, would it be fair to deprive a transgender couple of this bond of union with their children? Or perhaps a child of transgender parents does not have the right to benefit from the best quality food during the first months of life?

Sources:  upsocl.com, infobae.com

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Miss Trans Star International 2016 arrives!

Barcelona hosts the 6th edition of Miss Trans Star International

Gayles.tv.- Barcelona hosts for the sixth consecutive year the most important beauty contest of transsexual women in the world, "Miss Trans Star International". The galas will be held in the Auditorium of Cornellà (Barcelona) Friday 16 and Saturday 17 of September. This is the culmination of an intense week of parades, photo and image sessions, visits to emblematic sites and forums for debate and training that will take place within the framework of the "Trans Days".

Miss Trans

The call brings together representatives of 30 countries competing for the crown of Miss Trans. Participants will parade in three modalities: bathing suit, gala dress and regional dress, following the rules of international beauty contests. They will also be awarded a second and third prize in addition to recognizing the best regional dress, best gala dress or the election of Miss sympathy among others.

The contest is considered as the main objective to give greater visibility to the transgender collective around the world, offering a positive image and showing the human diversity of the collective to contribute in this way to fight against the prejudices, stereotypes and discrimination that transsexual people continue to suffer today. In this sense, it is worth highlighting as a novelty in this edition the participation of countries in which the transsexual community is especially vulnerable due to its social and political situation. It would be the case of Turkey, Nigeria, Israel or Sri Lanka.

The list of participating countries is completed with Brazil, the Philippines, Spain, Ecuador, Panama, Egypt, Paraguay, Uruguay, Portugal, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, USA, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Slovakia, Argentina , Curaçao, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, HolanThara Wellsda and Serbia.

The contest was founded in the year 2010 by the recognized trans star Thara Wells, maximum reference of the transsexual collective in Barcelona. In these six years Miss Trans International has received the support of entities and public figures such as the bailaor Rafael Amargo, the television presenter Jorge Javier Vazquez or the miss Spain Andrea Huisgen, among others.

Among the collaborating companies is Facial Team, an international group of surgeons with an integrative and highly specialized approach in Facial Feminization Surgery, who will be part of the jury. As well as Barcelona Laser Institute, specialized in laser cosmetic surgery and Kamol Hospital, specialist in sex reassignment surgery.

You can remember the last edition by following the link "Miss Trans Star International for trans visibility".  From Gayles.tv we wish all the participants luck and we applaud the courage and the work they do to give visibility to the transsexual collective in the whole planet.

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Leave homosexuality behind

A coach who offers therapy to "leave homosexuality behind", denounced by Arcópolis.

EDITORIAL GAYLES.TV.- Words are not always useful for us to communicate. Sometimes they confuse, misrepresent, manipulate or simply and simply are used to play tricks. And that is what in a way we find in the speech of Elena Lorenzo, a woman who defines herself as a professional coach certified by the Spanish school "Leader-Haz-Go" (A lot of credibility does not distill the name, but it will have to be given a chance).

Elena Lorenzo

Among her coaching activities is that of "supporting people with different sexual orientation who wish to develop their personality with the freedom of each individual." It is not completely understood but we are doing well. And he continues: “To change or not to change is a free decision (…) I have clients that persist in their sexual orientation (…) others decide to choose freely for another orientation. I can not stop supporting them (…) If the person wishes, they can leave behind homosexuality. I have NEVER talked about a cure, but offer help to achieve it. I speak of "leaving behind." Let's finish, it was about that, leaving behind a sexual orientation that produces unhappiness…. Sure!

The quotes are a brief excerpt from the interview that Mrs. Lorenzo gave to the magazine "Religion in freedom" of which he assures that "I fully trust their professional ethics and that they will faithfully publish my words" No, it is not on the newsstands, but if you follow the link you can read it in its entirety, so that it is not said that we deny it the ability to he replies as he insinuates by adding: "I want to trust that ALL the media will do the same."

The point is that coach Elena has been forced to quit because of the complaint that the association Arcópoli for the defense of rights and freedoms LGTBI has presented before the Council of Social Policies and Family of the Community of Madrid. In it, and embracing the Law against LGTBIphobia approved last July in the Assembly of Madrid, is accused of offering "change therapies for people living an unwanted homosexuality, which makes them live unhappy and unhappy." He is also accused of using "irresponsible" and "unverifiable" testimonies that ensure that they have realized "that they were not gay" or that "they have left lesbianism behind."

