BILBAO DECLARATION OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION WITH LGBT POPULATIONS
PREAMBLE
We, the undersigned organizations, express our great concern for the situation that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans (understood as transvestite, transsexual and transgender) people suffer in most of the world. Concretely, we denounce that these populations' right to health, education, culture and work are adversely affected and that they continue to suffer hate crimes with impunity, intolerant aggressions, social rejection, discriminatory laws, police harassment and a lack of legal recognition and protection.
We denounce the special vulnerability of lesbians and trans people within LGBT populations.
We declare that the most fundamentalist, intolerant and anti-democratic elements of many state partisan structures and ecclesiastic hierarchies are those who instigate, endorse and promote actions that qualify as homophobia, lesbopobia and transphobia.
We affirm that not recognizing sexual and affective diversity as a human right contributes to maintaining this situation.
ARTICLE 1: HUMAN RIGHTS
Therefore, the undersigned strongly express that the right of every person to sexual-affective diversity and to his or her own gender identity is a human right.
ARTICLE 2: SOCIETY AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENCE ORGANISATIONS
We urge society in general and human rights defence organizations to involve themselves in the defence of LGBT people.
ARTICLE 3: PUBLIC POWERS
We call for the public powers to involve themselves in the active defence of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans people as a cooperative practice.
ARTICLE 4: COOPERATION WITH LGBT POPULATIONS IN ALL NGOS
We urge that those NGOs that carry out projects of international cooperation include among their priorities a perspective of sexual orientation and gender identity and avoid leaving these populations, which are in great risk of social exclusion, without support.
ARTICLE 5: RESOURCES OF PUBLIC POWERS ALLOCATED FOR LGBT POPULATIONS AND
DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY
We call for the public powers of those countries that donate resources for cooperation in development to expressly include LGBT populations among their priorities, making equitable distributions of these resources.
ARTICLE 6: EXCHANGE AMONG EQUALS
We view cooperation in development as an exchange among equals and not as a capital transaction from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere, but as a true interrelation of cultures.
ARTICLE 7: NECESSITIES EXPRESSED BY THE BENEFICIARIES
We believe that international cooperation must always originate from the necessities expressed by organisations from the Southern Hemisphere.
ARTICLE 8: AFFECTIVE-SEXUAL DIVERSITY AND GENDER
We affirm the importance of respect for the diversity among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans people. We not only seek comparable rights, but also we defend the multiple possibilities of expressing affection, sexuality and gender identity.
ARTICLE 9: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST HIV/AIDS
We express our great concern for the difficulties that confront LGBT populations in accessing information regarding HIV/AIDS, methods of prevention and existing treatments. We denounce that in many cases it is not a problem of a lack of resources, but that those that do exist are not designated for LGBT populations because of stigma and prejudice.
ARTICLE 10: EQUALITY, DIGNITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Our struggle is for social equality and dignity. We not only struggle for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans people, but for all human rights, social justice and the defence of the earth and natural space.
We struggle against economic exploitation, cultural plundering, ideologic homogenation and religious intolerance.
For this struggle we integrate ourselves into different social and citizen networks because our specific struggle is no different than any other inequality or injustice.
ARTICLE 11: COMMITMENT OF DONATING COUNTRIES
Those undersigned Northern Hemisphere organisations of this Declaration
commit to:
a) Put maximum effort into achieving funding, from private entities or public administrations, in order to develop projects of international cooperation with LGBT populations.
b) Urge other LGBT organisations and other NGOs to involve themselves in international cooperation with LGBT populations.
c) Designate at least 7.0 % of our budgets to international cooperation.
d) Work on the sensitisation of our citizens regarding the situation of LGBT populations in other parts of the world through education for development.
Approved by the plenary of the Third Conference of International Cooperation With LGBT Population in Bilbao, 19 March 2006. This text is opened to the accession of whatever organisation that identifies with its contents. Translated by: David Nelson.
We, the undersigned organizations, express our great concern for the situation that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans (understood as transvestite, transsexual and transgender) people suffer in most of the world. Concretely, we denounce that these populations' right to health, education, culture and work are adversely affected and that they continue to suffer hate crimes with impunity, intolerant aggressions, social rejection, discriminatory laws, police harassment and a lack of legal recognition and protection.
We denounce the special vulnerability of lesbians and trans people within LGBT populations.
We declare that the most fundamentalist, intolerant and anti-democratic elements of many state partisan structures and ecclesiastic hierarchies are those who instigate, endorse and promote actions that qualify as homophobia, lesbopobia and transphobia.
We affirm that not recognizing sexual and affective diversity as a human right contributes to maintaining this situation.
ARTICLE 1: HUMAN RIGHTS
Therefore, the undersigned strongly express that the right of every person to sexual-affective diversity and to his or her own gender identity is a human right.
ARTICLE 2: SOCIETY AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENCE ORGANISATIONS
We urge society in general and human rights defence organizations to involve themselves in the defence of LGBT people.
ARTICLE 3: PUBLIC POWERS
We call for the public powers to involve themselves in the active defence of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans people as a cooperative practice.
ARTICLE 4: COOPERATION WITH LGBT POPULATIONS IN ALL NGOS
We urge that those NGOs that carry out projects of international cooperation include among their priorities a perspective of sexual orientation and gender identity and avoid leaving these populations, which are in great risk of social exclusion, without support.
ARTICLE 5: RESOURCES OF PUBLIC POWERS ALLOCATED FOR LGBT POPULATIONS AND
DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY
We call for the public powers of those countries that donate resources for cooperation in development to expressly include LGBT populations among their priorities, making equitable distributions of these resources.
ARTICLE 6: EXCHANGE AMONG EQUALS
We view cooperation in development as an exchange among equals and not as a capital transaction from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere, but as a true interrelation of cultures.
ARTICLE 7: NECESSITIES EXPRESSED BY THE BENEFICIARIES
We believe that international cooperation must always originate from the necessities expressed by organisations from the Southern Hemisphere.
ARTICLE 8: AFFECTIVE-SEXUAL DIVERSITY AND GENDER
We affirm the importance of respect for the diversity among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans people. We not only seek comparable rights, but also we defend the multiple possibilities of expressing affection, sexuality and gender identity.
ARTICLE 9: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST HIV/AIDS
We express our great concern for the difficulties that confront LGBT populations in accessing information regarding HIV/AIDS, methods of prevention and existing treatments. We denounce that in many cases it is not a problem of a lack of resources, but that those that do exist are not designated for LGBT populations because of stigma and prejudice.
ARTICLE 10: EQUALITY, DIGNITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Our struggle is for social equality and dignity. We not only struggle for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans people, but for all human rights, social justice and the defence of the earth and natural space.
We struggle against economic exploitation, cultural plundering, ideologic homogenation and religious intolerance.
For this struggle we integrate ourselves into different social and citizen networks because our specific struggle is no different than any other inequality or injustice.
ARTICLE 11: COMMITMENT OF DONATING COUNTRIES
Those undersigned Northern Hemisphere organisations of this Declaration
commit to:
a) Put maximum effort into achieving funding, from private entities or public administrations, in order to develop projects of international cooperation with LGBT populations.
b) Urge other LGBT organisations and other NGOs to involve themselves in international cooperation with LGBT populations.
c) Designate at least 7.0 % of our budgets to international cooperation.
d) Work on the sensitisation of our citizens regarding the situation of LGBT populations in other parts of the world through education for development.
Approved by the plenary of the Third Conference of International Cooperation With LGBT Population in Bilbao, 19 March 2006. This text is opened to the accession of whatever organisation that identifies with its contents. Translated by: David Nelson.
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