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Haitian Vodou and sexual orientation : ウィキペディア英語版 | Haitian Vodou and sexual orientation
Homosexuality in Haitian Vodou is religiously acceptable and homosexuals are allowed to participate in all religious activities. However, in countries with large Vodou populations (such as Benin, Togo or Haiti), some Christian influence may have given homosexuality a social stigma (see homosexuality and Christianity), at least on some levels of society. Haitian Vodou itself has remained open to people of all sexual orientations.〔( ''"The Impact of the Earthquake, and Relief and Recovery Programs on Haitian LGBT People"'', Briefing paper produced by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and SEROvie, 2011, p.6. )〕 It is common knowledge in Haiti that a significant number of Haitian Vodou are gay.〔( ''"The Impact of the Earthquake, and Relief and Recovery Programs on Haitian LGBT People"'', Briefing paper produced by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and SEROvie, 2011, p.6. )〕 Many LGBT people in Haiti believe that it is easier to be open about one’s sexuality and gender expression within Vodou culture, in the face of open hostility by mainstream Haitian society.〔( ''"The Impact of the Earthquake, and Relief and Recovery Programs on Haitian LGBT People"'', Briefing paper produced by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and SEROvie, 2011, p.6. )〕 == Haitian views of homosexuality == Vodou is an ancestral religion, and viewed by some Western anthropologists as an ecstatic religion. It is not a fertility-based religion (see ''Fertility rites''). This means that the majority of its members are not required by any religious law to reproduce, and homosexuals are not pressured to do so. Haitian Vodou views sexual orientation as a part of the way God makes a person; homosexuals are free to pursue members of the same sex just as heterosexuals are free to pursue members of the opposite sex.〔.〕 In Haitian Vodou, male homosexuals are seen as under the protection of the Erzulie Freda, loa of love and beauty. She is very feminine, allowing gay men to exhibit stereotypical traits during religious ceremonies. The documentary ''"Des hommes et dieux"'' presents interviews with several people who feel Erzulie Freda made them gay. Erzulie Danton is seen as the patron of lesbians, although she is herself bisexual having a lot of children and two husbands, Simbi Makaya and Ti Jean Petwo, though she is said to prefer the company of women.
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