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\nOscar Ugarteche, Belissa And\u00eda, Vicente Otta, Sandra Vallenas, Susel Paredes y V\u00edctor Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda Bela\u00fande Velarde
\nUniversidad del Pacifico and Weblog Peru Election 2006 Roundtable \u201cPeru Election 2006: Analysis of Policy Platforms to Support Sexual Diversity\u201d
\nMaxwell Cameron & Fabiola Bazo
\nMarch 20, 2006<\/strong>
\nUnder the auspices of Universidad del Pacifico, a roundtable on \u201cPolicy Platforms to Support Sexual Diversity\u201d was held on Friday, March 10, 2006. What follows is a brief summary some of the key issues and conclusions that emerged from the discussion.<\/p>\n


\nOn Friday, March 10, 2006, a public round table discussion was held at the Universidad del Pac\u00edfico on \u201cAnalysis and Programmatic Proposals on Sexual Diversity\u201d in the 2006 election. The participants included:
\nBelissa Andia, Movimiento Nueva Izquierda
\nVicente Otta, Partido Uni\u00f3n por el Per\u00fa
\nSusel Paredes, Partido Socialista
\nV\u00edctor Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda Bela\u00fande Velarde, Frente de Centro
\nSandra Vallenas, Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Peru
\nOscar Ugarteche, Comentarista
\nModerator: Fabiola Bazo, \u201cPeru Election 2006\u201d Weblog
\nAgust\u00edn Haya de la Torre, candidate for the APRA, could not participate due to a legal embrolio with the National Election Board over his registration as a candidate. Instead, he send a letter which read:
\nLima, 10 de marzo de 2006
\nEstimada Fabiola: Me hubiera encantado participar en el evento sobre diversidad sexual, pero los ajetreos de una resoluci\u00f3n constitucional del JNE que trata de impedir las candidaturas de los docentes universitarios que expresamos a la izquierda democr\u00e1tica me lo impiden.
\nDe todas formas quiero reiterar mi firme convicci\u00f3n de defensa de la orientaci\u00f3n sexual que asuman las personas como una libertad fundamental de los seres humanos y mi repudio a cualquier tipo de discriminaci\u00f3n por tal motivo.
\nTenemos que construir la democracia sobre la s\u00f3lida base de los derechos humanos y aprender a respetar el ejercicio pleno de la libertad individual y la privacidad de cada cual. En ese sentido, eventos como el que ustedes realizan refuerzan la gran corriente de opini\u00f3n universal para que la democracia se convierta en un modo de vida real en el mundo.
\nFraternalmente
\nAgust\u00edn Haya de la Torre,
\nMiembro de la Comisi\u00f3n Pol\u00edtica del Partido Aprista Peruano<\/em>
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\nFabiola Bazo began by asking the panelists to outline their proposals with respect to sexual diversity and non-discrimination, and to offer their assessments of the progress or reversals that have occurred in Peru in recent years with respect to the rights of gays, lesbians, transsexual and bisexual persons (GLTB). What can we expect from this election, and what issues are being raised in the campaign? How do these issues play with the voters, and what is at stake in this election in terms of rights and discrimination?
\nBelissa Andia spoke first, arguing for a program of eradication of discrimination and marginalization. She is running on the New Left Movement (MNI) ticket as a transsexual person to express the right to sexual diversity. She strongly repudiated violence against transvestites, and called attention to the serious abuses being committed by the Serenazgos of Lima under the control of mayor Luis Casta\u00f1eda Lossio, leader of Solidaridad Nacional, member of the alliance Unidad Nacional.
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\nAndia outlined a set of policy changes that are part of the programmatic proposals of the MNI, and which include the recognition of any stable union between two people; the elimination of hate crimes; equal rights to work, education and healthcare, regardless of sexual orientation; no discrimination in laws regulating conjugal unions; equal tax benefits for all couples; non-discrimination in sexual education; campaigns against homophobia; efforts by the Ministry of Women to promote freedom from violence for women, and centers of attention for battered women; full respect for human rights and no impunity for crimes against humanity.
