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 legislature 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. The 58-page report, “‘They Can Harass Us Bee of the Laws’: Vlence and Discrimatn agast LGBT People Sat Vcent and the Grenad,” expos the physil and verbal asslts, fay vlence, homelsns, workplace harassment, bullyg, and sexual vlence that sexual and genr mori face unr the shadow of discrimatory laws. Those rponsible for mistreatment clu people close to LGBT people – fay members, neighbors, workers, classmat, and teachers – as well as strangers and police officers.
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- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
- GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
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. * gay rights international law *
Read through the judgment of the Indian Supreme Court lg that upheld the sodomy law: the language of fay and kship is rerved for heterosexual marriage, while for homosexuals the language is one of body parts engaged sexual acts.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
* gay rights international law *
The progrs, passage and fate of the Ugandan Anti-Homosexualy Act has as much to do wh polil trigue wh the lg party and Print Yoweri Meveni's fluctuatg populary as has to do wh homosexualy. [15] The statement, Endg Vlence and Discrimatn Agast Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Intersex People, am discrimatn agast LGBTI dividuals as a vlatn of ternatnal human rights law and an impediment to achievg the Staable Development Goals. [49] The fluence of evangelilism has taken root Brazilian polics to such a gree that Jean Wyllys, Brazil’s only openly gay ngrsman, exprsed a belief that evangelils have “taken over ngrs.
GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
In 2011, former Secretary of State Hillary Clton announced before the UN that “gay rights are human rights, ” signalg a strong mment by the Obama admistratn to protect LGBT rights both domtilly and ternatnally. [65] The State Department created a new posn of US special envoy for the human rights of lbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgenr persons, a role tablished to promote LGBT rights ternatnally.