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Appendix: the Portuguese Case Study Appendix: The Portuguese Case Study Appendix 1: pen portraits of LGBT organizations in Portugal The following pen portraits offer a brief outline of each LGBT organization in Portugal that had some form of activity between 1995 and 2007.1 Angels was the name of the LGBT section of the Portuguese Association of Deaf People and constituted the only group where issues of impairment and disability were included. It co-organized the LGBT March in Lisbon in 2003 but there is no record of activities since then. AT was created in 2003, in Lisbon, and is the only organization set up to deal exclusively with issues of transgenderism. It co-organized the LGBT March in Lisbon in 2003 and 2004, and called for international protest and solidarity when the transsexual woman Gisberta was killed in 2006. Atlântida was a LGBT group from Azores Islands. It participated in the first meet- ing of Forum LGBT in 2002 but there has been no more information about the group since. Caleidoscópio was created in 2007 and is based in Porto. Its main aim is to fight against “LGBTphobia” particularly in Northern Portugal. It co-organizes the LGBT March in Porto and it is involved in a number of social, educational and political initiatives. Clube Safo is a women-only LGBT organization created in 1996. Besides co- organizing national events, it organizes annual women’s camps and edits a bi-monthly bulletin called Zona Livre. It also co-organized all LGBT Marches in Lisbon from 2000 to 2007, as well as the first LGBT March in Porto, in 2006. Coisa do Género was created in 2001, in Lisbon, as a LGBT intervention group at the University of Lisbon. After co-organizing the LGBT March in Lisbon in 2002, the group disbanded in 2003. Gayteen was a youth group that co-organized the LGBT March in 2003 and 2004. It is presently disbanded. Grupo Oeste Gay (GOG) was created in 2000, in Lourinhã, and focused on addressing gay issues in the West part of the country. GOG co-organized the LGBT March in Lisbon in 2001, 2002 and 2003, and disbanded in 2003 after 188 Appendix: The Portuguese Case Study 189 its coordinator, Simão Mateus, decided to step aside. He remains active in the movement, cooperating occasionally with Clube Safo and Não Te Prives, among others. GRIP was created in 2005 and it is a group within ILGA Portugal based in Porto city. It organizes thematic movie sessions, as well as debates and social gatherings. GRIT was created in 2007 and is a group within ILGA Portugal dealing with issues of transsexuality. Grupo LGBT do Bloco de Esquerda was a LGBT group within the left-wing polit- ical party Left Bloc. It was created in 2003, after GTH disbanded. It is presently disbanded. Grupo de Trabalho Homossexual (GTH) was the first LGBT organization, created in 1991, in Lisbon. It was a group within a left-wing political party called PSR. GTH co-organized the LGBT March in Lisbon in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, and then disbanded in 2003. Many of its members cre- ated Grupo LGBT do Bloco de Esquerda, in 2003, and then Panteras Rosa, in 2004. Horus was a LGBT group created in 2005, in the Northern rural city of Viseu after the occurrence of homophobic attacks that year. With the exception of a demonstration in Viseu in 2005 called STOP Homophobia there is no record of other activities. ILGA Portugal was created in 1995, in Lisbon. It runs the only Lesbian and Gay Community Centre, a space that was provided by the Lisbon Municipal- ity in 1997. ILGA Portugal has organized the Annual Lisbon Pride Party since 1997 and co-organized the LGBT March in Lisbon since 2000. It is reported to be the biggest LGBT organization in Portugal, with nearly 1000 members registered.2 Janela Indiscreta was created in 1996, in Lisbon, under a different name (Cul- tural Association of the Lisbon Lesbian and Gay Movie Festival). It has organized the Lisbon Lesbian and Gay Movie Festival since 1997 and co-organized the LGBT March in Lisbon in 2003 and 2004. Lilás was a lesbian group created in 1993, around a magazine of the same name. It co-organized the LGBT March in 2000 and 2001, but there is no record of activities since then. LGBT-AI is the LGBT group of the Portuguese branch of Amnesty Interna- tional. It was created in 2002, in Lisbon, and it participates in the LGBT March in Lisbon. Não Te Prives (NTP) is a youth organization which was created in 2002, in the city of Coimbra. It is the only organization which is simultaneously feminist 190 Appendix: The Portuguese Case Study and LGBT in its self-identification. NTP has co-organized the LGBT Marches in Lisbon (since 2002) and in Coimbra (since 2010), and it also