GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Aldo Iván Dávila Moral is poised to take up a seat Guatemala's ngrs January, makg history as the first openly gay man elected to the untry's legislature. Proudly gay and livg wh HIV, the 41-year-old activist says the rabow flag will not be his only e. He tends to beg his ngrsnal reer wh three ma agenda pots: Fightg enmic rptn, ensurg Guatemalans' right to health re and fendg human rights, wh a foc on the LGBTQ muny. "I'm happy, wh a lot of mixed feelgs," Dávila said an terview wh The Associated Prs. "The worry is I'm puttg myself a snake p. But at the same time I'm no slouch, and I'm ready and able to fight when needs to be done." While hasn't been officially nfirmed by electoral thori, experts say Dávila's left-wg Waq party won four ngrsnal seats Sunday's general electn, and he is set to reprent a Guatemala Cy district. "People have to see me as jt another cizen, sce I was elected mocratilly," Dávila said. Guatemala has taken baby steps toward guaranteeg LGBTQ rights, such as adoptg measur to intify hate crim agast members of the muny and allowg people to change their legal nam and choose how they appear photos on official IDs, which let transgenr people better exprs their inty. It remas a socially nservative society, however, wh the Roman Catholic Church and Prottant fahs domant. Prejudice and fears over HIV are eply rooted, and LGTBQ people have historilly been the targets of discrimatn and sometim asslt, although such treatment is slowly beg ls socially acceptable. Neher Dávila's name nor photo was on the ballot — only the name of his party — and he didn't emphasize his sexualy durg the mpaign. So Gabriela Tuch, a lawyer and former human rights prosecutor focg on the LGBTQ muny, said his electn n't be attributed to any signifint shift attus. "It's not that society has said, 'A gay man, affirmative actn, let's vote for him,'" Tuch said. "He was favored by the vot and the posn he was . Now the challenge begs." One of the ngrsman-elect's first battl will be opposg a bill proposed by the nservative party that would crimalize abortn and dify to law that same-sex upl are barred om marryg or adoptg children. He also tends to propose a new missn that would report and vtigate all kds of discrimatn. "You nnot be a spectator when your untry is fallg apart," Dávila said. "You have to take a leadg role." That's why Dávila was motivated to accept an offer to n for the party, found 2009 by Nobel Peace Prize-wner Rigoberta Menchú. Dávila liv Guatemala Cy wh his partner of 19 years and their gray Schnzer, Valento. Dávila said both spire his activism and polil participatn. He said he nsirs himself lucky bee he has the love and support of fay members who were always open and acceptg of his sexualy. His mother went wh him to the untry's first Pri march 2000. Until recently Dávila was the director of Posive People, an anizatn supportg those livg wh HIV. He said that people have often e to him wh plats about discrimatn, and that he himself was once dismissed om a job. "Look, here are my diplomas and my trophi," Dávila said. "But they fired me bee they found out that I'm gay, and that's how thgs are here." Dávila said that when he was 22 he suffered om mengis, which ultimately led him to disver that he had HIV. Today he is good health, but he knows some may not unrstand how the vis is transmted and may be aaid. "It's very hard, of urse, that they're not even gog to want to s next to me," he said. "In this untry people should no longer be dyg of AIDS," Dávila ntued. "It's the stigma and the discrimatn that kill you, and the lack of medice." José Arriaza, a 24-year-old who intifi as queer, said Dávila's electn giv him hope bee he now se himself beg reprented. Guatemalans will have to learn to accept diversy, he add. He "isn't your typil privileged whe man, like a majory of the ngrsmen nowadays," Arriaza said. "For me he's an example to follow, bee he is someone empowered wh ials that help the muny." Carlos Valenzuela, a 36-year-old openly gay bs admistrator, agreed. "It's fantastic bee what we most want is to feel reprented," Valenzuela said. "All mori should be reprented." Dávila said his path was paved by Sandra Morán, the first Guatemalan lawmaker who openly intified as lbian. "She is a urageo woman who spired me," he said. But she didn't have easy, and was even sulted on ocsn by some of her lleagu over her sexual orientatn. Dávila, who said he's been subjected to verbal abe sce he was young, is prepared to possibly go through the same thg. "A worker at ngrs lled me and ngratulated me and told me to prepare myself," Dávila said. "But I will try to not rpond to the attacks." "Wh all the homophobia there is," he add, "they uld even boot me om my seat." Dávila cricized those who have phed legislatn limg sexual diversy rights and said he do not believe Guatemalan society will change s views the short term. "We have to do a lot of work on tg, mandg that the state be secular and for the church to stop terveng thgs that don't ncern ," he said. "We need to le wh the Constutn and not the Bible."
