Haitians Launch Country’s First LGBT Rights Organization

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Haitians Launch Country's First LGBT Rights Organization


by Joe Siegel | EDGE New England Editor | Thursday Mar 1, 2012


http://www.edgeonthenet.com/news/local/news//130523/haitians_launch_country%E2%80%99s_first_lgbt_rights_organization


Haiti's very first LGBT rights organization launched in the impoverished country's capital late last year with the help of a recent Tufts University graduate.

Nick Stratton, who was active in Boston Pride and on other LGBT issues while at Tufts, helped Haitians open KOURAJ in Port-au-Prince. He told EDGE that he was "highly involved" with the Haitian American community, both on campus and in the city. Stratton already spoke French and began learning Haitian Creole before graduating.