organized debates, social gatherings, thematic movie sessions, media campaigns and thematic book launchings. Nós was a LGBT group from the University of Porto which was created in 2000. It organized the first Week of LGBT Pride in Porto (in 2001) and edited a bulletin called Pluma 28. It also co-organized the LGBT March in Lisbon in 2001 and 2002, but it disbanded in 2003. Some of its members created GRIP. Opus Gay was created in 1997, in Lisbon. It runs a LGBT weekly radio-show (since 1999) and it co-edited the First Anthology of Portuguese Homoerotic Literature, together with the magazine Korpus. Opus Gay co-organized the LGBT March in Lisbon in 2000, 2002 and 2003. Panteras Rosa is a LGBT organization created in 2004, in Lisbon. It has co- organized the LGBT March in Lisbon since 2004, as well as the LGBT March in Porto, since 2006. It has focused on direct action initiatives and media campaigning. Ponto Bi is the only group focused on issues of bisexuality and it was created in 2006, in Porto. It participates in the LGBT March in Porto since 2006 and organizes debates. PortugalGay.PT was created in 1996, in Porto. It has organized the Porto Pride since 2001, and co-organized the Porto LGBT March since 2006 and the LGBT March in Lisbon in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. It also launched the Porto Gay and Lesbian Guide in 2000. Its regular activities centre around a website which, as it reports, receives 5000 visits per day. Rede ex aequo is a youth organization which was created in 2003, in Lisbon, with branches in most regions of the country. It organises youth camps and other social gatherings, and runs an Education Observatory designed to collect and monitor bullying in schools. Rede also co-organized the LGBT March in Lisbon in 2003 and 2004. Ursos was a group of gay bears created in 2003, in Lisbon. It co- organized the LGBT March in Lisbon in 2003 and 2004, but it disbanded in 2006. In addition to these groups, during the period under analysis (1990s and 2000s) there was also a platform of organizations called Forum LGBT that, in its first meeting in January 2002, gathered together ten organizations.3 This coalition disbanded in 2003, in the aftermath of tensions after the First Portuguese Social Forum. Another focus of visibility of LGBT activism is the magazine Korpus, which has existed since 1996 and offers regular reports and images of LGBT events. Appendix: The Portuguese Case Study 191 Appendix 2: participants’ brief profile Participants in ACTIVISMO (discussion mailing list, 2006) Pseudonyms Self-identification Organization Participation in the List Alberto Gay Janela Indiscreta 8 answers Alfredo Gay Opus Gay 7 answers Carlos Gay GRIP∗ 1 answer Cesar Gay Opus Gay 1 answer. Gave up week 2. Carla Lesbian Janela Indiscreta 4 answers Eva Lesbian Clube Safo 1 answer. Gave up week 5 Elsa Lesbian Clube Safo 1 answer. Gave up week 6 Gaspar Gay Não Te Prives 6 answers Helena Heterosexual Não Te Prives 7 answers Jose Gay Panteras Rosa 8 answers Josias Gay PortugalGay.PT 7 answers Joao Gay Rede Ex Aequo 7 answers Luis Gay ILGA Portugal 5 answers Ligia Lesbian ILGA Portugal 6 answers Paula Lesbian Panteras Rosa 8 answers Ricardo Gay LGBT – AI 1 answer Rute Lesbian Rede Ex Aequo 8 answers Romao Gay Ursos 0 answers Sandra Bisexual GRIP∗ 7 answers Telma Bisexual LGBT – AI 2 answers. Gave up week 6 ∗ Although GRIP was a sub-group of ILGA Portugal in 2006, it is based in Porto and it was very active in 2006 – due to both a transphobic murder in February and the first LGBT March of Porto in July. Hence the decision to include its views in the mailing list. 192 Appendix: The Portuguese Case Study Interviewees (2006) Name Self-identification Organization Age City Anabela Lesbian Opus Gay 37 Lisbon Catarina Lesbian Clube Safo 31 Lisbon Eduarda F. Lesbian Clube Safo 46 Lisbon Eduarda S. Bisexual & Transgender AT 47 Lisbon Fabíola Lesbian Clube Safo 33 Santarém Fernando Gay — 50 Lisbon Filipe∗ Gay Rede ex aequo 21 Coimbra Isabel∗ Lesbian Rede ex aequo 25 Aveiro Júlio Gay Panteras Rosa 44 Lisbon Lara Heterosexual & Transgender AT 34 Lisbon Manuel Gay ILGA Portugal 35 Lisbon Nuno Gay Não Te Prives 24 Coimbra Paulo Gay ILGA Portugal 31 Lisbon Paulo Jorge Gay Não Te Prives 32 Coimbra Sara Bisexual Rede ex aequo 29 Lisbon Sérgio Gay Panteras Rosa 32 Lisbon Simão Gay — 30 Lisbon Susana Lesbian ILGA Portugal 47 Lisbon Telmo Gay GRIP∗∗ 29 Porto Vítor Gay GRIP∗∗ 25 Porto ∗ Pseudonym, according to interviewee’s request. ∗∗ Although GRIP was a sub-group of ILGA Portugal, it is based in Porto and was very active in 2006 – due to both a transphobic murder in February and the first LGBT March of Porto in July.
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