1 México se encamina hacia una Constitución más tolerante con los gays 3/11
2 Conapred dice que no aumentó la homofobia en los últimos cinco años 4/11
3 Mexican gay rights campaigner murdered 5/11
4 Mexican gay rights campaigner murdered 5/11
5 Mexican LGBT center helps with HIV work 6/11
6 Condemnation of the Murder of Rafael Navarro 7/11
7 A Pacific paradise and the Latin New York 7/11
8 Vatican Investigates Mexican Bishop 8/11
9 Mexico City reaches 1,000th gay marriage 8/11
10 In Mexico, first national march against anti-gay hate crime 8/11
11 Sexuality: live it fully; it’s your right 10/11
12 Statement – 2011 Congress on Sex Education and Sexology 11/11
9 de Marzo de 2011 – Sentidog
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México se encamina hacia una Constitución más tolerante con los homosexuales – Mexico moving toward a Constitution more tolerant of homosexuals
México – (BBC Mundo) – La reforma todavía deberá ser aprobada en los 32 estados. Activistas de los derechos humanos y colectivos de defensa de los homosexuales celebraron la aprobación este martes de una reforma que prevé incluir por primera vez en la Constitución mexicana el derecho a no ser discriminado por motivos de “preferencias sexuales”. El Senado mexicano votó por unanimidad (106 votos a favor y ninguno en contra) la nueva redacción constitucional, que también garantiza entre otros el derecho a solicitar asilo y refugio y eleva a rango constitucional a los derechos humanos. Aunque aún queda pendiente la aprobación de la reforma en los congresos de cada uno de los 32 estados de la federación, el nuevo texto superó su mayor obstáculo tras el visto bueno del Senado, según sus defensores.
El actual articulado constitucional ya prohíbe la discriminación por “preferencias” en un apartado del artículo 1 que “obviamente se refiere a las personas homosexuales, bisexuales…”, explica Alejandro Juárez, coordinador general de la organización Ombudsgay. Sin embargo, el término del presente texto “es bastante ambiguo y queda a criterio de la interpretación que se haga de él”, dice Juárez. “De ahí que quisiera incluirse explícitamente el concepto de ‘preferencias sexuales’”, añade. “Esta reforma da un paso para tener una constitución más ‘gay friendly’, más abierta a la diversidad. El respeto a lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y transexuales (LGBT) quedará consignado desde su propio texto fundamental”, le dice Juárez a BBC Mundo.
Sin embargo, no todos están de acuerdo. La inclusión de “preferencias sexuales” en el artículo 1 de la constitución despertó las reservas de algunos senadores, que hubiesen preferido mantener la actual redacción. “¿Qué beneficio agrega el término de carácter limitativo y no dejarlo en términos de carácter general?”, cuestionó durante el debate el legislador Jorge Ocejo Moreno, del Partido de Acción Nacional (PAN). “Puede haber preferencias políticas, puede haber preferencias culturales (…) Por tener una preferencia en el vestir, en el peinar, en cuestiones políticas, en cuestiones culturales y de diversa naturaleza, ya no estaríamos bajo la previsión de este artículo”, aseguró el senador.
Por su parte, varios senadores presentaron sus disculpas por haber sugerido que la inclusión de las palabras “preferencias sexuales” podrían abrir la puerta a la legitimación de conductas zoofílicas y de la pederastia. Como el senador del PAN Guillermo Tamborrel, quien pidió perdón tras haber dicho que alguien podría alegar que “prefiere tener experiencias sexuales con niñas de 7 años o con animales, con vacas, y que no se le puede discriminar porque está amparado en la Constitución”.
O el representante del Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) Ricardo Monreal, que se retractó tras sostener que la expresión “preferencias sexuales” “conlleva una significación bastante laxa que podría incluir incluso, en términos amplios, a la pedofilia, zoofilia y otras parafilias”. Ambos senadores solicitaron sin éxito que se optara por alternativas, como incluir los términos de “orientación sexual” o “identidad de género”.
Los dos Méxicos
Las discusiones en torno a las palabras y el intenso debate sobre la reforma constitucional son reflejo de la dicotomía de México en torno a la diversidad sexual, de acuerdo a activistas de derechos humanos. Por un lado, el Distrito Federal cuenta con una de las legislaciones más avanzadas del mundo en reconocimiento de los derechos de los homosexuales, como la que permite el matrimonio y la adopción por parte de parejas del mismo sexo.
