Youth Venture

พฤษภาคม 14, 2007 - 1:45pm — Anonymous

Homophia taking the world by storm!

http://wenited.org/read/index.php?itemid=360

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has denounced the United States' vote against two gay rights organizations' applications to join the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The United States joined the repressive, anti-gay regimes of Iran, Zimbabwe, China, Cameroon and others in voting against even granting a hearing to the application of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) and the Danish Association of Gays and Lesbians (Landsforeningen for Bosser og Lesbiske — LBL). Instead, the two groups' applications were summarily dismissed without a hearing.
Now I knew that homophobia wasn't just a US thing. In fact, most other homophobic gov't are violent -- extremely violent towards LGBT folks in a way that some folks in the US could never ever understand. But this is right up there with Bush's desire to ban gay marriage.

"It is an absolute outrage that the United States has chosen to align itself with tyrants — all in a sickening effort to smother the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world," said Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "Apparently Iran, which President Bush has deemed part of the 'Axis of Evil,' is a suitable partner when it comes to discriminating against gay people." The governments of Iran and Zimbabwe are among the most repressive anti-gay regimes in the world. President Mugabe of Zimbabwe has long scapegoated and persecuted gay men and lesbians. The recently-elected president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has overseen an anti-gay campaign in recent months, in which many young people accused of homosexual acts have been executed. Also leading the charge against the application of the two gay groups was Egypt, which has persecuted gay men in recent years. The Bush-Cheney administration has also opposed women's and children's rights treaties, sex education, contraception and family planning in international forums.

And speaking on gay marriage, although it is an important right to have, it's not the BIGGEST problem we have in the LGBTSTQ community. The unemployment, homeless, poor health and impovershed rate is extremely high amongst those of us of color. Have you ever noticed that many of the folks are well-to-do white folks? They have the time, the money and although they identify with the community, they aren't part of the POC experience.
Just food for thought.