Mr. Gay World 2011

Delegates 2011

		Argentina
	Name:	Gonzalo Bagaloni
	Age:	21
	Zodiac:	Leo
	Height:	173 cm.
	Native language:	Spanish

		Australia 3RD RUNNER UP MR GAY SWIMWEAR 2011 MR GAY FORMALWEAR 2011
	Name:	Leigh Charles
	Age:	26
	Zodiac:	Virgo
	Height:	179 cm.
	Native language:	English

		Brazil
	Name:	Eduardo Kamke
	Age:	29
	Zodiac:	Virgo
	Height:	1.80 cm.
	Native language:	Portuguese

		Bulgaria
	Name:	Stanislav Tanchevv
	Age:	36
	Zodiac:	Aquarius
	Height:	179 cm.
	Native language:	Bulgarian

		Canada
	Name:	Rob Goddard
	Age:	21
	Zodiac:	Virgo
	Height:	173 cm.
	Native language:	English

		Chile
	Name:	Alex Klocker
	Age:	27
	Zodiac:	Aries
	Height:	180cm.
	Native language:	Spanish

		Curacao TOP 10
	Name:	Rupert Arrindell
	Age:	27
	Zodiac:	Sagitarius
	Height:	180 cm.
	Native language:	Papiamento and Dutch

		Czech Republic
	Name:	Martin Goga
	Age:	26
	Zodiac:	Gemini
	Height:	183 cm.
	Native language:	Slovak

		Estonia MR GAY CONGENIALITY 2011
	Name:	Madis Räästas
	Age:	30
	Zodiac:	Scorpio
	Height:	178 cm.
	Native language:	Estonian

		Finland
	Name:	Kenneth Liukkonen
	Age:	28
	Zodiac:	Libra
	Height:	173 cm.
	Native language:	Finnish and Swedish

		Hong Kong, China
	Name:	Hei Hei Yau
	Age:	26
	Zodiac:	Leo
	Height:	170 cm.
	Native language:	Cantonese & Mandarin

		Iceland
	Name:	Vilhjálmur Davíðsson
	Age:	23
	Zodiac:	Cancer
	Height:	190 cm.
	Native language:	Icelandic

		India
	Name:	Raul Patil
	Age:	23
	Zodiac:	Scorpion
	Height:	175 cm.
	Native language:	Marathi

		Ireland MR PINOY (SPORTS) CHALLENGE 2011 TOP 10
	Name:	Barry Gouldsbury
	Age:	28
	Zodiac:	Aquarius
	Height:	185 cm.
	Native language:	Irish

		Macau
	Name:	Jonathan Chong
	Age:	29
	Zodiac:	Aries
	Height:	185 cm.
	Native language:	Cantonese

		Malaysia
	Name:
	Age:	35
	Zodiac:	Aquarius
	Height:	173 cm.
	Native language:	Bahasa Malaysia

		Mexico TOP 10
	Name:	Juan Manuel Lopez L.
	Age:	32
	Zodiac:	Virgo
	Height:	178 cm.
	Native language:	Spanish

		Netherlandshttp://www.germeraad.com/ TOP 10
	Name:	Mischa Germeraad
	Age:	34
	Zodiac:	Cancer
	Height:	182 cm.
	Native language:	Dutch

		New Zealand 4TH RUNNER UP MR GAY PHOTOGENIC 2011
	Name:	Aaron Comis
	Age:	32
	Zodiac:	Libra
	Height:	179 cm.
	Native language:	English

		Northern Ireland
	Name:	Chris Flanagan
	Age:	27
	Zodiac:	Pisces
	Height:	175 cm.
	Native language:	Gaeilge

		Norway
	Name:	Trond Venseth
	Age:	24
	Zodiac:	Pisces
	Height:	183 cm.
	Native language:	Norwegian

		Peru
	Name:	Lorenzo Rojas
	Age:	41
	Zodiac:	Taurus
	Height:	175 cm.
	Native language:	Spanish

		Philippines BEST NATIONAL COSTUME 2011 MR GAY PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD 2011 TOP 10
	Name:	Marc Ernest Biala
	Age:	24
	Zodiac:	Libra
	Height:	172 cm.
	Native language:	Filipino

