Stand up for equal rights & fair treatment for lbian, gay, bi, trans & tersex people everywhere.
Contents:
- GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- STAND UP FOR EQUAL RIGHTS & FAIR TREATMENT FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BI, TRANS & INTERSEX PEOPLE EVERYWHERE…
GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Gay rights movement, civil rights movement that advot equal rights for LGBTQ persons—that is, for lbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenr persons, and queer persons—and lls for an end to discrimatn agast LGBTQ persons employment, cred, hog, public acmodatns, and other areas of life. * lgbt rights campaigns *
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In many untri, vlence and discrimatn is a part of the every-day life of lbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people and LGBT activism is DAYThis Spir Day, the Uned Natns is llg for everyone to take a stand agast LGBTI bullyg.
Yet for lns of lbian, gay, bi, trans and tersex (LGBTI) people, jtice is far om guaranteed. It’s about beg there for your lbian, gay, bi, trans and tersex (LGBTI) fay members, iends, lleagu, and neighbours. IT’S TIMEThe UN is llg for equal rights and fair treatment for lbian, gay, bi, trans and tersex people worldwi.
STAND UP FOR EQUAL RIGHTS & FAIR TREATMENT FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BI, TRANS & INTERSEX PEOPLE EVERYWHERE…
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Global Bs StandardsVlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bi, trans and tersex (LGBTI) people nnot be end by ernments alone.
MEET THE BRAZILIAN DIVER WHO CAME OUT TO FIGHT HOMOPHOBIAAs one of Brazil’s most succsful divers, Ian Matos will be reprentg Brazil at the 2017 FINA World Champnships Budapt. In 2014, Ian cid to speak publicly about beg gay.
People around the world face vlence and equaly—and sometim torture, even executn—bee of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientatn and genr inty are tegral aspects of our selv and should never lead to discrimatn or abe. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. We document and expose ab based on sexual orientatn and genr inty worldwi, cludg torture, killg and executns, arrts unr unjt laws, unequal treatment, censorship, medil ab, discrimatn health and jobs and hog, domtic vlence, ab agast children, and nial of fay rights and regnn. We advote for laws and polici that will protect everyone’s digny. We work for a world where all people n enjoy their rights fully. * lgbt rights campaigns *
END BULLYINGEvery day, lbian, gay, bi, trans (LGBT) and tersex kids – and other children seen as fyg genr stereotyp – are bullied at school, at home and their muny. THE RIDDLEIn more than 70 untri ’s illegal to be gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr. WHY WE FIGHTThe global movement for lbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) equaly enpass lns of dividuals, groups, anizatns and mpaigns all of whom are fightg for change their own untri and muni.
THE HISTORY OF THE RIGHT TO LOVE (IF YOU’RE GAY)This teractive map shows how different untri have crimalized, crimalized (and a few s recrimalized), beg gay throughout morn history. Startg 1799, the map tells a poignant tale of how lonizatn spread homophobic legislatn to many parts of the world.
Rat of poverty, homelsns, prsn and suici have been found to be far higher among lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people than the general populatn. “I SEE THAT BETTER DAYS ARE COMING”Lbian, gay, bi, trans and tersex people nnot fight on their own. REBECCA’S FIGHTSome lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people are particularly vulnerable to excln and hate crim bee they also face discrimatn due to their age, genr, ethnicy, disabily or other factors.
For the first time s four- history, Ameri’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer civil rights anizatn has clared a natnal state of emergency for members of the LGBTQ+ muny, the Human Rights Campaign said Tuday. * lgbt rights campaigns *
JASON COLLINS WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLDJason Colls, the first openly gay NBA player, wants a eer and more equal world. HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS SPEAK OUT FOR LGBT EQUALITYArchbishop Dmond Tutu says he "won't worship a homophobic god, " UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay says "everyone is born ee and equal… no exceptns, no one left behd, " and Jtice Edw Cameron says "the biggt fo of gay and lbian, bisexual, transgenred and tersex equaly have been visibily and silence. MEET AVELINO: THE INSPIRING DAD FIGHTING BACK AGAINST HOMOPHOBIAHomophobia and transphobia don’t affect only lbian, gay, bi and trans people.
Avelo Mens is a straight man and a lovg father who lost his elst son, Lus, to homophobic vlence 2012. Gay rights movement, also lled gay liberatn movement, civil rights movement that advot equal rights for LGBTQ persons (i. E., for lbians, gays [homosexual mal], bisexuals, transgenr persons, and queer persons); seeks to elimate sodomy laws; and lls for an end to discrimatn agast LGBTQ persons employment, cred, hog, public acmodatns, and other areas of life.
To brg attentn to the fight agast discrimatn agast gay, lbian, bisexual, trans and tersex people across the world, the Uned Natns Human Rights Office has missned “Why we Fight” a film showsg why people choose to stand up agast LGBT discrimatn. * lgbt rights campaigns *
(Although the term gay is monly ed reference to homosexual mal, is also ed more generally to refer to homosexual mal together wh some or all other orientatns wh the LGBTQ muny. ) Gay rights prr to the 20th century Relig admonns agast sexual relatns between dividuals of the same sex (particularly men) long stigmatized such behavur, but most legal s Europe were silent on the subject of homosexualy and bisexualy.
The begng of the gay rights movement Before the end of the 19th century there were srcely any “movements” for gay rights. Ined, his poem “Two Lov” (1894), Lord Aled (“Bosie”) Douglas, Osr Wil’s lover, clared “I [homosexualy] am the love that dare not speak s name. ” Homosexual and bisexual men and women were given voice 1897 wh the foundg of the Scientific-Humanarian Commtee (Wissenschaftlich-humanär Komee; WhK) Berl.