\nThe next speaker was Vicente Otta, member of the government plan team for the Union for Peru, or UPP. Otta argued that the problems of inequality and exclusion are rooted in the nature of the Peruvian state. Since its foundation in the origin of the republican era, the Peruvian state has excluded the majority of the population, especially indigenous peoples, and this exclusionary state has reigned for most of the 20th century. Otta proposed a constitutional change that would create a nationalist and democratic social pact, creating a state capable of inclusion. Otta mentioned Jose Matos Mar\u2019s famous work Desborde popular y crisis del Estado, and argued that 20 years after its publication the crisis of the state has only intensified. There is more informality, less social security, and a dysfunctional relationship between state and society. Without rights, citizens confront a state from a position of inequality. This is true for broader social rights, as it is for particular, sectoral, and sexual rights. Otta paid homage to Oscar Ugarteche as a founder of the Homosexual Movement of Lima (MHOL), and called for stronger penalties for agents of the state who violate rights.
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\nSusel Paredes followed. She began by affirming that she has been a socialist militant since she was 17 years old, first in the PUM (Unified Mariateguista Party) and now in the Socialist Party with Javier Diez Canseco. The Socialist Party chooses its candidates by internal democracy, overseen by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) and there are no \u201cconsensus lists.\u201d She was proposed by lesbian and feminist groups, and placed 5th on the list of candidates to congress. She made public her sexual orientation as a lesbian as an act of honesty and to advance her policy agenda. There are 24 public policies for the inclusion of GLBT population that the Socialist Party wishes to advance in the next legislature.
\nParedes says she sees her role as a legislator and agent of accountability. Working with Flora Tristan, she has contributed to citizen accountability on issues like AIDS and HIV as well as the rights of women and lesbians. She noted that Cardenal Cipriani has asked that the candidates not talk about social issues like abortion or gay marriage in this campaign, and she is happy to defy the Cardenal. In congress, she will fight for the legalize abortion especially for women who cannot afford expensive clinics; equality in civil law for all couples; and a change in the definition of marriage in the civil code.
\nThe next speaker was V\u00edctor Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda Bela\u00fande, of the Frente de Centro (Centrist Front). He acknowledged that his group has a more traditional view on these issues than he does personally, and that while it affirms equal rights it is silent on sexual rights. Speaking as a psychologist, he outlined the many dimensions of sexuality\u2014genetic, genital, identity and orientation\u2014and said that those opposed to diversity are often ignorant of the issues and know little of the homosexual community. He called for sexual education based on the latest scientific knowledge, and a rejection of ideas about what is \u201cnormal\u201d that are, in fact, social constructs. Homosexuality is no longer considered an illness, and represents as much as 10 percent of the population. Garc\u00eda Bela\u00fande closed by calling for \u201cequality for all\u201d (the campaign slogan of his group) including the rights of homosexuals.
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\nThe next presenter was sociologist Sandra Vallenas, who offered not policy proposals but analysis of polling results on the topic of tolerance toward homosexuals and lesbians. According to a poll conducted by the Catholic University, 31 percent of the electorate would vote for a homosexual or lesbian candidate (7 percent said \u201cdefinitely\u201d and 24 percent said \u201cprobably\u201d). The most tolerant groups are in higher income brackets (\u201cA & B\u201d voters). In those sectors, 17 percent would definitely vote for such candidates, and 30 percent probably would. This tolerance was highest among youth. At the same time, Vallenas noted there are high levels of intolerance in all groups, including youth. 61 percent of youth said they would \u201cnever\u201d vote for a homosexual or lesbian candidates, and the figure in the \u201cA & B\u201d category overall was 42 percent.
\nFinally, the round table was wrapped-up by Oscar Ugarteche who said that he was pleased to be at a discussion of these issues in the Universidad Pacifico, , and that he was delighted to see a new generation of leaders taking up the cause of the rights to sexual diversity. We are an adolescent country, he said, of people who care too much what others think and not enough about being ourselves. Tolerance is not our great strength, he said. He characterized Peruvian society as closed and exclusionary, based on circles of trust that reinforce social divisions.
