Venezuela's Environmental Movement
Movimiento Ambiente de Venezuela | |
| Abbreviation | MAV |
|---|---|
| Formation | December 9, 1993 |
| Dissolved | September 2005[1] |
| Type | LGBTQ rights group |
| Headquarters | Caracas |
Publication | Igual Género[2] |
Venezuela's Environmental Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Ambiente de Venezuela, MAV) was a Venezuelan LGBTQ rights group founded by veteran LGBTQ rights campaigner, Oswaldo Reyes in 1993.[3] It was the first LGBTQ rights organization registered in the country.[4]
History
The MAV was founded by former activists of the group built around the Entendido magazine, including Oswaldo Reyes, Richard Gómez, Cesar Sequera Nuñez, María Peña, Ángel Vivas, Carmen Rodríguez, and Marianela Ruiz in response to “La televisión, homosexualismo y agresividad,” a letter accusing homosexuals of corrupting children.[4] They met weekly in El Silencio to discuss human rights, repression against LGBTQ people and political oppression.
They published a magazine called Igual Género (Gender Equality) from 1994 until 1997, it was the first sexuality focused publication in Venezuela.[2][5][6]
MAV led campaigns against police abuse of LGBTQ people and caried out activities to help prevent Sexually transmitted infections, especially HIV/AIDS-related groups.[7] They also helped organise the first Caracas Pride, on June 29, 1997, at Sabana Grande.[8]
In January 1998, several members of the MAV left the organisation to form the Lambda Alliance of Venezuela, which came to be one of the leading forces in the LGBTQ rights movement in Venezuela. Later the Affirmative Union of Venezuela also split from MAV.[7]
In 1998, founder Oswaldo Reyes ran for the 1999 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election as the first openly gay candidate to run for election. However, he was not elected.[6][9]
After Reyes' death in September 2005, the movement fell inactive. However, it is seen as the progenitor of the Venezuelan LGBTQ movement. MAV was succeeded by a total of 14 organisations.[4]
See Also
References
- ↑ "Sospechosos habituales" [Usual suspects] (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-10-04.
- 1 2 "Historia de la comunidad LGBTQIA+ en Venezuela". 22 February 2024.
- ↑ "Venezuela's Trailblazers of Pride". 30 June 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Lgbt en Venezuela: huérfanos de ley" [LGBT in Venezuela: orphans of the law] (PDF) (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Igual genero - Historia de las revistas LGBT de Venezuela". Issuu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023.
- 1 2 "Línea de tiempo hechos, visibilidad y movilización social LGBTIQA+ en Venezuela | Red Historia Venezuela". Archived from the original on 1 September 2024.
- 1 2 "La voz de lambda - Historia de las revistas LGBT de Venezuela by Jorge Gonzalez - Issuu". Archived from the original on 4 March 2023.
- ↑ Montes de Oca, Rodolfo. "Sospechosos habituales: Diez aproximaciones a los antecedentes históricos del movimiento por los derechos humanos en Venezuela (1936-1999)" (PDF). Provea (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
- ↑ Gutiérrez¹, Carlos; Navarrete², Rodrigo; Tovar³, Marianela (August 2007). "Diversos y socialistas: La diversidad sexual en el socialismo del siglo XXI". Revista Venezolana de Economía y Ciencias Sociales. 13 (2): 103–123.