People around the world face vlence and equaly—and sometim torture, even executn—bee of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientatn and genr inty are tegral aspects of our selv and should never lead to discrimatn or abe. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. We document and expose ab based on sexual orientatn and genr inty worldwi, cludg torture, killg and executns, arrts unr unjt laws, unequal treatment, censorship, medil ab, discrimatn health and jobs and hog, domtic vlence, ab agast children, and nial of fay rights and regnn. We advote for laws and polici that will protect everyone’s digny. We work for a world where all people n enjoy their rights fully.
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THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
* lgbt empowerment speech *
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In his inic novel Gvanni’s Room, gay thor Jam Baldw mak a powerful statement about love. Karl Herich Ulrichs is known as one of the first gay men to publicly announce his sexual inty. Durg his lifetime, Ulrichs wrote numero says discsg homosexualy and assertg that non-heterosexual orientatns are natural and blogil.
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, a former Icelandic Prime Mister and the first openly gay head of state, uttered the words durg a speech at a 2014 Pri ftival. Arsham Parsi, an Iranian refugee livg Canada exile, has ma his missn to help LGBTQ people livg Iran: a natn where acts of homosexualy are punishable by floggg or even ath. “If you help elect more gay people, that giv a green light to all who feel disenanchised a green light to move forward.
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“If a transvte don’t say I’m gay and I’m proud and I’m a transvte, then nobody else is gog to hop up there and say I’m gay and I’m proud and I’m a transvte for them. In her time practicg law, she has dited her reer to helpg those who have been the victims of her untry’s harsh laws agast homosexualy.
Organized relign has been one of the harsht crics of homosexualy, cg holy wrgs as evince that go agast God. “The Lord is my Shepherd and he knows I’m gay. Perry was relig for much of his life, but was trated by feelg unwele as a gay man.