LGBT activists in France have initiated a campaign seeking the Nobel Peace Prize for global gay rights fighter Louis-George Tin.
The 37-year-old Tin is a native of Martinique, but has lived in mainland France for the last two decades, where he’s an esteemed university professor. In 2005 he founded of the International Day Against Homophobia (and, since 2009, Transphobia), celebrated in more than 70 countries every May 17 in honor of the 1990 day when the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its official list of disorders.
Tin has been a staunch fighter on key global gay rights fronts like Moscow Pride, and in 2008 he called on the United Nations to support the decriminalization of homosexuality throughout the world. Tin has also authored several controversial books, including The Dictionary of Homophobia and The Invention of Heterosexual Culture.
Those touting Tin for a Nobel nod must complete and submit his application by the end of February. A winner will be announced by the Nobel Committee in October, and the prize presented in December in Oslo, Norway.
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If Tin wins, he will be the first Nobel recipient to have been recognized for fighting for LGBT rights.
daftpunkydavidavid
interesting but please note: martinique is in france. just as hawaii is in the united states. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinique
Dan Allen
@daftpunkydavidavid: Duly noted, thanks. 😉
libatybel
Am sure that Louis-George Tin has done some amazing work – but why always suggest a man first for an honour and a prize like this? What about Clare Dimyon or other very active women? Just a thought, chaps…
Interesting
there are several good choices for this. sadly there are not a lack of places in which gay rights needs to be faught for in terms of human rights.
Vince Urbani
Aren’t LGBT rights considered the final hurdle for the human race?
shannon
I hope he gets it…
Interesting
@Vince Urbani: No.
Kyle
Awesome. Good kick to him. He deserves it.
Kyle
Luck.
Michael DeSelms
@daftpunkydavidavid: Also please note: Martinique and Hawaii are not IN France or the United States. They are islands in of themselves. They just belong.
Michael DeSelms
@libatybel: No one is suggesting that woman couldn’t be nominated. ll it takes is for someone to start the process. Any ideas who and how Libatybel?
ct
Three women won this year for their work on behalf of women’s rights in the Middle East and Africa. At the same time the Nobel committee completely overlooked those women who are risking their lives fighting for LGBT rights in these regions like Kameroon’s formidable Alice Nkom or Uganda’s Kasha Nabagesera.
So this is not about a man or a woman winning the price. This is about the Nobel committee finally recognizing and putting a face to a global human rights struggle.
daftpunkydavid
@Michael DeSelms: hmmm… then i think you completely missed the point… “à côté de la plaque!” as we say in french.
daftpunkydavid
@Michael DeSelms: as originally written, the phrasing implied that martinique and france were two separate countries, which is why i made the comparison with hawaii. maybe you didn’t see the original phrasing? because otherwise i’m not sure what your comment is about…