LGBT Archives – L'union Suite https://www.lunionsuite.com/tag/lgbt/ Country - People - Culture Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:47:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.lunionsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-IMG_0226-32x32.jpg LGBT Archives – L'union Suite https://www.lunionsuite.com/tag/lgbt/ 32 32 85605167 LGBTQ Festival Canceled in Haiti Amid Threats to Organizers https://www.lunionsuite.com/lgbtq-festival-canceled-haiti-amid-threats-organizers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lgbtq-festival-canceled-haiti-amid-threats-organizers Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:30:15 +0000 http://www.lunionsuite.com/?p=39002 Organizers have called off the Massimadi festival celebrating Haiti’s Afro-Caribbean lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community because of threats of violence and government opposition. The Massimadi festival was first put on in 2009 in Montreal by a group called African Rainbow. It has also been held in Belgium. This was the first year it was […]

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]]> 39002 [Repost] : Haiti’s Fight For Gay Rights by Allyn Gaestel for Al Jazeera America https://www.lunionsuite.com/repost-haitis-fight-for-gay-rights-by-allyn-gaestel-for-al-jazeera-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=repost-haitis-fight-for-gay-rights-by-allyn-gaestel-for-al-jazeera-america Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:45:44 +0000 http://www.lunionsuite.com/?p=31068 Photos by Katie Orlinsky for Al Jazeera America “Lesbian and gay people are beaten in the street, on the way to school. They are discriminated against by health professionals, abandoned by their families,” said Dave Stephen, operations director at SEROvie. “They hide themselves, even though it’s not criminal.” Haiti’s LGBT community, which has long existed […]

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