A brief history of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr social movements

Contents:

• GAY RIGHTS
• THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

GAY RIGHTS

Historilly, people belongg to the lbian, gay or bisexual and transgenr (“LGBT”) social groups have experienced var human rights vlatns such as vlence, harassment, discrimatn, excln, stigmatizatn and right to privacy. One of the ma factors for passive reactns towards protectn and promotn of basic human rights of the LGBT group uld be ciphered om the diverse historil, cultural, and relig backgrounds of Stat, which lks moraly wh the bat of homosexualy and transsexualy. In the absence of legal amework to crimalize homosexualy at the ternatnal level, two s before, the Commtee terpreted the provisns of the ICCPR (pecially Article 2 and 26) to affirm the basic human rights of the dividuals belongg to diverse sexual orientatn and genr inty.

THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE

Briefly, the observatns uld be tegorized unr (i) anti-discrimatn measur; and (ii) crimalizatn of homosexualy and homosexual activy through repealg or amendg var legislatns. Sce 2009, the nomenclature ed for referrg to LGBT persons was ‘sexual orientatn’, however, there was a substantial change by g the term ‘LGBT’ for the first time one of the reviews of s Member Stat, expandg the nstct of sexual orientatn to acts of vlence agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) persons’, thereby emphasizg on sexual mory rights. In this stance, has to be noted that is high time the Commtee engag self adoptg the language of crimalisatn of homosexualy, which uld be read as more practil to the anti-discrimatory practic and vlence agast sexual mori.

The Indian judiciary had at length discsed on crimalizatn of homosexualy (Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co 1860) the recent past through three important judgments. In the Naz Foundatn v Government of NCT of Delhi se, the High Court of Delhi upheld crimalizatn of homosexualy (crimalized adult nsensual sexual acts private).

The three important cisns alg wh the issue of crimalizg homosexualy and transsexualy had referred to the Yogyakarta Prcipl orr to reerate the basic human rights of the dividuals belongg to diverse sexual orientatn and genr inti. This is maniftly evint om the cid se laws of the Indian Supreme Court, where on the one hand, crimal law crimalizg homosexualy was clared valid and on the other hand, people belongg to the transgenr muny were given the stat of ‘third genr’.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

The ACLU works to ensure that lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, & queer people belong everywhere and n live openly and thentilly whout discrimatn, harassment, or vlence.