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Eblast Digest 12/23/09

Please find below your eblast items for the past week.  As usual, they can also be found on their corresponding pages at http://www.msmgf.org/.  Opportunities and Events are listed on the Opportunities Board and Global Calendar respectively.

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Global Topics

International Bodies and International Law (link)

• Review of Legal Frameworks and the Situation of Human Rights related to Sexual Diversity in Low and Middle Income Countries (pdf)
  
• Global Fund: Global Fund Observer comes out with December Issue
  
• UNAIDS: PCB NGO Delegation Communique: Board passes decision point supporting inclusion of MSM/TG in UNAIDS priorities and expansion of programs to reduce HIV; No consensus reached, decision point to be revisited in June 2010 (pdf)
  
• UNAIDS: UNAIDS urges all countries to respect the human rights of people most affected by HIV; Criminalization of consensual adult sexual behaviour posing serious threat to AIDS responses (pdf)
  

Sexual Minority Health (link)

• Viral Hepatitis among MSM, Epidemiology and Public Health Consequences
  
• Anal cancer prevention in HIV-positive men and women
  
• Sex & shame: lets talk; How does shame play out in queer lives?

Research (link)

• Update: Status of the Botswana TDF2 Study of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention
• HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM), US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

NGO Resources (link)

• GNP+ offers three briefs on getting involved in AIDS 2010: How to apply for a scholarship (pdf), how to submit an abstract (pdf) and how to submit a workshop (pdf)
• New website, launched by PLRI, is a substantial library of resources about sex work in the context of economics, law, health, gender and sexuality, and migration (pdf)
  
• The Curious Sex Workers Guide to attending the 2010 International AIDS Conference (pdf)

 Regional Pages

Asia (link)

     Home (link)

• Timor Leste: Catholic propaganda obscures the true toll of HIV in East Timor; MSM omitted from programs and policies
  

• Pakistan: Being gay and HIV+ in Taliban country

• Sri Lanka: First Sri Lanka National Consultation Meeting on MSM, HIV and Sexual Health (Report, Explanation)

• Vietnam: Radio Free Asia looks at MSM life, organizing, and vulnerability to HIV in Vietnam

     Regional Sexual Minorities (link)

• Bangladesh: An imam accepts his homosexuality and learns to negotiate his complicated social environment; an in-depth look at MSM life in Bangladesh

• China: Progress on LGBT Visibility Amidst Government Restrictions

• India: First Ever Transgender Miss India Crowned

• Pakistan: Situation of homosexuals in urban centres, particularly in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore (December 2007 - November 2009)

     Government (link)

• China: Govt-backed gay bar opens after postponement

• Hong Kong: Domestic violence law to cover gay partners after year-long battle

• India: Government agency proposes ban on gay adoptions

• Nepal: IGLHRC and Lambda Legal Consulting with Nepali Government on LGBTI Rights Protections

• Philippines: Comelec rejects gay party Ang Ladlads appeal

     Non-Government (link)

• Asia: World’s First Asia Pacific Transgender Network Launched to Champion Health and Rights of Transgender Women in the Region

     Local Research (link)

• Nepal: Commercial Male Sex Workers and Condom Use to Prevent HIV/AIDS in Kathmandu
  

     Media (link)

• Mongolia: Online art and poetry exhibition gives visibility to largely hidden LGBT 
  

Caribbean (link)

     Regional Sexual Minorities (link)

• Cuba: Gay Life in Cuba - Not much has changed since Reinaldo Arenas’ time 
  

Eastern Europe and Central Asia (link)

     Home (link)

• Europe: HIV prevalence and risk behaviour varies between gay men in Southern and Eastern Europe
  

     Regional Sexual Minorities (link)

• Russia: Head of Russian Orthodox Church condemns discrimination against gays 
  

Latin America (link)

     Regional Sexual Minorities (link)

• Argentina: Same-Sex Marriage Debate Returns
  

• Honduras: Death of gay activist illustrates spike in hate crimes
  

• Mexico: The Mexican blogosphere responds to the legalization of gay marriage in Mexico City
  

     Government (link)

• Mexico: Mexico City legalizes same-sex marriage, adoptions
  

• Nicaragua: An Ombudswoman for Sexual Diversity has been appointed to defend the rights of the gay community
  

     Non-Government (link)

• Suriname: Suriname Men United launches new website (Dutch)
  

     Take Action! (link)

• Honduras: LGBT Activist Murdered, Laid to Rest 
  

North Africa and Middle East (link)

     Non-Government (link)

• Georgia: Police attack LGBT group Inclusive Foundation in Tbilisi; Head of organization arrested  
  

North America, Western and Central Europe (link)

     Home (link)

• Europe: Eurosurveillance Briefing: HIV surveillance and prevention in men who have sex with men (pdf)
  

• France: Half of new diagnoses in French gay men are recent infections
  

• Netherlands: Symptomatic Primary HIV Infection in a 49-Year-Old Man Who Has Sex With Men: Beware the Window Phase
  

• Spain: HIV/STI co-infection among MSM in Spain (pdf)
  

• United States: How to Close the LGBT Health Disparities Gap
  

• United States: CDC Factsheet: HIV and AIDS among Gay and Bisexual Men (pdf)
  

