Put's Anti-Gay War on Ukrae - Boston Review

Contents:

• THE TIME SWES CALLED GAY TO WORK 1979
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• PUT’S ANTI-GAY WAR ON UKRAE

THE TIME SWES CALLED GAY TO WORK 1979

Even Swen, that Sndavian bastn of openns and equaly, intified beg gay as a disorr as late as year, a group of Swes took advantage of the legal amework that ma beg gay an illns and lled sick to work, claimg their homosexualy as the reason. Swen crimalized homosexualy 1944, but acrdg to the Natnal Board of Health and Welfare, which velops health standards, was still a disease. As a b of ntext, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn announced that would no longer nsir homosexualy a mental disorr 1973, though ntued to e “sexual orientatn disturbance” to tegorize dividuals who felt distrsed by their sexual orientatn (among other odd disorrs) up wh the lack of tractn was gag through tradnal letter and phone mpaigns, RFSL planned to occupy the Natnal Board buildg as a monstratn agast pathologizg homosexualy.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

On Augt 29, durg the middle of Stockholm’s “Homosexual Liberatn Week” (which later beme known as Stockholm Pri), RFSL protters gathered to block the stairs of the Natnal Board buildg, chantg and wavg banners.

They rank the untri on their iendls towards gay, lbian and trans travellers based on eight different factors that may impact LGBTQ+ travellers. The study also looked at the percentage of people who answered posively to the Gallup poll’s qutn, “Is the area where you live a good place to live for gay or lbian people? Swen has allowed gay and lbian upl to adopt children sce 2003, and they beme the world’s seventh untry to legalise same-sex marriage on 1 May 2009.

1987 – discrimatn on the grounds of homosexual orientatn (later changed to sexual orientatn) was ma unlawful through cln the provisns of the Swedish Penal Co. As of 2022, six untri' legal s specifilly prcribe the ath penalty for the "crime" of homosexualy and another five untri allow for the possibily of the ath penalty.

PUT’S ANTI-GAY WAR ON UKRAE

LGBT and LGBTQ+ have several addnal variatns, cludg LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, and 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex, and asexual, wh the + reprentg pansexual, agenr, genr queer, bigenr, genr variant, and pangenr). Two of the most notable advancements LGBTQI+ rights the US recent s are the legalizatn of gay marriage and the legalizatn of adoptn of children by same-sex upl. Gay marriage legalizatn expand om one state 2004 to all fifty stat 2015 through feral urt lgs, state urt lgs, state legislatn, and direct popular vot.

Acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn's annual report State-Sponsored Homophobia, same-sex nduct was crimalized 67 of the Uned Natns' 193 member stat 2020 and was facto illegal two more. In other untri, homosexualy is technilly legal, but promotn of "nontradnal sexual relatns", whether by anizatns or dividuals, is illegal. Moreover, another five untri have laws which are ls specific the outlawg and sentencg of homosexualy, but which leave the ath penalty available.

2022's iendlit natn for LGBTQ+ travelers is Canada, the first untry outsi of Europe (and the fourth untry the world) to legalize gay marriage, which did on July 20, 2005. Another of the world's most gay-iendly untri, Swen has legalized both marriage and adoptn for same-sex upl, stalled anti-discrimatn protectns for both genr inty and sexual orientatn, end nstutnal protectns agast discrimatn, and crimalized vlence agast LGBTQ+ people.

Individuals arrted for homosexual nduct are often subjected to addnal mistreatment, om torture and forced anal exams by shady law enforcement officials to oversized sentenc or extend pre-trial rceratn that n last for years. In Qatar, the untry that is due to host soccer’s FIFA World Cup 2022, homosexual acts are punished by between one and three years prison, floggg, or the ath penalty unr Sharia law. RFSLRFSL—The Swedish Feratn for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Rights is a non-prof anizatn that works wh and for the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people (LGBT).

OmbudsmanThe Ombudsman Agast Discrimatn  (DO) is the ernment thory that works agast homophobia and discrimatn on the grounds of sexual orientatn and genr inty. Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici.

Many also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry. González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn. Acrdg to the European Regn of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA-Europe), which ranks untri Europe based on their legislatn an annual review lled Rabow Europe, Swen was ranked 7 of 49.

Swen was the first untry to legally allow a genr change (1972)Homosexuals are clud and protected unr the habatn law (1988)While “homosexual relatns” (I hate terms like the) are still outlawed approximately 80 untri and terrori around the world, they have been legal Swen sce are adoptn rights for same-sex upl (2003) and sematn rights for lbian upl (2005). 21, 2023 – April 15, 2023)92% Favor5% Oppose63% Favor34% OpposeViews on same-sex marriage or other legal regnn(Ipsos, April–May, 2021)89% Support3% Agast72% Support15% AgastViews on same-sex upl' right to adopt(Ipsos, April–May, 2021)79% Agree17% Disagree72% Agree22% DisagreeAcceptance of homosexuals as neighbors(World Valu Survey, 2017-2020)96% Did not mentn homosexuals2% Mentned homosexuals81% Did not mentn homosexuals13% Mentned homosexualsJtifiabily of homosexualy(World Valu Survey, 2017-2020)81% Jtifiable8% Not jtifiable48% Jtifiable25% Not jtifiableOpn on same-sex upl as parents(World Valu Survey, 2017-2020)75% Agree10% Disagree53% Agree17% Disagree"Should society accept homosexualy? " (2019)(Pew Rearch Center, May–October, 2019)94% Y5% No72% Y21% NoPerceived prevalence of discrimatn agast sexual orientatn (European Unn)(Eurobarometer, May 2019)55% Rare42% WispreadRegn not surveyedPerceived prevalence of discrimatn agast transgenr people (European Unn)(Eurobarometer, May 2019)32% Rare57% WispreadRegn not surveyedAcceptance of same-sex relatnships (European Unn)(Eurobarometer, May 2019)95% Agree5% DisagreeRegn not surveyedSupport for transgenr people changg legal genr (European Unn)(Eurobarometer, May 2019)69% Y22% NoRegn not surveyedSupport for same-sex marriage (North and South Ameri)(AmerisBarometer, 2016-2017)Regn not surveyed61% Approve39% DisapproveAcceptance of Gay People Public Office (North and South Ameri)(AmerisBarometer, 2016-2017)Regn not surveyed73% Approve27% Disapprove"Should society accept homosexualy?

" (2013)(Pew Rearch Center, June, 2013)Regn not surveyed60% Y33% NoPerceived Acceptance of Gay People(Gallup, 2013)69% Good place8% Not a good place70% Good place22% Not a good placeLawHomosexual activyLegalSce 1944LegalSce 2003Same-sex marriageLegalSce 2009LegalSce 2015Censorship of LGBT IssuNo censorshipVari by RegnSce 2021Right to change legal genrLegal, surgery not requiredSce 2013Vari by RegnSce 2013Legal regnn of non-bary genrNot legally regnizedVari by RegnLGBT discrimatnIllegalSce 2009Vari by RegnSce 2020LGBT employment discrimatnSexual orientatn and genr intySce 1999Sexual orientatn and genr intySce 2020LGBT hog discrimatnSexual orientatn and genr intySce 2009Vari by RegnSame-sex adoptnLegalSce 2002LegalSce 2017Servg openly aryLegalSce 2009LegalSce 2021Blood donatns by MSMsBanned (6-month ferral)Sce 2021LegalSce 2023Conversn therapyNot bannedVari by RegnEqual age of nsentEqualSce 1978Equal.