AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Haiti may have held its International Condom Day (ICD) a little later than usual, but that doesn’t mean they threw any less of a celebration—which was also the first gay pride event in the country’s history!
“AHF Haiti took this opportunity to declare that everyone has the right to healthcare regardless of their sexual orientation,” said AHF Haiti Country Program Manager Karine Duverger. “It’s clear we still have work to do when those in marginalized communities are attacked or even killed for simply being who they are. No one should have to live in isolation, poverty or persecution—and AHF is working hard to turn the tide in Haiti.”
It was even more important to ensure this event’s success, since AHF’s originally scheduled ICD 2019 event in Haiti in February had to be postponed due to widespread civil unrest and protests that prompted evacuations and travel warnings. Continue reading