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\nUgarteche traced the evolution of global advances in the struggle against discrimination starting with Strasbourg Treaty in 1992, and he emphasized the role of Norway as a leader in Europe. Spain is a recent convert, and Germany is still wavering. The Dane have adopted the Norwegian initiative, as have the Canadians outside of Europe. Federal countries like Argentina, Mexico and the US have had problems advancing the agenda at the subnational level because national governments have often overturned policies adopted by provinces and states (Buenos Aires being an exception). Even progressive parties have had difficulties.
\nIn Peru, the GLBT community is the most excluded, and within that group, rural women have the fewest options. The 17 percent within the \u201cA & B\u201d perhaps have rights, though even there tragedies have occurred. GLBT people contribute to society, pay taxes, and deserve the same laws. In his view, the GLBT community stands roughly where women were in 1923: perhaps on the Cusp of irreversible changes for the political class. But mobilized in opposition are the forces of the Vatican, and the US government. An example of an effort to prevent change was the intention to propose an \u201canti-sodomy\u201d law, under Fujimori, that could be revived in the future if is elected that is hostile to GLBT rights.
\nFollowing the presentations, questions were taken from the audience. One person asked whether the issue of sexual diversity was really on the agenda in this election. Noting the lack of serious proposals and frontal debate on the matter, it would seem that the topic is marginal. Even within the parties that are more out front on the issue, how strongly do these candidates have the backing of their respective parties?
\nAndia responded saying that the process is a slow one, but her party is ideologically committed to the issue. Paredes agreed with respect to her party, and noted that Concertacion Decentralista also has proposals on the issue. Otta acknowledged that his party does not have concrete proposals with respect to sexual diversity, and recognized this as a limitation and error. He attributed this to the haste with which the UPP plan for government was prepared, a view that was dismissed as disingenuous by a member of the audience from Red Fatherland (Patria Roja) who claimed the nationalists had lifted all sort of ideas from his party\u2019s platform except the points on non-discrimination. For his part, Otta questioned whether it was possible for old-line Stalinist parties to sincerely come around on these issues.
\nOtta was then challenged by the audience with a question that suggested that his discourse was similar to the position of the left of the 1970s on women\u2019s rights: first solve economic problems, then issues of personal liberty will follow. Add to this the misogyny and homophobia within the military, and the UPP\u2019s position becomes even more problematic.
\nOtta responded by saying that the UPP will probably form the next government. He acknowledged that there are elements of old guard thinking in the UPP, but insisted that there has to be a clear macropolitical line to orient policy. A truly nationalist government is necessary to guarantee the equal rights of all citizens. That said, it would be desirable to have policies and leaders from this sector within the UPP.
\nRegarding misogyny and homophobia, Otta made three points:
\n(1) 2006 is not the same as 1970. Gay rights have made advances and conquered spaces that cannot be lost.
\n(2) Political processes are contradictory. Velasco was not particularly homophobic, and it was the government that was most closely aligned with Peruvian society of the 20th century.
\n(3) The nationalist movement is not a military project. It is led by a person with a military background. He is military, but not homophobic. His personal commitment to this issue is \u201cwhy I am here,\u201d said Otta.
\nParedes expressed profound concern about homophobia in the military, pointing to opposition to the inclusion of sexual rights within human rights commitments in the National Plan for Human Rights from the Church and the military. The \u201cclassic alliance of robes and boots\u201d is a major obstacle to the advance of the rights of the GLBT community and the election of a military president fills her with terror.
\nThen, addressing a question about homophobia and misogyny on the left, Paredes said she is not been utilized and could not be thrown out of her party; because she is not an invited militant, and not placed on the list to get visibility with this sector; she is on the list because she was proposed by feminist and lesbian members of her party and selected by the party rank and file. Her goal is to democratize the left and lead her party. Andia said the same: her candidacy is not the result of an electoral calculation by her party leadership but the result of an unexpected opening.