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- GUATEMALA'S FIRST GAY CONGRSMAN FEARS FOR HIS LIFE AMID DEATH THREATS"I’M BRGG A HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA TO THOSE WHO HAVEN’T HAD A VOICE THE NGRS OF THE REPUBLIC."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY JEFF TAYLORAUGT 29, 2019/10:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4024PX;WIDTH:6048PX;}JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/GETTY IMAGALDO DAVILA, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NGRSMAN AND HIV RRIER, SPEAKS DURG AN TERVIEW WH AFP GUATEMALA CY ON JUNE 18, 2019. - DAVILA, WHO BEME AWARE OF "BEG DIVERSE" AT AGE 11, SAID HE WILL FEND HUMAN RIGHTS SPE FEARG HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS HE GURS WILL SUFFER BOTH CONGRS AND ON THE STREET. (PHOTO BY JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY JEFF TAYLORAUGT 29, 2019 / 10:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GUATEMALA'S FIRST GAY CONGRSMAN FEARS FOR HIS LIFE AMID DEATH THREATS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-29T14:50:50.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-29T14:50:50.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JEFF TAYLOR","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUATEMALA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY NGRSMAN IS FEAR FOR HIS LIFE AMID ATH THREATS, KEEPG HIM OM WALKG THE STREETS OF GUATEMALA CY WHERE HE LIV WH HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALDO DAVILA WAS ELECTED TWO MONTHS AGO AND HAS YET TO TAKE HIS SEAT. THAT HASN'T PREVENTED HOMOPHOBIC BIGOTS OM SENDG HIM HATEFUL AND THREATENG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PEOPLE HAVE WRTEN MSAG, 'YOU WON'T GET TO CONGRS ON JANUARY 14TH, YOU WILL DIE BEFORE,'" DAVILA TOLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUATEMALA HAS SOME PROTECTNS FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY, BUT THEY ARE LIMED, WH SAME-SEX MARRIAGE STILL NOT ALLOWED THE UNTRY, AND ADOPTN LIMED TO OPPOSE-SEX UPL AND SGLE DIVIDUALS. DAVILA SAID HE FEELS LIKE HE IS "SEEN LIKE THE ENEMY OM WH," AND THAT GUATEMALA IS BEG MORE NSERVATIVE DUE TO GROWG RELIG FLUENCE.JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/GETTY IMAGALDO DAVILA, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NGRSMAN AND HIV RRIER, WALKS DURG AN TERVIEW WH AFP GUATEMALA CY ON JUNE 18, 2019. - DAVILA, WHO BEME AWARE OF "BEG DIVERSE" AT AGE 11, SAID HE WILL FEND HUMAN RIGHTS SPE FEARG HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS HE GURS WILL SUFFER BOTH CONGRS AND ON THE STREET. (PHOTO BY JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVILA WILL REPRENT THE WAQ MOVEMENT, A PROGRSIVE PARTY, AND IS SETTG HIS SIGHTS ON FIGHTG HARMFUL LEGISLATN LIKE THE LIFE AND FAY PROTECTN BILL, WHICH WOULD FE MARRIAGE AS A UNN BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN, BOTH OF WHOM WOULD HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED THOSE GENRS "BY BIRTH." IN OTHER WORDS, A MARRIAGE WOULD ONLY BE REGNIZED WHEN BETWEEN A CIS MAN AND A CIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE UNTRY'S NSERVATIVE CONGRS HAS ALREADY VOTED FAVOR OF THE BILL TWICE. IT REQUIR A THIRD VOTE TO BE PASSED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVILA SAID THE "REGRSIVE" POLICY "VLAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE OF DIVERSY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEWLY ELECTED POLICIAN, WHO IS HIV POSIVE AND ED TO HEAD UP A GROUP SUPPORTG OTHERS LIVG WH THE NDN, SAID HE WILL ALSO FIGHT FOR PROPER HEALTH RE, AS WELL AS FOR TRANSGENR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THEIR GENR ON LEGAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO UNAIDS, G STATISTICS OM 2016, GUATEMALA IS FACG AN HIV/AIDS CRISIS. AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN, THERE WAS AN HIV PREVALENCE OF 8%, AND AMONG THE TRANSGENR MUNY THE PREVALENCE WAS A STAGGERG 22.2%. ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THOSE LIVG WH HIV WERE ACCSG ANTIRETROVIRAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M BRGG A HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA TO THOSE WHO HAVEN’T HAD A VOICE THE NGRS OF THE REPUBLIC," HE SAID. "THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT I CID TO TAKE ON OM THE MOMENT I ACCEPTED MY NDIDACY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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The men who threatened her had phoned to extort her nearly every day for two months 2018, llg her homophobic slurs and misgenrg her.