Pero por otro, “hay estados de la República que suelen elegir a representantes con una opinión muy diferente a la de los habitantes de Ciudad de México”, recuerda el activista mexicano Jesús Robles Maloof. “Hay que reconocer la diversidad del país”. La votación del texto “será controversial en estados más conservadores. Por eso, aunque la reforma es casi un hecho, es posible que llegue a detenerse allí al tratarse de un tema tan polémico”, le explica Robles a BBC Mundo. Probablemente habrá que esperar varios meses para conocer si la propuesta reforma constitucional, alabada por Naciones Unidas como “un impulso” a los derechos humanos, obtiene el beneplácito de los estados. Todo dependerá de la preferencias de los legisladores en ambos costados del México diverso.
12 de Abril de 2011 – Sentidog
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Conapred dice que no aumentó la homofobia en los últimos cinco años– National Council to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination says Homophobia Remains Unchanged over Past Five Years)
Mexico DF – (Milenio) – El presidente del Consejo Nacional para Prevenir y Erradicar la Discriminación, Ricardo Bucio, reconoció que en los últimos cinco años la tolerancia a grupos como las personas homosexuales “se mantiene prácticamente igual” pese a que el Estado en este lapso de tiempo ha reconocido sus derechos. Un día antes de que el Conapred dé a conocer los resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Discriminación –Enadis-, Ricardo Bucio adelantó que los resultados del estudio muestran que hay “ciertos avances en cuestión de tolerancia en algunos grupos” como los adultos mayores, los extranjeros o las personas con discapacidad.
Tras anunciar junto con la Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal la convocatoria para la séptima edición del certamen Rostros de la Discriminación, el titular del Conapred detalló que aunque el rechazo a la diversidad sexual no ha cambiado, “hay una pequeña diferencia de aceptación” entre gays y lesbianas. “Hay mayor rechazo a mujeres lesbianas que a hombres homosexuales”. Mañana el Consejo Nacional para Prevenir y Erradicar la Discriminación presentará los resultados de la Enadis 2010 en Museo Memoria y Tolerancia. Se trata del segundo diagnóstico que este organismo lleva a cabo, el primero se realizó en 2005.
Ricardo Bucio comentó que la Encuesta revela que la cantidad de personas que no aceptaría vivir con una persona homosexual es del 44 por ciento, además de que en otros reactivos en los que se pregunta si estas personas son negadas en sus derechos o si tienen mayores dificultades para tener empleo o educación “este rango más o menos es entre 40 y 60 por ciento”.
Pese a ello, señaló que hay un sector de la población que ya reconoce la existencia de las distintas preferencias sexuales, “lo cual nos parece muy bien” y destacó que éste “no ha decrecido y no está peor que hace cinco años”. En términos generales, concluyó, la Enadis refleja que “hay una mayor aceptación de diversidad cultural y diversidad religiosa, pero hay cuestiones que son muy latentes y muy graves y que aparecen de distintas formas, como la desigualdad económica en términos de discriminación y el color de la piel”. En tanto, el ombudsman capitalino, Luis González Placencia afirmó que “desafortunadamente este país sigue discriminando y sigue discriminando a los mismos grupos que históricamente han sido discriminados”.
El titular de la CDHDF señaló que en México desde hace años prevalece una cultura con visiones que descalifican la diferencia y comentó que los medios de comunicación “han hecho burla y estereotipado” a distintos grupos vulnerables bajo el argumento de la libertad de expresión. El Séptimo Premio Nacional Rostros de la Discriminación Gilberto Rincón Gallardo dará a los ganadores de cada una de las ocho categorías –por primera vez se incluye una para material publicado en Internet- un reconocimiento y 15 mil pesos. La convocatoria, que permanecerá abierta hasta el jueves 23 de junio a los 18:00 horas, señala que se aceptarán trabajos publicados desde el 30 de agosto de 2010.
13 May 2011 – PinkNews
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Mexican gay rights campaigner murdered
by Jessica Geen
A Pride organiser in Mexico was attacked and killed last week in what may have been a homophobic attack. Quetzalcoatl Leija Herrer, the director of the Centre for Study and Projects on Integrated Human Development (CEPRODEHI), was killed while walking home from a night out in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero State, on May 4th.
