The Johannesburg Statement on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Human Rights -- February 13, 2004
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A meeting of African lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organizations, with fifty-five participants from twenty-two groups representing sixteen countries across the continent, adopted a statement addressed to African member governments of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and of the United Nations. The statement authors seek support of a resolution before the Commission on sexual orientation, gender identity and human rights. Among multiple other abuses and forms of extreme bias and discrimination, LGBT Africans are denied access to health care and basic health information targeted to their lives and needs. They are blamed unjustly for the spread of HIV/AIDS yet are omitted from HIV prevention programs. The brave contributions of LGBT Africans to HIV prevention and treatment are ignored or actively harassed. The statement makes plain the connection between homophobia, and education programs which deny or condemn the existence of gay people, and the fueling of serious health and safety issues, including HIV.
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2004-February-13
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