Ale’s se was one of dozens that Human Rights Watch documented a report published March 2021 on vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Guatemala. The Human Right Ombudsperson’s Office reports that durg the first month of 2021, at least five gay and trans people were killed the untry.
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In Ale’s se, when she reported the lls to the police, they rpond wh homophobic slurs rather than assistance.
Both ndidat printial electns this weekend have embraced homophobic mpaigns.
Homosexualy is not illegal Guatemala, and sce the 1990s, toward the end of the untry’s 36-year-long civil war, the LGBTIQ+ muny has bee more visible wh society. Together the cints were seen by rights activists that I spoke to as an extreme acceleratn already growg aggrsn towards the muny, amidst mastream hate speech and homophobic electns said the police’s role the night’s events was particularly ncerng. “They all had strong relig and anti-abortn and anti-gay marriage platforms, and ed a nservative and hateful disurse agast the LGBTQI+ muny to foment support”, López explaed, rpondg to enomic stabily wh “hard hand secury polici”.
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In each se, their bodi were found wh homophobic slurs cut to their sk. Precisely wrten and liberately shot, “José, ” a Guatemala-set LGBTQ character examatn om Che-born director Li Cheng, is a movie preoccupied wh the private tragedy of unfulfilled impuls and aspiratns as a rult of wispread homophobia and emotnal blackmail. Intertgly, as opposed to numero gay-themed featur om Lat Ameri, the tastrophic nsequenc for his characters are not physilly vlent durg the time we spend wh them.
Relign as the major source for discrimatn and nmnatn — addn to earthquak servg as a plot pot or narrative vice both — un the two versns of beg gay Guatemala.
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The emotn and love picted "Jose, " a Guatemalan gay g of age film, has ptivated dienc around the world and garnered multiple aclas. The Bay Area Reporter spoke wh gay Che director and -wrer Li Cheng, 45, and the movie's gay star, Enrique Salanic, 26, who played 19-year-old Jose, about makg the movie Guatemala and s importance and impact.
Guatemala's nservative, mostly Roman Catholic society, poverty, vlence, and homophobia sha the background throughout the movie.
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David Campos, a gay man who's a puty unty executive of Santa Clara County, emigrated om Guatemala to the Uned Stat when he was 14 years old 1985. He said that he was "touched by the pictn of gay life that untry" the film.
The film -wrten by Cheng and Amerin expat gay producer Gee F.
Cheng and Roberson purposely rtraed om pictg the vlence Guatemala to foc on the gay men's story. Guatemala has two openly LGBT ngrsmembers, Sandra Mor�n Rey, a lbian elected 2015, and Aldo Davila, a gay HIV-posive man who was elected 2019.
