homophobia – Generation Change https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange Whether they are campaigning for free press in Zimbabwe, helping provide clean water in India, or offering free music lessons to underprivileged kids in the UK, young people all over the world are making a difference. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:49:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 LGBT activist promotes respect in Parisian schools https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2014/06/lgbt-activist-promotes-respect-in-parisian-schools/ Wed, 18 Jun 2014 06:32:28 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=5221 When Gary Roustan visits school classes in Paris, he’s the first gay person some of the students have met. As the president of an LGBT organization, he’s fighting homophobia – a year after France legalized gay marriage.

Over the past year, he and other members of the organization haven been invited to speak to students in 128 different high schools about what it means to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

Listen to the report by Fabien Jannic-Cherbonnel in Paris:

Gary didn't accept that he was gay at the beginning - his forst contact with homosexuals was at le Mag, the LGBT organization he is now the president of (Photo: F. Jannic-Cherbonnel)

Gary struggled with accepting his homosexuality at first – his first contact with homosexuals was at le Mag, the LGBT organization he now directs (Photo: F. Jannic-Cherbonnel)

The members of Le Mag in Paris not only support each other - they also go out to inform others about gender issues (Photo: F. Jannic-Cherbonnel)

The members of Le Mag in Paris not only support each other – they also go out to inform others about gender issues (Photo: F. Jannic-Cherbonnel)

]]> Chilean teen fights homophobia with education https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2014/04/chilean-teen-fights-homophobia-with-education/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:18:25 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=4919 Chile is one of South America’s most socially conservative countries, and discrimination against gays and lesbians is still widespread. In March 2012, 24-year-old Daniel Zamudio was tortured and murdered after his attackers learned of his sexual orientation. And, just this January, 22-year-old Esteban Parada died in a similar attack in downtown Santiago.

Alberto Cid, 18, is determined to turn the tide and put an end to bullying and discrimination in Chile. The answer, he says, lies in education. First, he became president of Movilh Joven, a gay rights activist group that targets youth, and now he’s focused on getting sexual diversity into the local schools’ curricula.

Listen to the report by Eilís O’Neill in Santiago, Chile:

 

Alberto Cid is first tackling his own high school in Santiago, where he is a member of the student government and the LGBT student group (Photo: E. O'Neill)

Alberto Cid is first tackling his own high school in Santiago, where he is a member of the student government and the LGBT student group (Photo: E. O’Neill)

Alberto attends Barros Borgoño High School in Santiago (Photo: E. O'Neill)

Alberto attends Barros Borgoño High School in Santiago (Photo: E. O’Neill)

 

 

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