Activities
The aims of this association, as its statutes show, are as follows:
- The defense of Human Rights collected in United Nations Bill and in a special way of those rights referred to lesbians, gays, transsexuals and bisexuals, rights to their dignity as human beings, to the free development of their personality, to the search of social equality, the elimination of discrimination, etc.
- To work for a more plural and respectful society promoting social conditions so that freedom and equality of the different groups members as well as those of people become real and effective.
- To promote fully legal and social equality of all individuals, irrelevant of their sexual orientation or identity, as well as of their affective and sexual relations they may have with other people’s fullest consent.
- To promote the elimination of any homophobic or transfobic behaviour.
- To promote the elimination of any discrimination related to people infected with VIH. Public and free medical and psychological assistance rights for all seropositive people.
The activities developed from COGAM, generically addressed to LGTB group, are:
Activities directed to cover psychological and social needs:
- “SOS Homo-Transphobia”: National help service to LGTB victims of homophobic or transfobic causes, helping the victims to file the legal report.
- Welcome: First attention contact through a customized interview where reciprocal information is exchanged between the professional and LGTB's member.
- Information, orientation and counselling.
- Treatment and follow-up.
- Direct telephone attention.
- Preparation of educational training material.
- Resources development for lesbians, gays, transsexuals and bisexuals.
- Gathering of statistical data.
- Development of monographic Work Groups: gays, lesbians, transsexuals, bisexuals, elderly, deaf people, mothers, fathers, “coming out”, VIH, etc.
- Training activities.
- Studies of “popular” and technical activity which, from the psychological field, deal with homoxesuality as well as transexuality.
Activities related to cover legal, educational, cultural, health and sports needs:
- Information, guidance and counseling services for individuals, entities or corporations.
- Development of informative and training material.
- Training activities.
- Coordination between public services
- Guidance to individuals and organizations that from an educational frame deal with the subject of homosexuality and transsexuality.
- Other activities of similar nature.
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