# MOVILH

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The **Homosexual Integration and Liberation Movement** (Spanish: *Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual*, or **Movilh**) is a Chilean [human rights advocacy organization](/source/Human_rights_group) in [Chile](/source/Chile) which focuses on [civil rights and liberties](/source/Civil_and_political_rights) for [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender](/source/LGBT) citizens.[1]

## History

There is controversy regarding the date of foundation of the organization, since they indicate as such 28 June 1991; however, this corresponds to the creation of the Homosexual Liberation Movement (*Movimiento de Liberación Homosexual*), which also used the acronym Movilh, which in 1997 merged with other organizations to create the [Unified Movement of Sexual Minorities](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimiento_por_la_Diversidad_Sexual) (*Movimiento Unificado de Minorías Sexuales*, MUMS), formally constituted on 28 June 1998. At the end of 1999, a splinter group of said group -led by [Rolando Jiménez](/source/Rolando_Jim%C3%A9nez), who had been expelled from the first Movilh in 1995-[2] created the *Homosexual Integration and Liberation Movement*, which adopted the acronym Movilh.[3][4][5]

It led the campaign to the eventually-successful repeal of [sodomy](/source/Sodomy) from the list of [punishable acts](/source/Crime#Classification_and_categorization) under Article 365 of the [Criminal Code](/source/Law_of_Chile#Criminal_Law) in 1999. It also persuaded the judiciary to reopen the case regarding the 1993 Divine nightclub fire in [Valparaíso](/source/Valpara%C3%ADso), which killed 16 patrons; the case was finally closed in 2010 with the owner of the club, Nelson Arellano, being solely blamed for the fire and deaths on the basis of [homophobia](/source/Homophobia), but Arellano was not prosecuted. The organization's work to draw attention to this and similar cases has put pressure on the Chilean Government to act on passing an anti-discrimination law.[1]

## References

1. Witte-Lebhar, Benjamin (April 20, 2012), ["Chile: equal rights bill fast-tracked following beating death of gay man"](http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Chile%3A+equal+rights+bill+fast-tracked+following+beating+death+of+gay...-a0288537373), *The Free Library By Farlex*, NotiSur – South American Political and Economic Affairs, retrieved May 28, 2013

1. ["Rolando Jiménez renuncia al Mmovilh después de 27 años ligado a la organización"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210410172438/http://www.diarioeldia.cl/pais/rolando-jimenez-renuncia-movilh-despues-27-anos-ligado-organizacion) (in Spanish). *El Día*. 5 March 2019. Archived from [the original](http://www.diarioeldia.cl/pais/rolando-jimenez-renuncia-movilh-despues-27-anos-ligado-organizacion) on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

1. ["Las renuncias que quiebran al Movilh"](http://www.theclinic.cl/2014/05/01/las-renuncias-que-quiebran-al-movilh/) (in Spanish). *The Clinic*. 1 May 2014.

1. Víctor Hugo Robles (25 June 2018). ["Manzana De La Discordia: La Dictadura #LGBTI De Rolando Jimenez Y El Movilh"](https://www.vcchile.org/es/noticias/lbgt/manzana-de-la-discordia-la-dictadura-lgbti-de-rolando-jimenez-y-el-movilh-por-elchedelosgays/25/06/2018/22335.shtml) (in Spanish). *VCC.cl*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180626001437/https://www.vcchile.org/es/noticias/lbgt/manzana-de-la-discordia-la-dictadura-lgbti-de-rolando-jimenez-y-el-movilh-por-elchedelosgays/25/06/2018/22335.shtml) 26 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

1. Movimiento Unificado de Minorías Sexuales (2006). ["Informe de Derechos Humanos y Discriminación 2006"](http://www.mums.cl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Informe2006_Mums_v1.0.2.pdf) (in Spanish). *MUMS*. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

## External links

- ["MOVILH desde 1991"](http://www.movilh.cl/?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=3) (in Spanish). Movilh Chile. Retrieved May 28, 2013.

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