Chapter 5 - Latin America

In part five of the book attention is paid to developments in Latin America. You will also find a number of self-portraits of LGBT persons. They aremostly gay and lesbian activists whose organisations are supported by Hivos. Both the self-portraits and the articles show that the struggle is beginning to move, and that concrete progress in Latin America has been made. In Latin America the gay and lesbian struggle has moved from decriminalization to equal treatment; even the right to adopt ch...

Chapter 6 - Strategies

Part six discusses strategies for furthering gay and lesbian rights and equality. First, strategies in development cooperation, particularly those of Hivos, the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries, and in education. Subsequently, the strategies of the actual formulation of gay and lesbian rights in the Declaration of Montreal and in the Yogyakarta Principles are discussed.