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Telling Our Stories: Telling Our Stories
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8220;These video portraits demonstrate the profound resilience and courage of LGBT activists who are leading some of the most important battles for human rights in the world today.". Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights. Presents “Telling Our Stories,” a series of 5-minute video portraits of LGBT activists. They speak directly to what it means to work to continue the struggle for LGBT rights at home and internationally, despite violence and risk. Guyanese photographer and Envisioning team member, Ulelli ...
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Telling Our Stories: Guyana
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Guyana remains one of 11 countries in the English-speaking Caribbean that still have laws criminalizing same-sex relationships and cross-dressing, as a direct result of British colonization. The Criminal Law Offences Act (8:01) of 1893 is usually selectively enforced today for the prosecution of male to female transgendered persons. Cross-dressing is criminalized under Section 153 (1) (xlvii) of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:02. Guyana Sex Work Coalition (GSWC);. Gay; Trans; LGBT; Se...
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Telling Our Stories: India
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It was in India that the British colonial rulers first introduced laws criminalizing “carnal intercourse against the order of nature,” enshrined in the Indian Penal Code, Section 377, in 1860. These laws were spread throughout the British empire and today account for half the laws that criminalize same-sex intimacy. An HIV/AIDS NGO in Delhi, later joined by the coalition Voices Against 377. Envisioning has produced a documentary film, "No Easy Walk to Freedom". 8220;One finger alone cannot do anything &#...
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Telling Our Stories: Botswana
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Same-sex sexual activity (specifically including women) is punishable by 7 years imprisonment. Yet employees are protected by law from being terminated because of their sexual orientation or HIV status. The Constitution guarantees rights for all people to freedom of expression, freedom of association and freedom of assembly. These were upheld for LGBTI people in 2014, when the High Court ruled that denying NGO registration to Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana (LEGABIBO). 8220;We’ve got a ver...
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Telling Our Stories: Kenya
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Kenya’s umbrella LGBTI organization, the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK). Has consistently worked towards upholding the human rights of LGBTI Kenyans by listening to, amplifying and communicating their voices to end all discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. The Kenya Human Rights Commission’s 2011 report, "The Outlawed Amongst Us". Gender Identity; Transgender; Trans; Intersex; LGBTI; Activism; Health and Mental Health; Discrimination; Stigma. 8220;We have...
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Telling Our Stories: Belize
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United Belize Advocacy Movement (UniBAM). Is the only national LGBTI advocacy organization. In 2010, UniBAM and its ED, Caleb Orozco, filed a constitutional challenge to Section 53. Grounds included: human dignity, personal privacy, privacy of the home, and equal protection of the law. The case was supported by many allies and was heard in May 2013. On August 10, 2016, the Supreme Court accepted all grounds of the claim, in a historic, precedent-setting decision: Caleb Orozco v Attorney General of Belize.
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Telling Our Stories: Uganda
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The campaign to stop the AHB was led by the grassroots organization Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG). And the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law. The campaign galvanized substantial international support. The bill finally became law in March 2014. In August 2014 it was struck down by a constitutional court ruling. Plans for a new and even harsher law have been leaked, but nothing has been introduced to date (summer 2015). By Envisioning and SMUG. Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG);.
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Telling Our Stories: Telling Our Stories
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8220;These video portraits demonstrate the profound resilience and courage of LGBT activists who are leading some of the most important battles for human rights in the world today.". Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights. Presents “Telling Our Stories,” a series of 5-minute video portraits of LGBT activists. They speak directly to what it means to work to continue the struggle for LGBT rights at home and internationally, despite violence and risk. Guyanese photographer and Envisioning team member, Ulelli ...
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“As Fixed as a Bottle Entangled in a Mess of Sea Vegetable” | ev-ent-anglement
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Power Points for Events 1-4: Utrecht, Dehli, Dublin, Montreal. 8220;As Fixed as a Bottle Entangled in a Mess of Sea Vegetable”. January 16, 2015. 8230; I’m trying to steer clear of rabbit holes these days in order to get a book done, but this [ev-ent-anglement] seems different somehow. Like the time spent reading, learning, listening will be rewarded differently. But it also feels all the more dangerous for that. Commenting on “How To. It as I had in Utrecht, there and then producing a playful affect for...
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