Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Homophobia shackles HIV prevention in Latin America

According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) homophobia has been one of the main obstacles in preventing HIV spread in Latin America over the past years.

Aside from the individual pain homophobic attitudes inflict, the continuing stigma attached to same-sex relations is complicating hugely the task of slowing the spread of HIV in a region where sex between men is a leading mode of HIV transmission, health experts say
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In parts of Central America, where there is major political and social resistance to recognising the rights of gays, lesbians and transgender people, HIV incidence rates amongst MSM are particularly high.


Also, every week two persons in México are killed in violence related to his or her sexual orientation.

The full story here

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