\nUgarteche talked about how he was brought into the campaign in two moments. At one point he was approached to be a vice presidential candidate for the Socialist Party. On another occasion, he was mentioned in the press by Victor Andres (\u201cVitocho\u201d) Garcia Bela\u00fande (father of V\u00edctor Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda Bela\u00fande. and an important leader of the Frente de Centro). Lourdes Flores Nano had been asked if she would include a gay or lesbian in her cabinet and she responded that she would have no objection but could think of no one off hand. Vitocho Garcia Bela\u00fande immediately announced that he could easily see Ugarteche as a finance minister in a future government of Valent\u00edn Paniagua. In both cases, these reference fell from the sky, as Ugarteche has been living in Mexico City where he has a tenured position at UNAM (something that was never offered to him by the Catholic University in Peru during the 25 years that he worked there).
\nNotwithstanding his decision to leave Peru, Ugarteche feels there has been an opening in recent years as a result of the formation of GLBT groups and the emergence of spaces within parties for this community. He would be pleased to see a couple of GLBT members of congress, but notes that Peru has come to occupy a pole of conservative thinking in South America, as an ally of both Washington and the Vatican, that was formerly held by Argentina.
\nUgarteche also spoke about class and sexual diversity in response to a question about GBLT people who are poor. He said that when gays are rounded up in places where they gather, it does not matter whether you are rich or poor\u2014either way, you\u2019re gay. But if you are poor, it is worse still, since you have fewer means of defense. He spoke of lamentable persecution of the gay community by former mayor Alberto Andrade, which included shaming people by publishing the license plate numbers of vehicles that engage with transvestites and prostitutes in a newspaper of major circulation.
\nOne of the questions from the floor criticized Garc\u00eda Bela\u00fande for not having a clearer position. Specifically, he treated the issue of sexuality as a matter of private rights rather than a public issue about power; and spoke in terms of improving understanding rather than establishing rights. Garc\u00eda Bela\u00fande responded saying he favors gay marriage, equality and non-discrimination. There is a range of positions within the Centrist Front, with some people favoring non-discrimination but drawing the line at gay marriage. He said his personal mission is to push for a more open position within his party and the Centrist Front, something he shares with his father.
\nMembers of National Unity (Unidad Nacional), , Decentralist Concertation (Concertaci\u00f3n Decentralista) and the Independent Moralizing Front (Frente Independiente Moralizador) were invited but did not attend.
\nINFORME ESPECIAL: SE REALIZ\u00d3 MESA REDONDA SOBRE ELECCIONES Y DIVERSIDAD SEXUAL
\nRa\u00edz Diversidad Sexual<\/a><\/strong>
\nHoy viernes 10 de marzo, en la Universidad del Pac\u00edfico, se realiz\u00f3 la Mesa Redonda sobre Elecciones y Propuestas Program\u00e1ticas desde la Diversidad Sexual, la cual cont\u00f3 con la presencia de Belissa And\u00eda (Movimiento Nueva Izquierda- MNI), Vicente Otta (UPP), Susel Paredes (PS), V\u00edctor Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda (Frente de Centro), Sandra Vallenas (Universidad Cat\u00f3lica), con el comentario del reconocido activista Oscar Ugarteche.
\nLa Mesa se inici\u00f3 con la intervenci\u00f3n de Belissa, qui\u00e9n explic\u00f3 el proceso de inclusi\u00f3n de la diversidad sexual en el Plan de Gobierno y la lista congresal del MNI, en el contexto de la convocatoria a una Asamblea Constituyente, la cual sea la base de la inclusi\u00f3n de un conjunto de cambios necesarios que reemplacen al actual modelo neoliberal. Sobre las propuestas para la comunidad LGTB, Belissa apunt\u00f3 la necesidad de promover una Ley de Prevenci\u00f3n de la Discriminaci\u00f3n por Orientaci\u00f3n Sexual e Identidad de G\u00e9nero, adem\u00e1s del reconocimiento de las uniones de las parejas del mismo sexo.
