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This Ain't Democracy Anymore...
"This ain´t democracy anymore..." : Reflections based on the referendum on mining in the Northern frontier of Peru.Over the last years conflicts around mining have emerged around Peru. One of the emblematic cases is the resistance against the illegal presence of the Rio Blanco mining in the territories of the Yanta and Segunda y Cajas communities, in the Ayavaca and Huancabamba provinces. In the northern frontier of Peru, apart from direct action, legal initiatives, attempts to dial...
From activist research to promiscuous theories and methodologies
Sexual diversity in Peru found political expression at the beginning of the 1980s, with the formation of the Movimiento Homosexual de Lima and the Grupo de Autoconciencia Lésbico Feminista. The movement spread to include other groups, for example, those who identify with a ‘trans’ identity, and outside the capital to other regions of the country. There are now more than 60 groups engaged in the fight for sexual diversity and gender identity in the country, with a wide range of identities, age...
Sweet like Sugercane, Strong as Rum
The Peruvian government puts little effort to change the situation of gays, lesbians and transsexuals. Fortunately this group increasingly knows how to organize itself, and not only in Peru’s capital Lima. As far as the jungle and the Andes, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people (also known as LGBTs) organize themselves to fight for their rights. Below you can read notes drawn up by Marten van den Berge, a Dutch researcher who’s currently conducting research for Hivos and ISS in the C...
Self-portrait - Jorge Bracamonte Allaín
In the mid-seventies I attended the most popular public school in my neighbourhood in Lima. There, at the age of fourteen, between play and homework, my schoolmate and I discovered sexuality. My first experience happened unexpectedly, without forethought, in a very surprisingand pleasant way. Nothing I had experienced in my life up to that point compared.LGBT research update
The LGBT movement in Peru slowly reveals some of its dynamics as Marten van den Berge and his Peruvian colleague Giancaro Cornejo facilitate conversations and workshops with organizations in Lima and in some of the provincial capitals, whilst participating in marches, protests and meetings.
Roze brieven uit de Andes
Marten van den Berge is in Peru to explore the dynamics of the LGBT movement. On this site, he regularly shares his experiences. This time, a story about Tupac Amaru, in Dutch.The LGBT movement in Peru
What are the dynamics of the Peruvian LGBT movement and what has been the influence of national and international actors in its functioning? This is the main question that Marten van den Berge, hosted by the Programme for Democracy and Global Transformation (PDGT) in Lima, will explore in the next 9 months.