Earlier this month, Armenia’s Crimal Court of Appeal led there had not been a proper vtigatn to a vlent homophobic attack two years ago agast a group of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) activists.
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‘YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO LL YOURSELF ARMENIAN’ SAY GAY MAN’S ATTACKERS
Browse sexual orientatn and genr inty (SOGI) profil of untri Ai, the Ameris, Asia, Europe & Central Asia, the Middle East & North Ai, and the Uned Stat. Profil are primarily taken om sectns of the Human Rights Watch 2019 World Report that relate to the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people. The report, released January 2019, documented events of 2018. * armenian lgbt 2019 *
Pashyan hered a untry plagued wh rptn and myriad human rights problems, cludg lack of acuntabily for law enforcement ab, domtic vlence, vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, lack of accs to qualy tn for children wh disabili, and stutnalizatn of people wh psychosocial and tellectual disabili.
The crimal do not regnize homophobia as an aggravatg crimal circumstance, and a ernment bill on equaly do not clu sexual orientatn and genr inty as grounds for protectn om gay men fear for their physil secury the ary, and some seek exemptn om servg the army. The first registered transgenr woman Armenia says she's faced ath threats the three weeks sce she beme the first lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr person to addrs the untry's parliament about the muny's Martirosyan attracted worldwi attentn for her April 5 speech about the vlence and hate targetg LGBT people Armenia, where discrimatn is mon spe homosexualy beg crimalized 2003.
Max Yarzhapetyan was walkg on the street Yerevan, the pal and largt cy, when three men started to follow him, swear at him, and hurl homophobic slurs.
A reportage about Lil Martirosyan and her iend Moni Sarkisian, both transgenr women, livg Yerevan, Armenia. Lil Martirosyan is a civil rights activist fightg for the rights of trans people Armenia. She is the founr and the print of the NGO lled "Right Si", found 2016 to fend and fight for the rights of the trans muny Armenia. Lil Martirosyan beme on April 5th 2019 the first member of her untry’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) muny to liver a speech on the parliamentary podium, speakg out agast discrimatn at a ssn of s mtee on human rights. As a unter part, the village of Byuravan the Ararat Provce, a view at the Armenian Apostolic church and the lol muny opposed to LGBT and Genr issue. * armenian lgbt 2019 *
"I reached out to the thori Armenia for ments about the cint but did not get an immediate and other human rights activists are not optimistic that there will be any lseng of the systematic and stutnalized homophobia Armenia. Hakobyan and his iends fled the hoe and the crowd ran after them, htg and kickg them, throwg ston, and shoutg "get rid of those gays" and "tch them and beat them up. Followg the gay-bashg, Gev Petrosyan, an Armenian Parliament member wh the Prospero Armenia Party, ma this statement on his Facebook page: "I don't know who will crimate me and to what extent, but we should have already driven out (I'm statg this lightly) homosexuals, relig mori, and their protectors om our Holy land wh jot efforts.
Jose Yakoubian, a gay Armenian man livg Canada, shared an emotnal g out vio ma for his father that will leave you tears. * armenian lgbt 2019 *
" The statement ntued, "Durg the last several days, there has been a wave of extremist and homophobic acts Armenia, targeted at the event. "Homosexualy has been legal Armenia sce 2003, but there are no legal protectns for LGBTQ Armenians, and Armenia is ranked 49th out of 50 European untri when to LGBTQ rights, only beatg out Azerbaijan.
At a prs nference September 2018 durg a vis by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a journalist asked former Prime Mister Ahmed Ouyahia about the rights of homosexuals. In January, Angola scrapped s lonial-era penal , which characterized homosexualy as “vic agast nature, ” and adopted a new penal that do not crimalize same-sex nduct.
The new penal also prohibs discrimatn on the grounds of sexual June, the Angolan ernment gave legal stat to Iris Angola, the untry’s only gay rights lobby group, which was tablished 2013.