• United States: AIDS, other STDs rising among local gay men
  

     Regional Sexual Minorities (link)

• United Kingdom: Gay sex assaults not reported
  

• United States: New report, "Hidden Injustice: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in Juvenile Courts, The Equity Project"
  

     Government (link)

• Europe: British Prime Minister Calls for Europe-Wide Gay Family Rights
  

• Lithuania: Parliament votes on law protecting minors; homophobic amendment not accepted (pdf)
  

• Portugal: Govt aims to permit gay marriage

• United States: Leading gay legal group, Lambda Legal, blasts Obama administration
  

• United States: Proposed law change may ban production of bareback porn
  

• United States: Nevada Brothel Owners Association up in arms over new legislation allowing men to work as prostitutes in states brothels
  

     Non-Government (link)

• United Kingdom: Glasgow agency launches social marketing campaign targeting MSM, "Make your position clear"
  

     Local Research (link)

• Croatia: Phylogenetic Analysis of HIV Sequences Obtained in a Respondent-Driven Sampling Study of Men Who Have Sex with Men
  

• France: HIV-positive men who have sex with men: biography, diversity in lifestyles, common experience of living with HIV
  

• United States: Sexual Partnering and HIV Risk among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: New York City 
  

Oceania (link)

     Home (link)

• New Zealand: Condom ad aims to encourage safer sex and support gay community (video)
  

     Local Research (link)

• Australia: Attitudes towards new HIV biomedical prevention technologies among a cohort of HIV-negative gay men in Sydney, Australia
  

• Australia: Factors associated with unprotected anal intercourse between HIV-positive men and regular male partners in a Sydney cohort  
  

Sub-Saharan Africa (link)

     Home (link)

• Uganda: Hospital plans to promote female condom among MSM
  

     Regional Sexual Minorities (link)

• Africa: Africas Anti-Gay Laws Spark Accusations and Denials in US
  

• Ghana: Managers, policemen were clients - Gay Prostitute
  

• Uganda: Anti-gay picketers demonstrate in Ugandan capital
  

     Government (link)

• East Africa: Is Ugandas Antigay Fervor Spreading? An African Domino Theory, Examined
  

• Uganda: TV Anchor Rachel Maddow thrashes US ex-gay promoter Richard Cohen for his role in the "Kill the Gays" Bill (video)
  

• Uganda: Ugandan president committed to blocking anti-gay bill: officials
  

• Uganda: Ugandan Pastor Martin Ssempa Responds To Rick Warren’s Statement; Revives “Forced Therapy” Option
  

• Uganda: British medical journal The Lancet publishes article warning of Anti-Homosexuality Bills potential effects on the fight against AIDS
  

• Uganda: US Says Anti-Gay Law Would Harm Ugandas Global Image; Diplomat says Museveni distancing his administration from Bill
  

• Uganda: European Parliament firmly denounces Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill
  

• Uganda: Hillary Clinton Speaks Out Against Oppressive Anti-Gay Uganda Bill
  

• Uganda: Faith, folly and Ugandas anti-homosexuality bill - Op-Ed columnist argues new legislation distorts Christianity
  

• Uganda: Anti-gay bill may cost Uganda research institution
  

• Uganda: The Guardian interviews a Ugandan legislator about the Anti-Homosexuality Bill
  

• Uganda: Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill Prompts Protests and Warnings
  

     Local Research (link)

• Tanzania: HIV and Related Risk Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Zanzibar, Tanzania: Results of a Behavioral Surveillance Survey  
  

New Opportunities (link)

     International

• Make sure MSM are represented in your countrys progress report on the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS! (pdf). ICASO outlines 5 key actions you can take NOW!
  

• Call for Expressions of Interest: MSM Youth Regional (South East Asia and the Pacific) Consultation (pdf)(Expressions of Interest will receive responses by mid-January)
  

• Make NGO Submissions to UN Human Rights Committee on Mexico, Argentina, Uzbekistan, and New ZealandNGO Reporting Guidelines Can Be Found Here (Deadline for NGO Submissions January 15, 2010)
  

• Job Opportunity: International HIV/AIDS Alliance seeks Head of Team Policy (Deadline January 18, 2010)
  

• Call for Abstracts: Microbicides 2010: Building Bridges in HIV Prevention (Deadline January 22, 2010)
  

• Scholarship Opportunity: Scholarships for the 2010 International AIDS Conference in Vienna(Deadline for Scholarship Applications February 10, 2010)
  

     Asia

• Job Opportunity: Progressio seeks HIV and AIDS Development Adviser for Timor-Leste (Deadline January 5, 2010)
  

     North Africa and Middle East

• Call for Papers: Queering Middle Eastern Cyberscapes (Deadline February 1, 2010)
  

     North America, Western and Central Europe

• Call for Partners: ILGA-Europe Announces a Call for Partners for LGBT rights advocacy project in the Western Balkans(Deadline for Applications January 22, 2010)
  

     Sub-Saharan Africa

• Funding Opportunity: West African Treatment Action Group (WATAG) seeks applications for its 5th Grant Cycle (pdf)(Note: Funding provided for NGO initiatives that represent the interests of people living with HIV)(Deadline February 15, 2010)