		Spain 2ND RUNNER UP
	Name:	Israel Acevedo
	Age:	31
	Zodiac:	Aquarius
	Height:	180 cm.
	Native language:	Spanish

 

		Thailand
	Name:	Kampa Somsrikaew
	Age:	27
	Zodiac:	Pisces
	Height:	172 cm.
	Native language:	Thai

		United States of America 1ST RUNNER UP
	Name:	Michael Kevin Holtz
	Age:	26
	Zodiac:	Sagittarius, Centaur - The Archer
	Height:	185 cm.
	Native language:	English

Each year the Executive Committee will consult with the board of directors to determine the total number of delegates to participate in the world competition, and number of delegates from each region. If one region fails to fill their quota, these places can be transferred to another region so that the maximum number of places is made available to international delegates.

                            Mr. Gay World 2011                           

		South Africa MR GAY WORLD 2011
	Name:	Francois Nel
	Age:	28
	Zodiac:	Aries
	Height:	179 cm.
	Native language:	Afrikaans

African Cry                                                      Mr Gay World 2011

Francois Nel – Mr. Gay South Africa -2010 – Mr Gay World 2011

Human Rights Progress in Africa seemed a bleak possibility when another and former youth leader expressed questionable views, he said that the President of Ghana should tell Prime Minister David Cameron that Ghana will not be bullied into legalising homosexuality, Cameron recently announced that aid might be cut if countries don’t adhere to human rights conduct. The leader went on to say that Ghan…a is a sovereign (independent) country and won’t play fiddle to the demands of the UK, and aid being cut. He even quoted Paul Kruger by saying, “this is my country and these are my laws, those who will not obey them should leave my country”.

http://edition.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201110/75636.php

Cameron was reported saying that African countries should be cautious with the ‘process’ of legalising homosexuality, as it will be a journey, and progression cannot be expected to happen instantly. There was a positive spin on things when Gifty Ohene Konadu, a legislator in Ghana’s Parliament expressed that Cameron and his recommendations might enjoy credibility and that homosexuals are people (humans) too and should be able to enjoy rights.

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=222786

There has been some rejection to the idea of cutting Africa’s aid if they don’t adhere to human rights principles, renowned activist like Peter Tatchell have pleaded that the needs of the poverty stricken Africa should not be compromised because of corrupt governments that fail to see the advancement of human rights. Tatchell expressed his agreement that aid should rather be redirected to African Social Justice Programmes, as these street level projects enjoy far more success and punish corrupt governments that don’t want to advance their laws to protect all its citizens.

http://blackstarnews.com/news/122/ARTICLE/7754/2011-11-01.html

It seems a credible idea to redirect this aid to social justice organisations, as even in South Africa we have seen what is written on paper is not necessarily what is happening on the streets. But could we not also consider that the intervention from the UK and commonwealth to decriminalize homosexuality is necessary for the development of human rights. Are the homosexuals not citizens of your country Ghana and Uganda? Is the hope of the average African homosexual to flee their own country to greener pastures like South Africa, where we own a progressive and protective constitution? Although South Africa is one of only seven countries that grant refugee status bases on sexual orientation, it is not a destination without its challenges.

Even in South Africa such an individual could face discrimination and hardship, South Africa has seen the rise of xenophobia, and xenophobic attacks are perceived higher post 1994, when South Africa enjoyed its first democratic election and the acquisition of a progressive and protective constitution.

In 2008 more that 60 people lost their lives due to xenophobic violence and it seems police is on alert for rising violence again:

http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/Story.aspx?Id=76117

More than the prevalence of xenophobia, the LGTBI community in South Africa are also faced with hate crimes like corrective rape, and it is said that 10 woman suffer under corrective rape each week.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2055289/Corrective-rape-South-Africa-women-attcked-cure-lesbians.html

Could we arrive at an age where we have youth leaders that don’t sing songs containing the word kill? Or one’s that only sees one part of the community fit to enjoy equal rights? Is the intervention of the UK and commonwealth a good sign, especially to advance those countries still run on post colonial governance?

What is South Africa’s responsibility?

The Hope in Africa.