Same-sex relatns are legal only 22 of Ai's 54 untri and are punishable by ath or lengthy prison terms some natns, acrdg to a global review by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual...
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LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
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Same-sex relatns are legal only 22 of Ai's 54 untri and are punishable by ath or lengthy prison terms some natns, acrdg to a global review here by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) acunts for nearly half of the untri worldwi where homosexualy is outlawed, acrdg to the review, published March and updated December here last year.
A judge Nigeria on Tuday threw out a se agast 47 men charged wh public displays of affectn wh members of the same sex, endg what had wily been seen as a tt of the untry’s laws banng homosexual is the state of play on LGBT+ rights Ai:- The maximum penalty is ath four Ain untri: Mrania, Nigeria ( stat where sharia law is applied), Somalia and South Sudan. - Although homosexualy is not a crime Egypt, discrimatn agast the LGBT+ muny is rife. Gay men are equently arrted and typilly charged wh bchery, immoraly or blasphemy.
- Ivory Coast do not crimalise gay sex but there have been rerd s of tentn and prosecutn. - South Ai is the only Ain untry where gay marriage is legal and where the nstutn protects agast discrimatn based on sexual orientatn.
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. * lgbt violence in africa *
- Botswana crimalised homosexualy June last year, although the lg is subject to appeal. - Gabon’s Senate voted June to crimalise The ILGA’s ‘State-Sponsored Homophobia’ review (13th edn) and the State-Sponsored Homophobia: Global Legislatn Overview Update reports.
Passg the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu bill would further rce eedoms a untry where gay sex is already punishable wh up to three years jail, crics and activists Odoi, an amic rearcher, filed a lawsu on July 7 challengg the bill's nstutnaly, sayg would impact donor aid and other forms of fancial support.
Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednday led her arguments were not sufficiently nvcg to grant an lg cleared the way for the bill, one of the harsht towards the LGBTQ muny Ai, to go through a fal stage of parliamentary approval before beg signed to May, Uganda's Print Yoweri Meveni signed one of the world's tought anti-LGBTQ laws, which spelled out the ath penalty for "aggravated homosexualy"'s bill, backed by relig and tradnal lears, clus jail sentenc of up to 10 years for advotg for LGBTQ rights.
Aspects of genr diversy and sexual orientatn pose a threat to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBT(QI)) dividuals Ai. The dividuals have bee targets of vlence. This chapter provis empiril evince of how vlence... * lgbt violence in africa *
(New York) – Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life, Human Rights Watch said a report released today. “The crimalizatn of gay sex giv tac state sanctn to the discrimatn and vlence that LGBT people experience their daily liv and pels many to look abroad to live eely and fulfill their dreams, ” said Cristian González Cabrera, LGBT rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch. Sat Vcent and the Grenad is one of six untri the Wtern Hemisphere that still crimaliz gay sex.
The laws sgle out nsensual gay sex the “sexual offenc” sectn of the crimal that is otherwise rerved for crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt. While there have been no recent reported nvictns on the basis of the crimal provisns for nsensual gay sex, the laws stigmatize LGBT people and create an obstacle to full equaly.
The other untri the regn that still crimalize gay sex are Domi, Grenada, Guyana, Jamai, and Sat Lucia.
Evashnee Naidu, Nonhlanhla Mkhize, Genr-Based Vlence: The Lbian and Gay Experience, Agenda: Empowerg Women for Genr Equy, No. 66, Genr-Based Vlence Trilogy Volume 1,1: Domtic Vlence (2005), pp. 34-38 * lgbt violence in africa *
As a 25-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent told Human Rights Watch, “People feel they n harass bee of the laws. Some said that fay rejectn was often uched moralistic terms, echog the homophobic rhetoric preached some church, which are a rnerstone of social life and shape social attus Sat Vcent and the Grenad. Every LGBT person terviewed said they wished to leave the untry and envisned their future abroad due, part, to the homophobic or transphobic vlence and discrimatn the untry.
Pri month is a time to reflect on progrs but also ongog challeng advancg the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people.
Belongg to the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny is still illegal many untri across the world, cludg untri Ai. This is a vlatn of human rights which e people to face daily discrimatn and vlence. This project supports LGBTQ activism Ai to achieve policy change but also to end homophobia at a muny level. We are also dited to tg dividuals on the stigmas they may face to crease safety and awarens. * lgbt violence in africa *
Last July, five men acced of homosexual nduct were arrted Kano State, Nigeria by a relig police un that enforc Sharia, or Islamic law.
And Augt, lawmakers proposed a bill (still unr review) so extreme that simply sayg you are gay or lbian uld land you mandatory nversn therapy or prison for up to 10 years. Same-sex nduct is not illegal Rwanda, but thori there round up and arbrarily taed people regard as socially unsirable, cludg over a dozen gay and transgenr people, sex workers, street children, and others the months before a planned June 2021 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetg.
In May, Print Yoweri Meveni signed an anti-gay bill to law, and has been scribed as one of the world's most "btal anti-LGBTQ laws. "There weren't any queer reprentatns around me growg up, and ma me feel alone; I was nvced I was gog to hell when I nnected my feelgs to the anti-homosexual teachgs the Bible, " Kiki says.