GENEVA (25 January 2019) – A UN human rights expert today weled Angola’s cisn to crimalize same-sex relatns, and urged other Stat to follow, sayg such legislatn was one of the root behd grave and pervasive human rights vlatns agast gay, lbian, trans and bisexual people. Angola adopted a new Penal Co on 23 January, the first sce lonisatn 1975, that elimat a provisn on “vic agast nature” historilly lked to a ban on homosexual nduct.
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UN WEL ANGOLA’S REPEAL OF ANTI-GAY LAW, AND BAN ON DISCRIMATN BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATN
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GENEVA (25 January 2019) – A UN human rights expert today weled Angola’s cisn to crimalize same-sex relatns, and urged other Stat to follow, sayg such legislatn was one of the root behd grave and pervasive human rights vlatns agast gay, lbian, trans and bisexual people. Angola adopted a new Penal Co on 23 January, the first sce lonisatn 1975, that elimat a provisn on “vic agast nature” historilly lked to a ban on homosexual nduct.
Angola has legalised same-sex marriage 133 years after the proscriptn of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) muny the untry. * angola and gay rights *
“All other untri that still crimalize homosexualy and other forms of sexual orientatn and genr inty, whout exceptn, mt observe the procs of crimalizatn as motivatn to exame their own legal ameworks, and to brg themselv to full pliance wh this human rights imperative. In Angola lbians, gays, and bisexual and trans persons have nounced signifint barriers accs to health, employment, tn and other sential procs, all due to the perceptn that their very inti are crimal nature. Angola has legalised same-sex marriage 133 years after the proscriptn of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) muny the untry.
The reform has been hailed by human rights activists who have been phg for equal rights for the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) muny Angola and other Ain untri.
LGBT Rights Angola: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * angola and gay rights *
“The law crimalisg homosexualy adopted Angola 2019 took effect today, ” LGBTQ+ rights advote Jean-Luc Romero-Michel tweeted. The ernment said homosexualy was one of many “vic agast nature”.
Bin a statement on Memorandum on Advancg the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World directed Amerin Embassy Nigeria and other untri to ph for the legalisatn of homosexualy their rpective untri of rince.