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GUATEMALA'S FIRST GAY CONGRSMAN FEARS FOR HIS LIFE AMID DEATH THREATS"I’M BRGG A HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA TO THOSE WHO HAVEN’T HAD A VOICE THE NGRS OF THE REPUBLIC."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY JEFF TAYLORAUGT 29, 2019/10:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4024PX;WIDTH:6048PX;}JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/GETTY IMAGALDO DAVILA, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NGRSMAN AND HIV RRIER, SPEAKS DURG AN TERVIEW WH AFP GUATEMALA CY ON JUNE 18, 2019. - DAVILA, WHO BEME AWARE OF "BEG DIVERSE" AT AGE 11, SAID HE WILL FEND HUMAN RIGHTS SPE FEARG HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS HE GURS WILL SUFFER BOTH CONGRS AND ON THE STREET. (PHOTO BY JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY JEFF TAYLORAUGT 29, 2019 / 10:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GUATEMALA'S FIRST GAY CONGRSMAN FEARS FOR HIS LIFE AMID DEATH THREATS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-29T14:50:50.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-29T14:50:50.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JEFF TAYLOR","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUATEMALA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY NGRSMAN IS FEAR FOR HIS LIFE AMID ATH THREATS, KEEPG HIM OM WALKG THE STREETS OF GUATEMALA CY WHERE HE LIV WH HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALDO DAVILA WAS ELECTED TWO MONTHS AGO AND HAS YET TO TAKE HIS SEAT. THAT HASN'T PREVENTED HOMOPHOBIC BIGOTS OM SENDG HIM HATEFUL AND THREATENG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PEOPLE HAVE WRTEN MSAG, 'YOU WON'T GET TO CONGRS ON JANUARY 14TH, YOU WILL DIE BEFORE,'" DAVILA TOLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUATEMALA HAS SOME PROTECTNS FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY, BUT THEY ARE LIMED, WH SAME-SEX MARRIAGE STILL NOT ALLOWED THE UNTRY, AND ADOPTN LIMED TO OPPOSE-SEX UPL AND SGLE DIVIDUALS. DAVILA SAID HE FEELS LIKE HE IS "SEEN LIKE THE ENEMY OM WH," AND THAT GUATEMALA IS BEG MORE NSERVATIVE DUE TO GROWG RELIG FLUENCE.JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/GETTY IMAGALDO DAVILA, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NGRSMAN AND HIV RRIER, WALKS DURG AN TERVIEW WH AFP GUATEMALA CY ON JUNE 18, 2019. - DAVILA, WHO BEME AWARE OF "BEG DIVERSE" AT AGE 11, SAID HE WILL FEND HUMAN RIGHTS SPE FEARG HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS HE GURS WILL SUFFER BOTH CONGRS AND ON THE STREET. (PHOTO BY JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVILA WILL REPRENT THE WAQ MOVEMENT, A PROGRSIVE PARTY, AND IS SETTG HIS SIGHTS ON FIGHTG HARMFUL LEGISLATN LIKE THE LIFE AND FAY PROTECTN BILL, WHICH WOULD FE MARRIAGE AS A UNN BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN, BOTH OF WHOM WOULD HAVE TO BE ASSIGNED THOSE GENRS "BY BIRTH." IN OTHER WORDS, A MARRIAGE WOULD ONLY BE REGNIZED WHEN BETWEEN A CIS MAN AND A CIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE UNTRY'S NSERVATIVE CONGRS HAS ALREADY VOTED FAVOR OF THE BILL TWICE. IT REQUIR A THIRD VOTE TO BE PASSED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVILA SAID THE "REGRSIVE" POLICY "VLAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE OF DIVERSY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEWLY ELECTED POLICIAN, WHO IS HIV POSIVE AND ED TO HEAD UP A GROUP SUPPORTG OTHERS LIVG WH THE NDN, SAID HE WILL ALSO FIGHT FOR PROPER HEALTH RE, AS WELL AS FOR TRANSGENR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THEIR GENR ON LEGAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO UNAIDS, G STATISTICS OM 2016, GUATEMALA IS FACG AN HIV/AIDS CRISIS. AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN, THERE WAS AN HIV PREVALENCE OF 8%, AND AMONG THE TRANSGENR MUNY THE PREVALENCE WAS A STAGGERG 22.2%. ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THOSE LIVG WH HIV WERE ACCSG ANTIRETROVIRAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M BRGG A HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA TO THOSE WHO HAVEN’T HAD A VOICE THE NGRS OF THE REPUBLIC," HE SAID. "THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT I CID TO TAKE ON OM THE MOMENT I ACCEPTED MY NDIDACY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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