\nLuego intervino el se\u00f1or Otta, miembro del Plan de Gobierno Nacionalista (UPP), el cual coincidi\u00f3 con Belissa en la necesidad de una Asamblea Constituyente para hacer los cambios estructurales que garanticen que el acceso de todos los sectores sociales a la ciudadan\u00eda. En este contexto plante\u00f3 que su partido no tiene una propuesta expl\u00edcita para la diversidad sexual, por lo cual saludaba los puntos propuestos por la candidata de la Izquierda. Posteriormente, hizo uso de la palabra Susel Paredes, la cual present\u00f3 las propuestas del PS en relaci\u00f3n a la despenalizaci\u00f3n del aborto, el apoyo a la personas viviendo con VIH-SIDA, la ley para prevenir la discriminaci\u00f3n y la necesidad de cambios constitucionales para el reconocimiento de las parejas del mismo sexo. En un cuarto momento, V\u00edctor Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda (Frente de Centro) admiti\u00f3 que su partido es conservador en relaci\u00f3n al tema de la diversidad sexual, sin embargo plante\u00f3 que en lo personal considera importante promover la tolerancia y el respeto a la diferencia.
\nLuego de presentadas las propuestas, la soci\u00f3loga Sandra Vallenas (Universidad Cat\u00f3lica) present\u00f3 los resultados de su \u00faltimo sondeo electoral, el cual revela que aproximadamente dos tercios de la poblaci\u00f3n muestra intolerancia frente a las candidaturas LGTB, frente a un tercio que admiti\u00f3 que podr\u00eda votar por un candidato de la diversidad sexual. Para la Dra. Vallenas, las y los j\u00f3venes son sin duda el sector que muestra mayores niveles de tolerancia y menores prejuicios. Finalmente, Oscar Ugarteche hizo un balance de lo avanzado en estos \u00faltimos veinticinco a\u00f1os; adem\u00e1s, plante\u00f3 la necesidad de no olvidar el peligro que implica el neoconservadurismo, en especial el proveniente de la administraci\u00f3n Bush y la actual c\u00fapula de la Iglesia Cat\u00f3lica.
\nTodos estos insumos permitieron iniciar un interesante debate en el cual particip\u00f3 el p\u00fablico asistente. La conclusi\u00f3n general fue que a diferencia de los anteriores procesos electorales, la novedad en el 2006 es la inclusi\u00f3n de la diversidad sexual en las agendas de discusi\u00f3n electoral.
\nCandidatos de varios partidos expusieron sus puntos de vista sobre la diversidad sexual en la Universidad del Pac\u00edfico <\/a>
\nDiario de Lima Gay<\/strong>
\nLa Universidad del Pac\u00edfico y el Weblog Peru Election 2006 organizaron una mesa redonda para que representates de los partidos ol\u00edticos mas importantes que compiyten en estas elecciones expusieran sus proopurestas program\u00e1ticasy lesgislativas dirigidas a lesbianas, gasy, bisexuales y personas trans (GLBT).
\nSe hicieron presentes Belissa And\u00eda, candidata trans del MNI ( N\u00famero 30), Vicente Otta, representate del Partidos Nacionalista \/UPP, Susel Paredesdel PS ( N\u00famero 10) y Victor Garc\u00eda Bela\u00fande quien acudi\u00f3 en representaci\u00f3n de su padre y a nombre de Frente de Centro.
\nA pesar de haber confirmado su presencia, no asistieron los representamnts de UNidad Nacional y la Concertaci\u00f3n Descebtralista. Agust\u00edn Haya del Partido Aprista envi\u00f3 una carta disculp\u00e1ndose por no poder asistir debido a problemas suegidos d ela tacha de su candidatura por el JNE. En la carta expres\u00f3 su compromiso personal y de su partuido copn la defensa de los derechos GLBT.
\nCada representante de partido expuso durante 10 minutos sus propuestas program\u00e1ticas y\/o legislativas.
