Saturday, June 6, 2009

June: the Month of the Gay Pride

June: the Month of the Gay Pride

GAY PRIDE EVENTS AND GLOBAL GLBTQ PRIDEFEST 2009

GAY SCOUT & LESBIAN GUIDE PRIDE FEST® 2009: RABBIT – RIGHT ACTIONS BEYOND A BETTER INCLUSIVE TOMORROW.
Friday, June 19 – Sunday, August 15, 2009.

HOMOEUROPERU® CLOSE ENCOUNTERS 2009 (gay youth camps, expo-fairs, gay pride party nights, community service, eco-development, sports champs, contests, games, clinics, information clearinghouses, exhibitions, concerts, seminars and workshops).

The HomoEuroPeru® Close Encounters 2009 camps are going to take over on July 24 – 26, 2009 in the following venues:

  • Barcelona, Spain
  • London, United Kingdom
  • Moscow, Russia
  • Nice, France
  • Riga, Latvia
  • Stockhokm, Sweden
  • Praha, Czech Republic
  • Rostock, Germany
  • Utrecht, Netherlands

HomoEuroPeru® is an activity of HomoEuroPeru®, a division of World Union of Gay Scouting® - WUGS®. © 2005 – 2009 by World Union of Gay Scouting®

GAYboree®’s Gay Scout & Lesbian Guide Camps in Alto Mayo, Cusco (including Machu Picchu, Huayna Pichu, Salcantay, Choquequirao, Calca, Urcos, Urubamba, Paucartambo, Quillabamba, Manú, Tambopata-Candamo), Valley and Canyon of Marañón River, Valley and Canyon of Colca River, Valley and Canyon of Cotahuasi River, Valley and Canyon of Apurimac River, Paracas, Oxapampa, Pacaya-Samiria, Santiago-Comainas, Bayóbar, Tayapampa-Santa Cruz, Huayhuash, Oyón, Cordillera La Viuda, and one internet jamboree: iGAYborre® and other 34 local camps on July 24 – August 2, 2009.

Further information by email: gayboree@yahoo.com.

NOTE: To attend, contribute and buy tickets, please contact each gay pride event organization on time.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente 2009

Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente
Viernes 5 Junio 2009



World Environment Day 2009


El Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente es uno de los principales vehículos que las Naciones Unidas utilizan para fomentar la sensibilización mundial sobre el medio ambiente y promover la atención y acción política al respecto.

Los objetivos son darle una cara humana a los temas ambientales, motivar que las personas se conviertan en agentes activos del desarrollo sostenible y equitativo, promover el papel fundamental de las comunidades en el cambio de actitud hacia temas ambientales, y fomentar la cooperación, la cual garantizará que todas las naciones y personas disfruten de un futuro más prospero y seguro.

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Jornada Internacional contra la Homofobia 2009


L’homosexualité n’a pas de frontières


La campagne 2009, intitulée L’homosexualité n’a pas de frontières, vise à sensibiliser la population en général, particulièrement les communautés culturelles de toutes origines, aux réalités homosexuelles et à celles de la diversité sexuelle.

Le matériel promotionnel de la campagne 2009 comprend des affiches et des dépliants disponibles en français et en anglais. Les affiches sont offertes en format 13,25 po x 18,75 po. On peut commander ce matériel à la Fondation Émergence en utilisant le formulaire de commande de matériel (Word ou PDF) et en l'expédiant à la Fondation via courriel, télécopieur ou par la poste.



Homosexuality Knows No Borders

The 2009 campaign Homosexuality Knows No Borders is aimed at making the general public, particularly ethno-cultural communities of all backgrounds, more aware of gay and lesbian issues, and sexual diversity.

Fondation's awareness-raising 2009 campaign includes posters and pamphlets, available in English and in French, from Fondation Émergence. Posters are 13.25x 18.75 in. You can order this material by filling out an order form. Simply download the form (
Word or PDF), fill it out, and then send it to Fondation Émergence.

Homosexualität ist keine Krankheit! Am 17. Mai 1990 beschloss die Generalversammlung der Weltgesundheits- organisation (WHO) längst Überfälliges: Homosexualität von der Liste psychischer Krankheiten zu streichen. Der 17. Mai wurde daraufhin zum Internationalen Tag gegen Homophobie ausgerufen. Das Europäische Parlament betonte im Januar 2006, dass Diskriminierung aufgrund sexueller Orientierung auf das Schärfste verurteilt wird – eine Kampfansage gegen Homophobie und Hassgewalt, der alle Mitgliedstaaten verpflichtet sind.




