Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 16:59:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Ron Buckmire Subject: mongolia From: Nigel Warner Subject: FW: Nigel -Peter - Micha ! Mongolian Gay & Lesbian group formed Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:04:13 +0100 Dear Queerplanet, ILGA has recently received the following news of Mongolia's first lesbian and gay organisation. Nigel Warner Co-ordinator of ILGA-World web-site - www.ilga.org Co-delegate of ILGA-Europe to the Council of Europe The International Lesbian and Gay Association is a world-wide federation of 350 national and local groups dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people everywhere. >Dear Friends, > >I just returned from my vacation in Mongolia. I have not had a chance to >summarize my trip, but Mongolia is a wonderful country. At the airport as I >was leaving I bought the English language paper and discovered the article >below. I did not have a chance to check them out, but because they would >like contacts with foreign organizations, I encourage you to make any >potentially interested organizations you may know of aware of Mongolia's >first Gay and Lesbian oraganization. > >Robert > > > >>From UB Post Wednesday June 30th 1999, page 1: > >FIRST GAY AND LESBIAN GROUP OPENS UB OFFICE: >Group founders plan to fight harassment > >Mongolian's first gay and lesbian's rights group, Tavilan or Destiny, formed >this spring because of accusations of "police harassment and improper >sentencing procedures that violated civilian rights." > >This past month Tavilan opened a small office in central Ulaanbaatar to >begin building an organization to counter such problems. > >The accusation of harassment came in a Post interview with one of the >group's founding members. The member, one of 22 founders, asked not to be >named for fear of intimidation. > >Incorporated this past April, the group's aim has been to protect and >promote the rights of gay and lesbian people in Mongolia. Members intend to >create a social network, link with gay rights groups overseas and encourage >better understanding amongst the general public. > >Tavilan recently participated in the Run/Walk for AIDS and it regularly >organizes a Sunday basketball/volleyball game and weekly social night. New >Ulaanbaatar residents are welcome to attend. > >Tavilan may be contacted by E-mail at: idre9@hotmail.com and by post at: Box >405, Ulaanbaatar 210644. > >[Spelling and grammer are as in the original.] > > > > ****************************************************************************** * To subscribe to QUEERPLANET, send mail to: majordomo@abacus.oxy.edu * * In the mail message, enter ONLY the words: subscribe queerplanet * * To unsubscribe to QUEERPLANET, send mail to: majordomo@abacus.oxy.edu * * In the mail message, enter ONLY the words: unsubscribe queerplanet * * Words in the Subject: line are NOT processed! * ******************************************************************************