\nBelissa And\u00eda ley\u00f3 las propuestas sobre el tema de diversidad sexual incluidas en el Plan de Gobierno del MNI. Las propuestas se centran en la promesa impulsar la convocatoria a una Asamblea Constituyente que permita la inclusi\u00f3n de los cambios necesarios para modificar el modelo neoliberal a\u00ed como en la necesidad de promover una Ley de Prevenci\u00f3n de la Discriminaci\u00f3n por Orientaci\u00f3n Sexual e Identidad de G\u00e9nero y la legalizaci\u00f3n de las uniones de las parejas del mismo sexo.
\nVicente Otta, quien particip\u00f3 de la elaboraci\u00f3n del Plan de Gobierno del Partido Nacionalista \/UPP, luego de una disertaci\u00f3n sobre la desconexi\u00f3n entre gobieno y baci\u00f3n que ha caracterizado la historia del Per\u00fa, tambi\u00e9n sostuvo la necesidad de convocar una Asamblea Constituyente para hacer los cambios estructurales que garanticen que el acceso de todos los sectores sociales a la ciudadan\u00eda. Reconoci\u00f3 que su partido no tiene una propuesta expl\u00edcita para la diversidad sexual.
\nSusel Paredes del PS present\u00f3 las 24 propuestas de su partido en relaci\u00f3n la diversidad sexual ( que disstribuy\u00f3 en un folleto) y sus propuestas legislativas espec\u00edficas respecto de la despenalizaci\u00f3n del aborto, la ley para prevenir la discriminaci\u00f3npor oruientacionsexual e identidad de g\u00e9nero ( ya presentada al congreso por Javier Diez Canseco, en diciembre de 2005), el apoyo a la personas viviendo con VIH-SIDA, y la necesidad de realizar los cambios constitucionales previos para que se a posible el reconocimiento de las parejas del mismo sexo.
\nV\u00edctor Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda (Frente de Centro), quien es psic\u00f3logo y ha trabajado el tema de la sexualidad homosexual, puso en relieve la importancia del cambio en el sistema educativo para promover una educaci\u00f3n sexual acorde con los avances de la ciencia y sin oscurantismos ni prejuicios y as\u00ed cambiar el sentido com\u00fan de la gente logrando una mayotr comprensi\u00f3n y respeto.Sin embargo, recomoci\u00f3 que partido es conservador en relaci\u00f3n al tema de la diversidad sexual, que no hay nada espec\u00edfico en sus planes pero que se ha llegado a considerar la posibilidad de alg\u00fan recoocimiento legal de las parejas del mismo sexo pero no como matrimonio.
\nSandra Vallenas, soci\u00f3loga de la Universidad Cat\u00f3lica present\u00f3 los resultados la \u00faltima encuesta realizada por esa casa de estudios en Lima,seg\u00fan el cual dos tercios de la poblaci\u00f3n ( 67 %) rechaza las candidaturas GLTB, frente a un tercio que admite que podr\u00eda votar ( 26 %) o votar\u00eda definitivamenter ( 6 %) por un candidato homosexual, lesbiana o trans. En su an\u00e1lisis de los resultados Vallenas se\u00f1al\u00f3 que los j\u00f3venes y particularmente los de los sectores A y B, son el sector que muestra mayor tolerancia y menores prejuicios.
\nFinalmente, Oscar Ugarteche, destacado economista fundador y l\u00edder del Movimiento Homosexual de Lima,realiz\u00f3 un balance de los \u00faltimos veinticinco a\u00f1os en lo que se refiere al avance de los derechos GLBT , tanto en el Per\u00fa como ene le resto del mundo. Enfatiz\u00f3 el peligro y la amenaza del neoconservadurismo,promovido por la administraci\u00f3n Bush y la c\u00fapula de la Iglesia Cat\u00f3lica.
\nLuego de las exposiciones se realiz\u00f3 una ronda de preguntas y se concluy\u00f3 en que resultava muy positivo que en el actual proceso electoral hayan dos candidaturas GLBT al congreso y otras dos al parlamento Andino, lo que ha hecho que los partidos pol\u00edticos se preocupen, por primera vez, de hacer alguna propuesta o promesa dirigida a los votantes GLBT.<\/em>
\nCatholic University 2004 Exclusion Survey<\/a>
\nCatholic University February Urban Poll<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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