The activist, who helped organise the city’s annual Pride festival, had apparently received death threats in previous years warning him not to hold the June event. Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International UK, said: “The tragic death of Quetzalcoatl Leija Herrera proves that the issue of homophobia still needs to be addressed in Mexico.
“So far the Guerrero state police have focused on questioning his friends within the gay community. One has been held for two days in custody before being released. The police are now looking to interview other members of the LGBT community including previous partners of Quetzalcoatl Leija Herrera. It is a trend of investigating homophobic attacks that has sadly been repeated in similar cases in the past.
“While it is vital for the authorities to follow all leads, police and prosecutors must stop focusing solely on the personal relations of the victim and look into investigating possible homophobic motives for the attack. The Guerrero State authorities must hold a full impartial and prompt investigation into Quetzalcoatl Leija Herrera’s murder and guarantee the safety of Gay Rights activists. Homophobia cannot be allowed to be swept under the carpet.”
13 May 2011 – PinkNews
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Mexican gay rights campaigner murdered
by Jessica Geen
A Pride organiser in Mexico was attacked and killed last week in what may have been a homophobic attack. Quetzalcoatl Leija Herrer, the director of the Centre for Study and Projects on Integrated Human Development (CEPRODEHI), was killed while walking home from a night out in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero State, on May 4th.
The activist, who helped organise the city’s annual Pride festival, had apparently received death threats in previous years warning him not to hold the June event. Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International UK, said: “The tragic death of Quetzalcoatl Leija Herrera proves that the issue of homophobia still needs to be addressed in Mexico.
“So far the Guerrero state police have focused on questioning his friends within the gay community. One has been held for two days in custody before being released. The police are now looking to interview other members of the LGBT community including previous partners of Quetzalcoatl Leija Herrera. It is a trend of investigating homophobic attacks that has sadly been repeated in similar cases in the past.
“While it is vital for the authorities to follow all leads, police and prosecutors must stop focusing solely on the personal relations of the victim and look into investigating possible homophobic motives for the attack. The Guerrero State authorities must hold a full impartial and prompt investigation into Quetzalcoatl Leija Herrera’s murder and guarantee the safety of Gay Rights activists. Homophobia cannot be allowed to be swept under the carpet.”
June 02, 2011 – The Bay Area Reporter
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Mexican LGBT center helps with HIV work
by Ed Walsh
Mexico has one of the lowest HIV rates in Latin America, with approximately .38 percent of the adult population living with the virus, according to CENSIDA, Mexico’s official government HIV/AIDS agency. By contrast, the adult HIV infection rate in the United States is about .60 percent. Nicaragua and Bolivia are the only two Latin American countries that have lower HIV rates than Mexico. In 2001, CENSIDA estimated that about 11 percent of men who have sex with men are HIV-infected. CENSIDA says the only group in Mexico with a higher HIV rate is sex workers, 15 percent of whom are living with HIV. By way of comparison, about 20 percent of MSMs in the U.S. are HIV-positive, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The doctor who heads CENSIDA is both openly gay and HIV-positive. Jorge Saavedra L—pez has long campaigned against LGBT discrimination and has lobbied for increased HIV/AIDS funding. Mexico currently provides free HIV medications and treatment to its residents. The focus of HIV diagnosis and treatment is decentralized so programs can be tailored to individual communities. A good example of this can be found in Mexico’s second-largest city, Guadalajara. The city is sometimes referred to as the San Francisco of Mexico because of its large gay population. Guadalajara’s LGBT center, named Colega OAC, which is derived from its longer name, Comite lesbico gay de Occidente or Committee of Lesbian and Gays of the West, can take some credit for helping to keep the spread of HIV in check. The primary focus of the center is HIV prevention as well as LGBT civil rights.
The center relies on volunteers and depends on four paid employees who agree to work for much less than they could make elsewhere. Most of the funding Colega gets is from the government. Its annual budget is tiny by U.S. standards. Its maximum budget is about $60,000 annually and it varies depending on approved projects, according to Colega’s head Isidro Garcia. Colega provides rapid HIV testing and provides safe-sex counseling and condoms to people who stop by. The center also provides and distributes literature promoting safe sex. The center is located in the Analco neighborhood, about a 20-minute walk from downtown, which is the gayest part of the city, with more than two-dozen gay bars and nightclubs.
