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Cook Islands Vanuatu Fiji
Tonga
A u s t r a l i a New South Wales Victoria
PROTECTION
Nauru
Norfolk Island
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
New Zealand
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS 57 countries and 82 entities*
Countries which introduced laws prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation
NO SPECIFIC LEGISLATION
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SAY NO TO HATE ▪ SAY NO DISCRIMINATION ▪ SAY NO TO HOMOPHOBIA STOP HOMOPHOBIA IN RUSSIA NOW! Discrimination and violence against the LGBT community in Russia is real and on the rise. Intolerance and open expressions of hate towards those with a different sexual orientation or gender identity is taken as a given, allowing to go unpunished by the law. Laws against the so-called: “propaganda of homosexuality” are enforce in 8 regions of Russia: Ryazan, Archangel, Saint Petersburg, Kostroma, Novosibirsk, Magadan, Samara and Krasnodarsk and under discussion in many others. The human rights of LGBT persons in Russia are being infringed on and flagrantly abused on a daily basis. Homophobia is destructive and in its worst form it can bruise, beat and even kill LGBT people. It’s time to take action.
JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN SPEAK OUT
– make a video address that will be uploaded through our resources as to why to say: “NO to HOMOPHOBIA.”
BE INFORMED – come to our events and take part in our workshops, debates, discussions and screenings. Know the facts. Educate yourself on the issues!
SPREAD THE WORD – pass on your knowledge. Tell your family, friends and colleagues. Distribute our flyers and brochures.
STAND UP & PROTEST – when you see homophobic behavior – a joke or a
remark for example - don’t stay silent. Speak up and complain, make homophobic behavior shameful. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN
www.bok-o-bok.ru
SAY NO TO HOMOPHOBIA ▪ SAY NO TO HATE ▪ SAY NO DISCRIMINATION 2
CONTENTS
Scott Long: “LGBTI People’s Rights in the New Millennium: Local to Global, Not the Other Way Around”……………………...........стр. 4
Nevin Öztop: “LGBT Situation in Turkey” ……........................……....стр. 13
Arsham Parsi: “LGBT Situation in Iran” …….……………...……….... стр. 17
Helen Talalaev, Eve Anijärv: “LGBT in Estonia” ......…..…….…..….стр. 25
Aliaj Eugert: “Alliance Against the Discrimination of LGBT in Albania”……………….…………...………..стр. 29
Alliance of Straights for LGBT Equality:“MANIFESTO For Your Freedom and Ours!”St. Petersburg, Russia……………….стр. 34 Igor Kochetkov: “LGBT in Russia: Pride, Prejudice and Political Populism” ..........…………………………………………....стр. 36
We would like to thank all the writers and the translator Rachel Russell who took time and energy to contribute to this year’s 2012 brochure. Side by Side LGBT International Film Festival, St. Petersburg, 2012 info@bok-o-bok.ru www.bok-o-bok.ru 3
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Helen Talalaev has actively worked in the field of LGBT issues for four years and is now the president of the Estonian LGBT Association. Her main focuses are on advocacy, cooperation with straight allies and education programmes with schools and youth centres. She is also responsible for the administration of the LGBT information centre in Tallinn. She has an M.A. in Gender Studies, lives and works in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Eve Anij채rv is the board member of the Estonian LGBT Association since June 2012. She focuses mainly on communication activities of the organization. Before that Eve was an active volunteer working in Tartu with the local LGBT community. She has extensive experience in NGO management as she was the Local Committee President in AIESEC and the President of AIESEC in Andalusia. Today she lives in Tartu and also continues her work with the local LGBT community.
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Alaska Iceland Norway U. K.
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Denmark L Netherlands Po Belgium Germany Czech. Rep.
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Washington Oregon Nevada California
Switzerland Austria France Slovenia Croa
Maine Wisconsin New Hampshire Vermont Massachussets New York Rhode Island Iowa Connecticut Illinois New Jersey Delaware Washington, D.C. Maryland
31 states
Colorado
Portugal Gibraltar
U.S.A.
Hawaii
Canary Islands
10 states
Federal District
The Bahamas Dominican Rep.
Cuba Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Jamaica Haiti Antigua & Barbuda Belize St Kitts & Nevis Dominica Honduras St. Vincent St. Lucia
Guatemala Barbados El Salvador Grenada Trinidad and Tobago Nicaragua Venezuela Guyana Costa Rica Suriname Panama Colombia French Guiana Ecuador Pará Piauí
Peru
Brazil
PERSECUTION
Bolivia
DEATH PENALTY 5 countries and parts of Nigeria and Somalia IMPRISONMENT 78 countries and 6 entities*
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Tunisia
Morocco
Coahuila
Mexico
Bosnia & Herz. Andorra Italy Mo Alba
Spain
Chile
Mato Grosso
Paraguay Rosario
Death penalty
imprisonment up to 14 years
Imprisonment from 14 years to a life-long sentence
imprisonment, no precise indication of the length/banishment
unclear = legislation not specifically homophobic but which can be used as such
uncertain = law awaiting court ruling or persecution by organised nonstate agents
Argentina
Federal District
Algeria
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Mauritania M a l i Niger Ch Cape Verde Senegal Burkina Faso Gambia Benin Guinea-Bissau Guinea Ghana Nigeria Centr Sierra Leone Ivory Re Liberia Coast Togo Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Con Sao Tome & Principe Gabon De Paraíba of t Alagoas Sergipe Ang
Bahia
Minas Gerais Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Santa Catarina
Namibi
Rio Grande do Sul
Sou
Uruguay Buenos Aires
RECOGNITION
RECOGNITION OF SAME-SEX UNIONS 30 countries and 31 entities* Marriage Equal (almost equal) substitute to marriage Clearly inferior substitute to marriage