El 17 de mayo de 1990 la Asamblea General de Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), superando una etapa en la que los prejuicios históricos se habían impuesto a la ciencia y a la razón, suprimió la homosexualidad de su lista de enfermedades mentales (en la que nunca debería haber estado incluida). La fecha del 17 de mayo, desde entonces, tiene un valor muy significativo para el colectivo LGBT, por lo que supuso de eliminación de la homofobia que pretendía basarse en la ciencia. En la actualidad, las organizaciones LGBT de todo el mundo luchamos para que el Alto Comisionado y la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas señalen esta fecha como jornada mundial contra la homofobia y la transfobia, en cualquiera de sus expresiones, (política, social, cultural, etc.).





Толчком к сегодняшнему разговору с доктором Щегловым послужила «Книга извращений», весьма своеобразное издание, выпущенное петербургским издательством «Амфора» в 2002 году. Лев Щеглов выступил здесь в своей роли – ученого, доктора-сексолога, дающего краткие определения многочисленным –измам, имеющим отношение к сексуальным отклонениям, его соавтор – Макс Фрай – подобрал литературные «иллюстрации» к ним. Эту занимательную книжку немного изругали в критике, а значит – заметили. О
дно из критических выступлений, вывешенных на портале «Русского журнала», мимоходом касалось не творчества Макса Фрая (оно, похоже, всех раздражает), а того, что в круг «извращений» включено понятие «гомосексуализм», что, на взгляд критика, является прямо-таки обскурантизмом. Заинтригованная сим обвинением (знаю, насколько профессор Щеглов корректен в определениях), я внимательно познакомилась с текстом означенной книги на тему «Гомосексуализм (гомоэротизм, гомофилия, сексуальная инверсия, эквисексуализм)» (оказывается, сколько названий у этого явления!).



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Scouting and Homophobia and Xenophobia


Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Gay Scouts
© Melissa Sztuczko-Payk




Over the years, there has been considerable debate about whether homosexuals should be allowed to lead youth, especially Scouts. On August 4, the New Jersey Supreme Court became the highest ranking court to conclude that mere homosexuality is not a sufficient reason to ban a Boy Scout leader, or a Scout, for that matter.




Boy Scouts of America has argued that homosexuality goes against the whole spirit of Scouting. The Boy Scout Oath reads, "On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight." And since homosexuals are not "morally straight" , the argument goes, it's obvious that they have no place in scouting.
The NJ decision read, in part,
"The words 'morally straight' and 'clean' do not, on their face, express anything about sexuality, much less that homosexuality, in particular, is immoral. We doubt that young boys would ascribe any meaning to these terms other than a commitment to be good."

Bravo! Finally, a sensible response to the ridiculous fear that being near a homosexual puts our children at risk.

I'm a heterosexual, married mother of two middle school children. I'm a Christian. I was a Girl Scout Leader for three years. My daughter was a Girl Scout, my son a Boy Scout. And in all thattime, never did I have a nano-second of fear that their Scout leaders were sexual predators. Never did I consider whether they were gay or straight, because I don't care what they do in their bedroom.

For parents who feel justified in such ludicrous fears, consider this: if your child is in any real danger from a sexual predator, you probably need to look no further than your own family for the perpetrator. Statistically speaking, most childhood sexual abuse is among family members. The vast majority also are of a heterosexual nature: grandfathers, fathers, uncles, and brothers molesting granddaughters, daughters, nieces and sisters. It's illogical to waste time fearing "homos" , when we should be warning our children against the monsters right on their own doorstep.

Check out these statistics for more details. Like the fact that 53 percent were abused by biological fathers, nearly 15% by stepfathers, and 8.8% by uncles. And that 61 percent of all rape cases occurred before victims were 18 years old. Did you know that one study showed that the average period of sexual abuse was more than seven years, and that it began on average at age six? In all fairness, studies have also shown that boys are most likely to be abused by unrelated males.

My point is that our children need to be protected from abuse of all sorts, including sexual, and that we need to get it through our heads that it's not strangers or casual acquaintances that we need to fear. Homosexuals are no more likely to be abusers than heterosexuals, because sexual abuse is not about sex, but about power.
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