Colega has a number of workshop meetings focusing on various topics relating to LGBT civil rights. A gay youth group meets there regularly and is one of the center’s most popular offerings. The population of Guadalajara is about 1.5 million and about 4.3 million if you include the Guadalajara metro area. The center has been the focal point for the city’s LGBT political activism. While Colega’s mission is to support the rights of LGBT people as well as HIV prevention and support, Guadalajara’s El Comité Humanitario de Esfuerzo Compartido Contra el SIDA, A.C. , or CHECCOS, is set up solely to work on HIV prevention as well as support those already living with the virus. CHECCOS provides a drop-in center and support groups for its clients.
Gay rights in Mexico and Guadalajara has sharply evolved over the past 20 years. Guadalajara held its first gay march in 1983. That march was designed as a political protest against harassment of gays. Guadalajara has come a long way over the past three decades. The city’s oldest gay nightclub, Monica’s Disco, opened its doors in 1980. Its patrons were often harassed by passersby. Now, few bat an eye at the sight of same-sex couples walking hand in hand in the street or parks.
For a video tour of Colega, visit.
July 1, 2011 – RedTraSex–Latin America and Caribbean
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Condemnation of the Murder of Rafael Navarro
The Network of Sex Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean expressed its full condemnation of the murder of Mexican sex worker Rafaela Navarro that occurred on the night of June 29 in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz. The companion, adherent to the Other Campaign (organized by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation in the year 2005) and member of the Mexican Network of Sex Work, was found slain in a Pascualas Hotel where a customer had entered. REDTRASEX demand rapid reaction and urgent investigation into the death of mate Rafaela by Mexican justice and expressing our deep concern at the violence that women are victims of sex workers throughout the region. For the last 14 years, we have been arguing that it is imperative that our nation states ensure the most basic right: the right to live. The requirement is so basic and yet in response, increases repression of sex workers increases laws that criminalize our work, and increases social discrimination covered in the silence of the criminal justice before we kill. This is how are these states, which act or omission by us out underground and exploitation, where we are even more violence and death.
As we said in the statement sent by the Brigade Support Callejera Women "of sex workers, just released from the exploitation they are subjected, when destroying private property with the farm workers and the city." Meanwhile we will require our work is regularized within a legal framework that guarantees our rights, starting with the first and fundamental right to life.
Justice for Rafael Navarro!
-No more crimes against sex workers
–Work Is Not Sexual Crime
-Quick reaction and investigation of governments for the crimes of our comrades.
Respect for our rights and claim a life free of violence, integral to our health care without stigma or discrimination.
15 July 2011 – PinkNews
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A Pacific paradise and the Latin New York
by Martin Popplewell
You haven’t heard of Puerto Vallarta? Neither had I until a few months ago. Expect to hear a lot more about this pacific paradise. There are three words to best explain its essence: Mexican – Gay – Ibiza. When you take the British Airways flight from Terminal 5 and fly to Mexico on your way to Puerto Vallarta, it’s the nightclubbing equivalent of boarding Dr Who’s Tardis. This Tardis takes you back to the way that things use to be in Ibiza before noise pollution laws forced the clubs to go indoors. In Puerto Vallarta you party outside. If Vallarta – or PV as it’s often known – is the gay beach destination of Latin America the epicentre of this homosexual wonderland is the club Manana.
Imagine a night club with no roof – just the Mexican stars above you. Here a waterfall cascades off one of the many terraces into a swimming pool in the centre of the main dance floor – the laser lights turning the plume of water into a stray of green twinkling stars. The DJ performs on a scaffold high above the swimming pool. If you’re lucky it might be DJ Edgar Velazquez – the Mexican equivalent of Kris Di Angelis pumping out the tunes. On a busy night this fabulous club will be packed with three thousand beautiful homosexuals.
