UPEACE Rainbows
Johannesburg, August 2006
Executions in Iran: Activists Mark Anniversary of Gay Executions with a Call for Human Rights
Brussels, July 2006.
The goals of our organization are:
- to support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender students, staff and faculty who work and study at UPEACE;
- to ensure that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender students, staff and faculty who come to the school in the future will be well-received; and
- to move beyond tolerance toward respect and support.
DProf. Anouk Guiné (GPBE) and Prof. Juan Amaya Castro (DIL) are Student Counsellors for all LGBT-related matters. Students are invited to contact them should they have any question and/or concern that they would like to express. Any of these contacts shall be treated with the utmost confidentiality.
During the 2005-2006 school year, there were about 15-25 active members of our group, including students, staff and faculty. We met every Wednesday afternoon in an informal lunch meeting in the cafeteria. We gathered under a rainbow flag, a symbol of gay pride worldwide, which shows the beauty of diversity. This symbol is particularly fitting at UPEACE, where we come to school wearing different styles, speaking several languages, practicing various faith traditions and eating different foods. Some of us also have different life experiences, identities and sexual orientations. The UPEACE Rainbows acknowledge and celebrate this.
We developed and maintained an intentional community, through our weekly gatherings and occasional outings together, and we also offered educational opportunities by coordinating on-campus events and activities. For example, we held an international LGBT film festival and we created a display that honored LGBT communities across the world.
With full awareness that some people may have never heard these terms before, we offer the following definitions:
Lesbian: a woman who is emotionally, physically, or sexually attracted to or active with other women
Gay: a man who is emotionally, physically, or sexually attracted to or active with other men
Bisexual: a person who is attracted to or active with both sexes
Transgender: a person who acts, feels, thinks or looks like someone from the opposite sex
Ally: an ally is a friend to the LGBT community. She or he is not necessarily L or G or B or T, but supports the rights of all people to exist and thrive with security.
All UPEACE community members, regardless of their sexual orientation, are invited to participate in our group! The UPEACE Rainbows invite and welcome everyone!
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AFRICA
The Gay & Lesbian Archives of South Africa
www.wits.ac.za/gala/
Femme Noir
www.femmenoir.net/lgbt_africa/
Africa GLBT Resources
www.indiana.edu/~overseas/lesbigay/resourcesafrica.htm
Behind the Mask
www.mask.org.za/index.php?page=home
AFRICAN - AMERICAN
Hawaii AIDS Educationa and Training Center
www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/links_transgenderAfricanAmerican.htm
BLK Publishing Company
www.blk.com/
Black Light
www.blacklightonline.com/
ARAB, MAGHREB AND MIDDLE EAST
Alter Heroes
www.alterheros.com/francais/dossier/Articles.cfm?InfoID=84
Gay and Lesbian Arabic Society (GLAS)
www.glas.org/
Gay and Lesbian Arabs
www.al-bab.com/arab/background/gay.htm
Gays and Lesbians in the Arab World
www.lebanonlinks.com/wall.asp?news=gays
Jerusalem Open House
www.worldpride.net
ASIA
The Gully
www.thegully.com/essays/gaymundo/041018_gay_india_overview.html
Bibliography of Materials on South Asian Gay, Lesbian Concerns
www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl/glb.html
LATIN AMERICA
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Web Resources, Latin America and the Caribbean
www.indiana.edu/~overseas/lesbigay/GLatinAmerica_res.htm
Marcha del Orgullo
http://www.marchadelorgullo.org.ar/
CIPAC
www.cipacdh.org/derechos/da15.htm
Fundación Triángulo
www.fundaciontriangulo.es/direcciones/e_gruposlatinoamericanos.htm
De Hechos y Derechos: Minorías sexuales en América Latina
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/specials/2006/hechos_y_derechos/
OTHER
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Learn about LGBT people worldwide who have experienced human rights violations because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status. www.iglhrc.org
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Founded in 1973, this was the first national LGBT civil rights and advocacy group in the US. www.thetaskforce.org
Human Rights Campaign
HRC is the largest political organization advocating for LGBT people in the US. www.hrc.org
ACT UP New York
This non-partisan group of diverse individuals is united in anger and committed to direct action to end the HIV/AIDS crisis. www.actupny.org
The Gully
www.thegully.com/
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights
http://hrw.org/doc/?t=lgbt
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