At a year and a half to the presidential elections in Venezuela, both ruling and opposition parties have obviated any topic related to gay constituents. Topics such as: gay marriage, reproductive freedom legislation, adoption, among others; occupy the top priorities in the expectations of the venezuelan gay community, seeking for inclusion and equality in the country.
Double standards of lawmakers in Venezuela was shown this year with a new and "different" parliament, when they reversed an initiative to legalize civil unions. Instead they voted a bill draft on gender equality, a quote by Marelis Perez, venezuelan lawmaker "... establishes respect for those who have a sex choice to protect their human rights, call for non-discrimination, but does not give legitimacy to homosexual marriage, that is not the purpose of this law. "
So my question would be , what is the intention to brag about social inclusion? The inclusion speech fell short at times to fulfill Chavez's promises to the gay constituency, as a proof of his lack of commitment to universal human rights by a presumably analysis of a mere electoral calculation.
The Venezuelan political opposition has its share in the blame of the gay community reversal, with close ties to the church, their historical social conservative record and obviously the same fear of electoral calculation, places them as pasive observers of the abominable outrage against human rights in the country.
Dear concerned citizen, we have no other option but to keep fighting for the long-awaited demands of the gay community in Venezuela and having the fateful role of being second-class citizens being left in the past. We must demand all issues that affect us to be included in the political agendas of the "establishment".
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