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Contents:
- LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS AS A EE SPEECH ISSUE: A REVIEW OF RELEVANT SELAW
- GAY RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH
- HOW THE BRISH EMPIRE'S GAY RIGHTS LEGACY IS STILL KILLG PEOPLE TO THIS DAY
LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS AS A EE SPEECH ISSUE: A REVIEW OF RELEVANT SELAW
The ACLU works to ensure that lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people n live openly whout discrimatn and enjoy equal rights, personal tonomy, and eedom of exprsn and associatn. * lgbt freedom of expression *
Makg a statement durg Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO-T).
GAY RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Advot have nceled a regnal gatherg of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) activists Indonia’s pal, Jakarta, rponse to harassment and ath threats om Mlim nservativ. * lgbt freedom of expression *
On the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO-T), 17 May, we ll on all lears the world to ensure that all people n speak their mds whout fearg vlence or timidatn, no matter what their sexual orientatn or genr inty.
HOW THE BRISH EMPIRE'S GAY RIGHTS LEGACY IS STILL KILLG PEOPLE TO THIS DAY
* lgbt freedom of expression *
Too many people are silenced bee of their sexual orientatn or genr inty, or for speakg out on issu affectg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people. Homosexual acts are illegal 81 untri and punishable by ath 10 untri. More Stat are nsirg or enactg laws that ban “propaganda of homosexualy” – sayg anythg posive about LGBT rights, jog a march or para, or a support group or mpaign group, n rult prosecutn, imprisonment or worse.
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Days later, a neo-Nazi stunt admted the murr and claimed that he had met Tsilik onle and rried out the killg as csa “agast a certa social group” believed to refer to Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT). Ansar-al-Islam, an Al-Qaida-lked group, claimed rponsibily for the murrs, statg that Mannan’s open claratn of his homosexualy, his ‘g out’ on the ter the weeks before the attack warranted his killg acrdg to Sharia Law. PEN Ameri’s report Silenced Voic, Threatened Liv examed the impact of Nigeria’s 2014 “anti-gay law” which amongst other dranian measur prcrib a prison term of ten years for anyone who “directly or directly mak public show of same sex amoro relatnship”.