Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life. The thori should repeal the untry’s lonial-era laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex nduct and pass prehensive civil legislatn prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty.
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A RD EXEMPTED A GAY MAN OM SERVG IRAN’S ARY. IT MAY HAVE ST HIM HIS LIFE
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Penal Co 2013, Article 237 Other Homosexual Acts. In January, was reported that a 31-year-old gay man had been publicly executed by hangg. In s submissn to the Human Rights Commtee, the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn (now OutRight Actn Internatnal) stated: “[I]ndividuals have been nvicted of sodomy based on pre-trial admissns, rented ttimony, nfsns extracted by means of torture, ttimony by ls than four wns, and sometim whout any ttimony or admissn at all.
In May, Alireza Fazeli Monfared, a 20-year-old who intified as a non-bary gay man, was abducted and murred by several fay members seemgly on the basis of his sexual orientatn and genr inty. Unr Iranian law, ‘sexual perversns and homosexualy’ are nsired a mental illns and are grounds for ary exemptn.
Iran mt immediately stay the executns of two women sentenced to ath for supportg the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and genr-diverse (LGBT) people, a large group of UN-appoted pennt human rights experts said on Wednday. | * lgbt iran instagram *
In June, Hosse Alizah, Middle East and North Ai Program Coordator of the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn (now OutRight Actn Internatnal), ttified to the US Jot Submtee Hearg: One Year unr Rouhani: Iran’s Absysmal Human Rights Rerd, mentg on the human rights ab of LGBT dividuals Iran: “The crimal law not that adult same-sex sexual acts are punishable by ath.
LGBT Rights Iran: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * lgbt iran instagram *
In today’s Iran, any open nversatn or discsn about sexual rights, genr equaly, and homosexualy is met wh vlent reactn om both the judicial and law enforcement bodi.”. Whilst this do provi some potential reprieve for LGBT dividuals the untry, the requirement of sterilisatn n add an addnal burn to those dividuals not wishg to be ptured by the untry’s anti-homosexualy provisns.