In PV I stayed at the Casa Cupula, a gay hotel hidden away amongst lush tropical gardens on a hill just above the town. It’s just a few minutes walk from the beach, bars and clubs. Close to where everything happens, it’s the perfect place to stay because it’s an oasis of calm if you need some R&R before your next night out at Manana. My room had a terrace enveloped by the smell of the jungle and surrounded by banana and mango trees laden with fruit hanging so low I could almost reach out and pick them.
Mexico City – The Latin New York?
However much fun you’ll have in Puerto Vallarta, it would be a cultural crime to come to Mexico and not stay in Mexico City. Of all the cities I’ve visited in the world, Mexico City provided me with the greatest contrast between what I had expected and what I experienced. I expected a dusty crime-ridden place with choking pollution. What I found was a city with ancient pyramids, green tree lined avenues, a restaurant scene to rival South Africa’s Cape Town and a gay scene to put Cape Town’s to shame. I fell in love with Mexico City. It’s huge – a metropolis of more than 21 million people. Here in Mexico City you can visit the house where the Russian revolutionary Trotsky was assassinated. Or watch fire eaters perform for a few pesos at traffic lights while competing for your attention with street vendors who’ll sell a smoke-hungry motorist a single cigarette.
Crime levels have given the city a pretty poor press in recent years and I arrived in a heighten state of caution but it soon became apparent if you deploy a little common sense and take the usual care when travelling south of Texas, the chances are you’ll be fine. Choosing the right part of town to hang out in is key. I chose Condesa. Condesa is a district of parks, wonderful restaurants, beautiful people, fashionistas, soap stars and art galleries. Some have compared it to SoHo in New York. If you stay in Condesa you have to stay at the beautiful boutique hotel the Condesa df.
The Condesa df has a fabulous roof top bar and terrace overlooking the tree tops of one the parks. The rooms are centred around a large atrium where the main restaurant is situated and it’s a perfect place for people-watching the in-the-know international travellers mingle with the cool glitterati of the city. Like London, there are several different gay centres. The Zona Rosa is the Mexican equivalent of Soho with one street full of bars and clubs. Chances are whatever your taste in music or men, you’ll find a good place to hang up your sombrero here and share it with the beautiful warmth of the Mexican people.
Travel details:
British Airways to Mexico City. BA flies daily from Heathrow to Mexico City from £735 return including taxes. Visit ba.com or call 0844 4930787. From Mexico City it’s a short hour and a half flight to Puerto Vallarta.
In Puerto Vallarta, Martin stayed at the Casa Cupula. Prices start from about US$120 a night. www.casacupula.com
In Mexico City, he stayed at the Condesa df. Prices start from about £167 a night.
August 01, 2011 – On Top Magazine
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Vatican Investigates Mexican Bishop’s Outreach To The Gay Community
by On Top Magazine Staff
The Vatican is investigating the outreach work of Raul Vera, the Catholic bishop of Saltillo, Mexico. Vera confirmed to the Zocalo Saltillo that the Vatican has asked him a series of questions in connection with a gay-inclusive group of Catholics headed by Noe Ruiz. Vera has publicly affiliated his diocese with the group and sponsored its film festivals. The bishop alleged that the inquiry was prompted by reports from the Catholic news agency ACI Prensa, which is based in Peru: “They allege that I am against the magisterium of the Church and unfortunately they are driven by prejudice and phobias against the homosexual community.”
“In the Diocese of Saltillo, we have very clear objectives,” Vera told the paper. “We work with [the gay community] to help them recover their human dignity, which is frequently attacked at home and in society, and they are treated like filthy people.”
“Some would like to weaken my work on behalf of vulnerable groups, that is what they want, but I’m going to go ahead in the struggle for human dignity which is the principle of the Gospel,” he added.
August 15, 2011 – Mercury News
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Mexico City reaches 1,000th gay marriage
(AP)Mexico City—Mexico City has marked its 1,000th same-sex marriage since lawmakers in the capital approved such unions in March 2010. The city government says in a statement that about 6 percent of those getting married in same-sex weddings in the city are foreigners. Officials had predicted an influx in tourism when they enacted the first law in Latin America explicitly allowing same-sex marriages.
The first 1,000 weddings involved 548 gay couples and 452 lesbian pairs. About 85 percent of the marriages were between partners age 31 and older. Mexico’s average marriage age is 28 for men and 25 for women. The 1,000th wedding took place Sunday, uniting a 37-year-old Mexican university researcher and a 29-year-old Dutch man.
