LGBT Rights Gambia: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
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GAMBIA ANTI GAY BILL IS A SER HUMAN RIGHTS SETBACK
* gambia lgbt *
Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (up to life prison as punishment)Censorship✔ No censorshipNon-bary genr regnnN/ADiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned.
(Dakar) – Gambia’s recent passage of a homophobic law puts the already persecuted lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) muny at even greater risk of abe, Amnty Internatnal and Human Rights Watch said today.
“The vague and imprecise provisns of this law uld be ed to arrt and ta anyone who is believed to be gay or lbian, and ntribut to the already severe climate of hostily and fear for LGBTI people the untry. 26, 2014) On October 9, 2014, The Gambia’s Print, Yahya Jammeh, signed to law the Crimal Co (Amendment) Act, 2014, which clus a provisn that prcrib a harsh penalty for certa homosexual acts already crimalized unr the untry’s Crimal Co.