Honduras is test of new U.S. policy on gay rights
Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Modified Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Honduras is test of new U.S. policy on gay rights
By Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers
Tim Johnson McClatchy Newspapers
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — From U.N. chambers to the halls of the State Department, global pressure on countries to protect the rights of homosexuals and transgender people is rising.
For Josue Hernandez, the new emphasis can't come fast enough.
The 33-year-old gay activist bears the scar of the bullet that grazed his skull in an attack a few years ago. He's moved the office of his advocacy group four times. Still, he feels hunted in what is arguably the most homophobic nation in the Americas.
"We are in a deplorable state," Hernandez said of homosexuals in Honduras. "When we walk the streets, people shout insults at us and throw rocks. Parents move their children away."
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