29 August 2011 – LGBT Asylum News
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In Mexico, first national march against anti-gay hate crime
by Paul Canning
Mexicans gay and straight marched 13 August from the office of the Attorney General (PGR), Marisela Morales, to Mexico City’s main square (the Zocolo) to demand justice for Christian Sánchez and over 700 people killed in the country in 2011 so far for their sexual orientation. Mexico reportedly has the second highest rate of homophobic crimes in Latin America. The national march follows protests elsewhere in Mexico, such as a July march in Guerrero the capital city of the southern state of Chilpancingo, following the possible stoning murder of activist Leija Herrera.
The contingent, led by the Sánchez family, activists and local legislators, demanded that the federal agency to implement a national plan to combat homophobia. Protesters called on the authorities to reaffirm the status of the murder of Sánchez as a homophobic hate crime and punished "in exemplary fashion" those responsible. They also requested that the case be transferred to the agency specialised in crimes against the sexual diversity community. Daniel Sánchez Juarez, the victim’s brother, read a statement on behalf of the organising committee of the march, to demand that all hate crimes in Mexico "are clarified with the rigor and the definition of hate crime homophobic, lesfobia, biphobia and transphobia." They demanded a federal law to "prevent and punish conduct homophobic antidiversas, anti-progressive and intolerant that generates an environment conducive to hate crimes."
They requested strongly that the National Council to Prevent Discrimination (CONAPRED) "launch in full force a national campaign against violence against LGBTTTI community, it has become urgent that all states have in the their penal codes hate crime law." The march was attended by representatives of Amnesty International, the National Association of Democratic Lawyers, Agenda LGBT Fundar, Project 21, the Gay and Lesbian Business Association and Mexican ProDiana Association, among other groups. Sánchez, a well respected activist in the largest left-wing party, the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), and a member of la Coordinación de Diversidad Sexual del PRD-DF (the Coordination of Diversity Sexual PRD-DF party, the party’s LGBT group), was found dead in his apartment in the neighborhood of Tlatelolco on 23 July, with nearly 100 stab wounds.
5 August the president of the PRD in the Federal District (Mexico City PRD), Manuel Oropeza Morales, unveiled a plaque in Sánchez’s honor in Tlatelolco to highlighted his work to extend and defend the rights of sexual diversity in the country and in Mexico City. According to Daniel Sánchez Juarez this is the first time a national march of this nature has been organised. Following the march, a contingent met the Attorney General of Mexico City, Gabriel Hernandez, to request a hearing with Attorney Miguel Ángel Mancera and require a report on the progress of an investigation into the murder of Christian Sánchez.
The march’s demands included an end to impunity and to require the murder of gays, lesbians and transsexuals are not considered any more as "crimes of passion". Another of the demands was a campaign to raise the awareness of public servants and police forces on issues of sexual diversity and the creation of a Special Prosecutor. Most murders go unreported outside of Mexico. Activists in Puebla State just reported on at least 10 hate crime murders of LGBTTTI from 2005 to date. In July we reported the shooting of five trans women in Chihuahua.
October 2011 – National Museum Exhibit Opens Up Dialogue Concerning Sexuality
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Sexuality: live it fully; it’s your right
This new exhibition shows some of the elements of human sexuality in a framework of rights and responsibilities. As main message promotes the right as human beings have to live a full and sexuality free from violence and discrimination. All items in this exhibition have a gender treatment, sexual and reproductive rights and the biological, psychological and socio-cultural sexuality.
Section 1
Central ideas: contraception, sexual rights, sexual diversity, pregnancy, gender, and HIV / AIDS, pleasure, prevention, puberty, safe sex, sexuality, not violence. Sexuality is a central aspect of our identity, however, define what can be difficult. Before the twentieth century it was considered that girls and boys did not have sex, it appeared during puberty and that was unique to adults. Today we know that sexuality is present from birth in many aspects of our life: identities and gender roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction. He lived and expressed in thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviors, practices, roles and relationships.
