{"id":27198,"date":"2011-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dejusticia.org\/rainbow-wave-the-return-of-lgbt-to-politics\/"},"modified":"2017-04-11T07:43:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T12:43:44","slug":"rainbow-wave-the-return-of-lgbt-to-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/rainbow-wave-the-return-of-lgbt-to-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow wave: the return of LGBT to politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Muchos han lamentado que la Corte Constitucional no hubiera permitido de inmediato que las parejas del mismo sexo ejerzan el mismo derecho que tenemos los que estamos en relaciones heterosexuales: el derecho a ser feliz (o a equivocarse, seg\u00fan el caso) contrayendo matrimonio. Quienes participamos en la demanda as\u00ed lo hubi\u00e9ramos preferido, para acabar de un tajo un trato discriminatorio que, como lo declar\u00f3 la Corte, es contrario a la Constituci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Pero como lo dijo en memorable frase un t\u00e9cnico de f\u00fatbol olvidable: perder es ganar un poco. En este caso, el fallo tiene dos efectos positivos fundamentales. El primero es jur\u00eddico; la sentencia deja claro que la poblaci\u00f3n LGBT tiene los mismos derechos que los dem\u00e1s ciudadanos colombianos, incluyendo la posibilidad de formar una uni\u00f3n matrimonial, como lo han explicado Camilo S\u00e1nchez (en este blog) y Rodrigo Uprimny (en reciente columna).<\/p>\n<p>Quiero concentrarme en un segundo efecto saludable que ha sido menos discutido: el incentivo poderoso que cre\u00f3 la Corte para que todos los que creemos en un mundo sin discriminaci\u00f3n \u2013comenzando por la poblaci\u00f3n LGBT\u2014 nos organicemos pol\u00edticamente. Se trata del efecto de rebote de la decisi\u00f3n de la Corte de devolverle la pelota al Congreso y advertirle que tiene dos a\u00f1os para aprobar una ley que reconozca la uni\u00f3n de parejas del mismo sexo, con las mismas consecuencias (y, ojal\u00e1, con el mismo nombre) del matrimonio.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00ed que la pelota est\u00e1 ahora en la cancha de la pol\u00edtica. Y los jugadores no son s\u00f3lo los congresistas, sino la sociedad civil aglutinada en organizaciones sociales, grupos de estudiantes, partidos pol\u00edticos, redes sociales, medios de comunicaci\u00f3n y muchos otros canales de opini\u00f3n y participaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Pero temo que el partido arranca con ventaja del equipo conservador. Basta ver el bloque s\u00f3lido contra el matrimonio igualitario que han formado las mismas iglesias (cat\u00f3lica, ortodoxa, cristianas) que han estado hist\u00f3ricamente divididas en otros temas. O darse cuenta que \u2013con las ventajas que dan el p\u00falpito y los aliados poderosos en el Partido Conservador, el Mira y la Procuradur\u00eda\u2014 el bloque conservador est\u00e1 tan aceitado que acaba de presentar un completo proyecto de ley para echar para atr\u00e1s los logros liberales de la Constituci\u00f3n de 1991 y devolvernos cincuenta a\u00f1os en asuntos como la eutanasia y el aborto.<\/p>\n<p>Muchos han dicho que la cosa se complica a\u00fan m\u00e1s porque el Congreso ha sido un espacio contrario a las reivindicaciones de la poblaci\u00f3n LGBT. As\u00ed es muy dif\u00edcil ganar: es como jugar un partido en el que el \u00e1rbitro se viste con los colores del equipo rival.<\/p>\n<p>No es que Maturana me haya convertido en un defensor de la derrota, en un apologeta de la adversidad. Pero creo que aqu\u00ed hay una oportunidad de oro para fortalecer el movimiento progresista, ese conjunto variopinto de ciudadanos y organizaciones que defiende la tolerancia y la diversidad. Porque quienes nos dedicamos a los vericuetos del Derecho somos los primeros en admitir que las v\u00edas judiciales son limitadas, y que nada reemplaza la movilizaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica de ciudadanos que convenzan a otros \u2013en las calles, en los hogares, en los blogs, en los debates parlamentarios, en las universidades, en los medios\u00ad\u2014 de que la discriminaci\u00f3n es insostenible. Ning\u00fan movimiento que quiera transformar un asunto tan controvertido como la familia puede poner toda su esperanza en los tribunales. La Corte ya hizo lo que pudo. Lleg\u00f3 el momento de la pol\u00edtica.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00ed que habr\u00e1 que apoyar a organizaciones que han construido a pulso el movimiento LGBT, como Colombia Diversa. Habr\u00e1 tambi\u00e9n que llegarle a congresistas favorables a la causa y otros que, sin estarlo, est\u00e1n abiertos a ser convencidos, ya sea con la fuerza del argumento o la del voto de los millones de ciudadanos LGBT o partidarios de la igualdad. Ahora que se fundi\u00f3 la ola verde, muchos de los progresistas desprogramados pueden reorientar su energ\u00eda a una nueva: una ola arco\u00edris, que en dos a\u00f1os logre una ley de matrimonio igualitario y avance tambi\u00e9n contra la contrarreforma conservadora en otros frentes.<\/p>\n<p>El modelo a seguir puede ser el caso reciente de Nueva York, donde fueron las estrategias pol\u00edticas, lideradas por el gobernador Andrew Cuomo, las que finalmente lograron la ley del matrimonio igualitario, como lo mostr\u00f3 un detectivesco reportaje del New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>Me toc\u00f3 en suerte ser testigo en Nueva York del desfile del orgullo LGBT el pasado domingo 26 de junio, s\u00f3lo dos d\u00edas despu\u00e9s de la aprobaci\u00f3n de la ley.  Ese d\u00eda entend\u00ed por qu\u00e9, en muchos idiomas, la palabra \u201cgay\u201d significa \u201cfeliz\u201d. Una pol\u00edtica feliz, una movilizaci\u00f3n arco\u00edris, puede lograr lo mismo aqu\u00ed en dos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many have regretted that the Constitutional Court did not allow immediately that same-sex couples exercise the same right heterosexual couples have: the right to be happy marrying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1022],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","subcategory-gender-discrimination","medium-la-silla-vacia-en","post-scope-aaa-not-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rainbow wave: the return of LGBT to politics - Dejusticia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/rainbow-wave-the-return-of-lgbt-to-politics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rainbow wave: the return of LGBT to politics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many have regretted that the Constitutional Court did not allow immediately that same-sex couples exercise the same right heterosexual couples have: the right to be happy marrying.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/rainbow-wave-the-return-of-lgbt-to-politics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dejusticia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Dejusticia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-08-04T05:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-04-11T12:43:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"C\u00e9sar Rodr\u00edguez Garavito\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@dejusticia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@dejusticia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"C\u00e9sar Rodr\u00edguez Garavito\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"NewsArticle\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/rainbow-wave-the-return-of-lgbt-to-politics\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/rainbow-wave-the-return-of-lgbt-to-politics\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"C\u00e9sar Rodr\u00edguez Garavito\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e11b9e1e64bff54675fcc20f712051d0\"},\"headline\":\"Rainbow wave: the return of LGBT to politics\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-04T05:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-11T12:43:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/rainbow-wave-the-return-of-lgbt-to-politics\/\"},\"wordCount\":824,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2011\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/rainbow-wave-the-return-of-lgbt-to-politics\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/rainbow-wave-the-return-of-lgbt-to-politics\/\",\"name\":\"Rainbow wave: the return of LGBT to politics - 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