Honduran gay sex

Santi Carvajal, a trans TV show host, was shot on July 5 and died a day later in the northern city of Puerto Cortes, and a third trans woman was killed in the city of El Negrito on July 3, local media reported. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people encounter persistent abuse and harassment in Honduras where gay marriage is illegal and gangs rule lawless city neighborhoods. Activists last year mounted legal challenges to bans on gay marriage and adoption, and developed a proposal with support from the human rights ministry for a law that would allow trans people to change their gender identity legally. More than gay and trans people have been murdered since , according to the group funded by the Arcus Foundation. Adding fuel to the fire, activists say, are anti-LGBT messages from influential Evangelical churches, which argue they are defending traditional family beliefs. Rights groups have called on the government to respond to hate crimes with proper investigations and prosecutions.

However, same-sex marriage is illegal ILGA , 5. A report on the World Policy Institute Web site states that although Article 60 of the Honduran constitution "could easily encompass discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, the courts have yet to interpret the text in that way" , The CGSSI representative also stated that Honduras has no laws protecting homosexuals from [translation] "discrimination" and that a number of crimes against homosexuals have been reported in the country 23 Nov. According to him, the Honduran authorities provide no protection to the country's gay population. In addition, in and , more than 10 lesbian, gay, transsexual and bisexual individuals were killed in Honduras, adding to the more than murders that were committed in the last decade. The CGSSI representative added that the police do not always investigate these murders and that the deaths are sometimes not registered. He stated that some media sensationalize the topic of homosexuality.

Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Violence and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation remains commonplace in the Central American country that borders Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. One of the activists with whom the Blade spoke at Colectivo Unidad Color Rosa has previously received death threats. She and her three colleagues asked the Blade not to publish their names or take their pictures because of concerns over their personal safety.

An article published by La Tribuna , a newspaper based in Tegucigalpa, notes that, from to , there was an increase of at least [translation] "violent deaths" in the LGTB community in Honduras 7 Feb. He added that "transsexuals are murdered on the street" and that "gay people are being brutally killed inside their homes" ibid. He also noted that the last five murders committed in Tegucigalpa were "extreme hate crimes" and that "[v]ictims have been raped, stabbed, shot at, and even strangled. The coordinator of the LGTB Rainbow Association indicated that the LGTB community in Honduras is mainly characterized by the following factors: [translation] "impunity, social and government homophobia, lack of protection mechanisms, and murders of community members committed by hit men from the police force" 4 Dec.