International Day Against Homophobia: In Latvia Prejudice Is Ingrained
Filed by: Guest Blogger
May 7, 2008 12:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/05/international_day_against_homophobia_in.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/05/international_day_against_homophobia_in.php)
Editors' Note: Guest blogger Kate Allen is the Director of Amnesty International UK. Amnesty International will be launching a hard-hitting briefing on the problem of homophobia in Eastern Europe on May 17th.
Later this month sees the International Day Against Homophobia. It should be a day of global celebration across the world and one glance at the statute books and you could easily be fooled into thinking it is being effectively dealt with - an increasing number of countries recognise civil partnership and there are numerous UN resolutions and European Union conventions in place designed solely to protect the gay community.
But the day-to-day reality is very different. Despite the swathe of legislation, most countries fail to take the issue seriously. Homophobia is showing little sign of subsiding, both here and abroad.