Gay Revolutionary Movement of Venezuela
Movimiento Gay Revolucionario de Venezuela | |
| Abbreviation | MGRV |
|---|---|
| Successor | United Socialist Bloc for Homosexual Liberation |
| Formation | November 6, 2002 |
| Dissolved | 2008 |
| Type | LGBTQ rights group |
The Gay Revolutionary Movement of Venezuela (Spanish: Movimiento Gay Revolucionario de Venezuela, MGRV) was a left-wing and Chavista LGBTQ rights group in Venezuela founded in 2002.[1][2]
History
The MGRV was founded in November 2002 by LGBTQ supporters of president Hugo Chávez and his Fifth Republic Movement (Later the United Socialist Party of Venezuela).[3] Its spokesperson was also the spokesperson Youth Commission for Sexual Minorities of the Youth of the Fifth Republic Movement, Heisler Vaamonde.[4]
In 2005, the Movement presented Vaamonde as their candidate for the 2005 Venezuelan parliamentary election in the Libertador Municipality of Caracas under the label of the Partido Verdad Libre. He was not elected, however.[5][6]
Earlier in 2005, the movement issued a communique denying the publication of a pamphlet called ¡¡¡Bolívar era gay!!!! (Bolivar was gay!) which was being credited to the movement.[7]
The movement provided and operated seminars, LGBTQ entrepreneur support programs, discussions, debates and sporting events, amongst others.[2]
With the formation of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), in 2008 the movement was dissolved and reformed into the Bloque Socialista Unido de Liberación Homosexual which was more closely incorporated into the framework of PSUV.[1]
See Also
References
- 1 2 "Línea de tiempo hechos, visibilidad y movilización social LGBTIQA+ en Venezuela". Red Historia Venezuela. Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- 1 2 Andreína Fuentes y Ana María Carrano (2024). "Guía GLBT de Venezuela" (PDF). Caracas: Abre Los Ojos. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ↑ "Historia". Movimiento Gay Revolucionario de Venezuela. 2006. Archived from the original on 17 February 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ↑ "Movimiento Gay Revolucionario de Venezuela desmiente autoría de documento sobre Bolívar que circula en Internet". Aporrea. 16 August 2005. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ↑ Sánchez, Fabiola (16 May 2005). "Gays postularán candidatos para Asamblea Nacional en Venezuela". Laredo Morning Times. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ↑ Últimas Noticias (21 September 2005). "Movimiento Gay Revolucionario inscribió a Heisler Vaamonde como candidato a la AN". Aporrea. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ↑ "Movimiento Gay Revolucionario de Venezuela desmiente autoría de documento sobre Bolívar que circula en Internet". Aporrea. 16 August 2005. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.