Living a healthy sex life means finding a balance between the definition of our own identity, love and communication of our feelings, the expression and fulfillment of desires and reproduction. Understanding sexuality allows the construction of relationships (with partner and others) caring, pleasant and caring, which are expressed in terms of respect and equality, free from discrimination, violence and disease. Some topics covered in this section are love and eroticism in the arts, genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics, fertilization, pregnancy and fetal development, and sexual diversity.
Section 2
Taking care of yourself is a consequence of self-esteem, that is, a product of value you, love you, trust you and respect yourself or yourself. Low self esteem can get you in trouble and into risky situations, can be a victim of manipulation, and even reject you menospreciarte. <?> When you value yourself, sexuality can be a dangerous field, there is a greater propensity to be a victim of abuse or violence, to neglect preventive practices to get pregnant or get someone pregnant by accident. So it’s very important to strive to overcome disappointments and still believe in you as a person, feel proud or proud of your strengths and take your faults without fault because nobody is perfect.
Remember that a person who wants is someone who cares. This section addresses issues such as bullying, harassment and sexual abuse, prevention of STIs and HIV / AIDS, prevention of teen pregnancy and contraception and its correct use.
Section 3
Communication with others is fundamental to social life. It establishes certain social rules for coexistence that can make life a field, and Very nice arrangements, or otherwise, an arena of bitter fighting and defense. Acting in accordance with the rules of conduct and know that all people deserve the same respect you help strengthen the security, confidence and self esteem, to promote the identity and share feelings, problems and life plans. Unpleasant experiences can be opportunities to choose the people you should be around and discover that there are people to whom it is better to keep away. In the field of sexuality is crucial to this analysis, since it has to do with you and your relationship with others.
October 22, 2011 – Femess.org.mx
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Statement from 2011 National Congress on Sex Education and Sexology
State government and the Autonomous University of Chiapas, our deep appreciation for his enormous contribution to this Congress. Our congratulations to the state government of Chiapas and fulfilled commitments to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Also appreciate the participation in this conference of over 150 people in the industry and academic health of the entity and the assistance of 54 officials from the Centers Ambulatory Care and Prevention of AIDS and STIs (CAPACITS) in coordination with the census.
The FEMESS supports all aspects of the implementation of the Ministerial Declaration "Educating To Prevent" full and solidarity and contribute to the promotion of sex education, secular, humanist and scientific, from pre-school, with age-appropriate content. We renew our commitment to the professionalization of sexuality education and clinical sexology and research in these fields, which continue to redound to the benefit of the users and consultants for such services.
The FEMESS participates in the International Campaign for the depathologization of identities, experiences and expressions Transgender and Transsexual, whose international public demonstration held today October 22, 2011. Our Federation strongly supports the requirements of the International Campaign for STP-2012 despatologizar the transsexual condition and thereby suppress their nature of mental illness. We reaffirm the need for transgender and transsexual conditions are recognized as fundamental human right to free expression of personality and individuality of the gender identity of people. Respect for diversity has promoted since its inception FEMESS excludes any kind of violence, exploitation, abuse or discrimination.
We call on community mental health professionals in the country to join this global campaign that aims to remove from the final list of mental disorders and conditions referred to inscribe on the agenda of human rights. The foregoing is without prejudice to the necessary support from health professionals to complete the reassignment process for the sex-gender matching. We believe that as a society must move towards the design of national policies that address comprehensively and transgender people and transsexuals who request them for free to whoever wants it.
Today, more than ever, continue to defend the Mexican state, secular and law, before the continuous onslaught of fundamentalist groups and individuals that ignore the diversity and plurality of our culture and society, seek to impose and generalize one way of seeing the world , life, society, family and sexuality. FEMESS Since we are in favor of the plurality of opinions and the right of all persons to decide on the exercise of their sexuality, their reproductive potential and how to shape their families, within the framework of respect, responsibility and the law .
We congratulate and welcome the warmest way to the Supreme Court’s Office, which in recent years has opened its doors to reason, science and social realities and needs, to solve for the Federal District, the constitutionality of decriminalization of abortion before the twelfth week of gestation, the right to gender identity regardless of sex at birth, the right of couples formed by same-sex marriage and adoption by breaking the chains that bound opprobrious spouses to the grounds for divorce, to allow the dissolution of the marriage bond, by the mere will of one spouse, confirming all sexual and reproductive rights enshrined recognized and guaranteed by the Federal Constitution.