According to Soft Yago, coordinator of Arcópolis, "The healing therapies of homosexuality are false and unscientific and they only play with the feelings of people who suffer because of the homophobia that persists in our society, not because of their homosexuality. "

homosexuality cures

Yes, Mrs. Lawrence, because the "illness" is social, not individual. No one should leave behind a sexual orientation because it produces unhappiness, first because it is a lie, it is not possible and because it is not desire that produces pain, it is social rejection, homophobia, it is society that is sick. Our task is precisely to work to build an egalitarian, inclusive, inclusive and free society in which no one will ever again suffer for what he feels, for whom he loves or wants.

Because I say, if I appear in your consultation being supposedly straight and I tell you that I live in an environment of gays and lesbians very, but that very happy and that my heterosexuality causes me misery and dissatisfaction, Would it help me "to leave behind my heterosexuality? Will you lend me your support to "freely change my sexual choice"? Not? what a disappointment! And I was beginning to believe her, Mrs. Lorenzo.

And by the way, to say that if you were a man "I would not be harassed in the street as they are doing, as in the media," is an insult to the condition of women and a way to protect their opinions in their gender and state who subscribes in this case is another woman.

Elena Health and if you really want to "support people with different sexual orientation", I hope in the struggle for the right of everyone to be who he is.

Sources: Religion in freedom, El País

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Viral letter from a "bad mother"

His 3-year-old son was scolded for wearing tutu

GAYLES.TV.- The son of Jen Anderson Shattuck He is three years old and likes to wear You, Yours; make you feel brave. That was no problem until the 23 last August when they played in the park a man approached them and rebuked them for the tutu. He called Jen «bad mother»And took photos of the child without their consent. He also threatened that the whole world would know his story. Jen reported the events to the police.

When he got home he wrote a moving letter (you have it whole and translated in the end) in which he explained what happened. The letter has become the viral of the week and has received the support of thousands of followers. Knowing the story, Tim AtkinsA friend of the family soon bought a tutu and took a photo to show their solidarity. Created the hashtag  #TutusForRoo in which you can see other people who want to encourage Roo to dress as he pleases.

CHILD TUTU FRIEND

TEXT BY JEN ANDERSON SHATTUCK

My three and a half year old son likes to play with trucks. He likes to make puzzles. He likes to eat plums. And he likes to dress with bright tutus. If asked, he will say that the tutus make him feel handsome and brave. If asked, he will say that there are no rules about what boys and girls can wear.

My son has dressed tutu in the church. He has dressed tutú in the supermarket. He has dressed in the train and in the sandbox. This has been, in our part of the world, nothing problematic. We have sometimes been asked well-intentioned questions, we have answered them and it has been well. It was OK, until yesterday.

Yesterday, on our walk in the park, my son and I were approached by someone who demanded to know why my son wore a skirt. We did not know it, but it seems to have been watching us for a long time.

"Just out of curiosity," said the man. Why do you keep doing this to your son? He was not curious. He didn't want answers. He wanted to make sure that we both knew that what my son was doing - what I was ALLOWING him to do - was wrong.

"She shouldn't do this to you," he said. I was speaking directly to my son. "You're a child. She is a bad mother, this is child abuse.

He took pictures of us, even though I asked him not to. He threatened me. "Now everyone will know," he said. "You will see".

Call the police. They came, did the part, praised the skirt. Still, my son doesn't feel safe today. He wants to know: 'Will the man return? The bad man? Will he come yelling inappropriate things on my skirt? Will you take more photos?

I can not be sure. But I can be of this: they will not intimidate me. They will not make me feel vulnerable or scared. I will not let furious strangers tell me what my son can or can not do.

The world may not want my son as a son, but I am. I was put into this world to make sure he knows it.

I will shout my love for the corners.

I will shout your right to walk down the street in peace, wearing whatever you want to wear.

I will teach my son, in any way that I can, what is worth as a person, believing in his vision of himself and supporting his decisions - no matter what others say, no matter who tries to stop him or how.

Our family has a motto:

We love us.

We are kind.

We are determined and persistent.

We are beautiful and courageous.

We know who we are. Furious strangers will not change how we are. The world will not change our way of being: we will change the world.

I edit to add: this post is public and it is allowed to share it. We will be very grateful for your love and support!

CHILD TUTU SKIRT

Sources: Verne, The Huffington Post

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