Q|Belize - Website for the LGBT Community in Belize
Welcome
This site is dedicated to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Community in Belize. Here, you'll be updated on the latest happenings in the Belizean LGBT community, find out what advocacy initiatives are being taken, learn about STDs, learn about safe sex methods, interact with LGBT Belizeans, and see what's happening in the rest of the world when it comes to LGBT.
We have sections and pages dedicated to Belizean LGBT Events, Health, local NGOs, LGBT-friendly establishments in Belize (hotels, resorts, restaurants, etc.), a chat room, a message forum, a list of shows on TV with LGBT content and/or characters, a blog where Belizean LGBT write about what's happening in Belize and give their viewpoints and feelings on random LGBT topics, and a glossary of LGBT terms just to name a few.
Be sure to check out the Site Map, located on the right of this section, to see where to find exactly what you're looking for and to see what other sections our webpages have to offer.
We hope you enjoy the site.
Q|Bz
Q|Belize News
Casa Blanca Hotel By The Sea to hold La Fiesta
Casa Blanca Hotel By The Sea, an LGBT-friendly hotel in Consejo, Corozal (for more info on this hotel, visit our LGBT Belize page and scroll down to LGBT-friendly Belize), will be hosting an LGBT event they have dubbed: La Fiesta. This event will be MC'd by Q|Belize's very own Torta Loca!
The event, which will kick off at 10pm on July 1st, 2006, will feature music by Chendy's Band, delicious food, as well as special prices on drinks during happy hour (9 - 10pm), even door prizes, however the feature event will be a Dance Competition commencing at 11pm. First prize is BZ$350; 2nd prize: 1 night accomodation for 2 at the Honeymoon Suite, and 3rd prize: BZ$200. Entrance fee for the event is BZ$15.00, registration for the dance competition is free.
For more information on La Fiesta or on Casa Blanca Hotel By The Sea, please call 501-423-1018, or send your e-mails to info@casablancabelize.com or ejwade@casablancabelize.com.
1,400 Visitors!... In Just Over 1 Month!
After being in existence for just a couple days over a month, Q|Bz has tallied over 1,400 website hits... WOW! Thanks in no small part to you as I'm sure you've been spreading the word about Q|Belize. This is just the beginning, as we plan to make official presentations to representatives from various NGOs.
Please assist us to get more visitors by telling everyone you know about this website. We cannot succeed without your help. After all, this is not just my website, this is your website, this is OUR website!
Bulletin Board
This section of the website will be dedicated to providing tidbits of the latest happenings in the LGBT Community in Belize. If you have anything to add please contact us at postmaster@qbz.4t.com
July 1, 2006- Casa Blanca Hotel By The Sea to host an LGBT-friendly event dubbed: La Fiesta, highlighted by a dance competition. June, 2006- The Belize Ministry of Health's Multi-Centric Study (EMC Study) on HIV/AIDS continues during the month of June. For more information, please contact us. - The Caribbean Vulnerable Coalition is set to hold a national consultation in the month of June. - Q|Belize set to hold a Launch Gathering to officially introduce the website to the LGBT Community. No specific date set as yet, expected during latter part of June.
May 23, 2006
- Q|Belize reaches the 600 visitor mark after being in existence for just three weeks! - PrideBelize launches website.
May 2, 2006
- Belize's first all-inclusive LGBT website, Q|Belize, launches!
April 3, 2006
- UniBAM, an organization for vulnerable populations in Belize, was incorporated. Focus will be advocacy and education.
Other News:
- Q|Bz is looking for weekly and/or bi-weekly column writers (or bloggers) for our Q|Bz Blogs page. We are particularly interested in lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals but all are welcome (including straights!). If interested, contact us at postmaster@qbz.4t.com
Site Map
This section will be your guide to this website. We'll have a brief description of what can be found on each web page.
Q|Bz Home [visit]
Q|Bz News
Bulletin Board
Around The Web
Glossary of LGBT Terms
LGBT Belize [visit]
NGOs
LGBT-friendly Companies
Calendar of Events
LGBT Global [visit]
World Pride
Global LGBT Calendar
Health 101 [visit]
About STDs
Safe Sex Methods
Where To Get Tested
Q|Bz Blogs [visit]
Columns by Belizeans:
J.J.
Torta Loca
NEBS
Menoh
LGBT on TV [visit]
LGBT TV Shows
Chat & Interact [visit]
Belizean LGBT Chat Room
Q|Bz Message Forum
Gay Belize Yahoo! Group
Free Q|Bz E-cards
Online Polls
Play Free Games
Q|Bz Pics [visit] Pics of LGBT EventsLGBT Links [visit] LGBT Websites About Q|Belize [visit] Website Objectives Q|Belize Committee Q|Belize Timeline Q|Belize Contact Info Guest Book Around The Web Here are some LGBT-related articles that are making headlines on the web: Two Service Members Discharged A Day Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
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LGBT Glossary
In this section, you'll find a few words and phrases that are regularly used in the LGBT Community and what they actually mean.
Bisexual:
A person who is physically, romantically, emotionally and/or spiritually attracted to both men and women. Bisexuals need not have had equal sexual experience with both men and women; in fact, they need not have had any sexual experience at all to identify as bisexual.
Closeted:
Someone who is not open about their sexual orientation in considered closeted.
Coming Out:
When someone finally accepts their sexual orientation and feels the need to share such information with others.
Crab:
A term used in Belize to refer to bisexuals.
Curious:
Describes a person who has not had any sexual encounters with someone of the same sex, but would like to experience it.
Fish:
A term used in Belize to refer to gay males.
Gay:
Describes a person who is physically, romantically, emotionally, and/or spiritually attracted to someone of the same sex. Usually used to describe the males.
Lesbian:
A female who is physically, romantically, emotionally, and/or spiritually attracted to another female.
LGBT/GLBT:
Acronyms that are used to include all branches of the community. Stands for 'Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender.'
Lobster:
A term used in Belize to refer to those who are curious.
MSM:
An acronym that means men who have sex with men.
Queer:
Traditionally a pejorative term, queer has been appropriated by some LGBT people to describe themselves. Some value the term for its defiance and because it can be inclusive of the entire LGBT community.
Shark:
A term used in Belize to refer to lesbians
Stingray:
A term used in Belize to refer to straights.
Straight:
A term used to describe heterosexuals.
Transgender:
A term used to describe a wide range of people whose gender identity is different than the one they were assigned at birth.
WSW:
Acronym that stands for women who have sex with women.
Click [here] for more lesbian, gay, & bisexual terms, or [here] for more transgender terms from GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
More On 'LGBT'
In the above section we learnt what 'LGBT' stand for, but what does it really mean. People who are LGBT don't choose to be the way they are. We all are 'prisoners' to our emotions. We can't help the fact that we like the color blue, or the fact that we love ice cream, or dislike being too cold or too warm, etc. Similarly, we can't help who we find attractive, or who we fall in love with.
With that said, just like heterosexuals can't help being 'straight' LGBT people cannot help being gay or being transgendered. We don't 'choose' to live this 'lifestyle' but all we are doing is what our body tells us is right, what feels right.
In the end, it's not about sex, it's about love. What's so wrong about love? Love is the essence of every good deed.
- J.J.
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