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Contents:
- IRAN: MURR OF GAY MAN HIGHLIGHTS DANGERS OF STATE-SANCTNED AB AGAST LGBTI PEOPLE
- HAPPENING NOW: LGBT NIGERIANS JAILED AFTER PASSAGE OF NEW ANTI-GAY LAW
- WATCHDOG SAYS KILLG OF YOUNG GAY MAN IN IRAN HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO PROTECT LGBT RIGHTS
IRAN: MURR OF GAY MAN HIGHLIGHTS DANGERS OF STATE-SANCTNED AB AGAST LGBTI PEOPLE
The horrifyg murr of a 20-year-old gay man Iran has shed new light on how the crimalizatn of nsensual same-sex sexual nduct and genr non-nformy perpetuat systemic vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex people (LGBTI), said Amnty Internatnal a tailed analysis issued to mark the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, […] * lgbt amnesty international *
Livg as a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or tersex (LGBTI) person n be life-threateng a number of untri across the globe. The term LGBTI refers to a broad tegory of people, cludg those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or tersex, although we regnize that there are many terms around the world that are ed by people to fe their sexual orientatn or genr inty.
You n be a trans man and be gay – or be a trans woman and be lbian. She is also the Pacific Islands Reprentative on the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn Executive Board and Chairperson of the South Pacific MSM (Men Who Have Sex wh Men) Network Group.
HAPPENING NOW: LGBT NIGERIANS JAILED AFTER PASSAGE OF NEW ANTI-GAY LAW
There are 64 untri around the world which have laws that crimalize homosexualy, many of which n be traced back to European lonizatn. Melike and Özgür dited themselv to fendg lbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI+) rights at their universy.
WATCHDOG SAYS KILLG OF YOUNG GAY MAN IN IRAN HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO PROTECT LGBT RIGHTS
Sce the mpaign, homophobic attacks arise all around the untry.