Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life. The thori should repeal the untry’s lonial-era laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex nduct and pass prehensive civil legislatn prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty.
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- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
Jails are trmatizg and often dangero plac, pecially for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people, and anyone who is genr nonnformg.
Available at: 6 Angela Irve, We’ve Had Three of Them: Addrsg the Invisibily of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Genr Nonnformg Youths the Juvenile Jtice System, 9 Colum.
New data LGBT people across all mographics are at heightened risk of vlent victimizatn Prison Policy Iniative, November, 2022“Lbian and gay people experienced 44 victimizatns per 1, 000 people, which was more than twice the victimizatn rate of straight people (19 per 1, 000 people).
UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
Visualizg the unequal treatment of LGBTQ people the crimal jtice system Prison Policy Iniative, March, 2021“The data is clear: lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) people are overreprented at every stage of crimal jtice system, startg wh juvenile jtice system volvement. The Overreprentatn of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Qutng, Genr Nonnformg and Transgenr Youth Wh the Child Welfare to Juvenile Jtice Crossover Populatn Angela Irve and Aisha Canfield, April, 2016(The experience of crossg om the child welfare system to the juvenile jtice system is important to thk about bee is a measure of the heightened vulnerabily and margalizatn of LGBQ/GNCT youth, pecially LGBQ/GNCT youth of lor. Injtice at Every Turn: A Report of the Natnal Transgenr Discrimatn Survey Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly; Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force, 2015“One-fifth (22%) of rponnts who have teracted wh police reported harassment by police due to bias, wh substantially higher rat (29-38%) reported by rponnts of lor.
The Unfair Crimalizatn of Gay and Transgenr Youth: An Overview of the Experienc of LGBT Youth the Juvenile Jtice System Center for Amerin Progrs, June, 2012“Gay, transgenr, and genr nonnformg youth are signifintly over-reprented the juvenile jtice system--approximately 300, 000 gay and transgenr youth are arrted and/or taed each year, of which more than 60 percent are black or Lato. Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Youth: An Epimic of Homelsns Natnal Coaln for the Homels, 2006“LGBT youth face the threat of victimizatn everywhere: at home, at school, at their jobs, and, for those who are out-of-home, at shelters and on the streets.