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UN ISSU FIRST REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF GAY AND LBIAN PEOPLE
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex people; vlence and discrimatn based on sexual orientatn, genr inty, sex characteristics * lgbt rights un *
Spotlight: first-ever Bollywood mic vio for gay rights. Learn more about the human rights challeng facg lbian, gay, bi, trans and tersex (LGBTI) people everywhere and the actns that n be taken to tackle vlence and discrimatn and protect the rights of LGBT people everywhere. Hate and stigma affect lns of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people around the world.
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Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic attus rema eply embedd many cultur around the world.
In a human rights ntext, lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people face both mon and distct challeng. Intersex people (those born wh atypil sex characteristics) suffer some of the same kds of human rights vlatns as lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr, people.
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 un *
Protect dividuals om homophobic and transphobic vlence. Penalizg homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crim. LGBTI stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex.
Around the world, lbian, gay, bi, trans and tersex (LGBTI) people ntue to face wispread stigma, excln and discrimatn, cludg tn, employment and health re – as well as wh hom and muni. In his latt report to the Council, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the Inpennt Expert on protectn agast vlence and discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty (SOGI), prents an overview of the health-related harms flicted on lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and other genr diverse persons, and tersex persons (LGBTI). “I am eply alarmed by a wispread, profoundly negative ripti created by liberate actns to roll back the human rights of LGBT people at state level, ” he said, notg that the clu eply discrimatory measur seekg to rebuild stigma agast lbian and gay persons, limg prehensive sexual and genr tn for all, and accs to genr-affirmg treatment, sports and sgle-sex facili for trans and genr diverse persons.
Huiatn and tolerance rema “a stark realy” for many gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people around the world, the UN human rights chief has said, her msage for the upg Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. | * lgbt rights un *
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Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu.
Back 1976 Lda Tyson me out as “a lbian and a femist”, she told UN News on the sil of the 2019 New York Cy LGBT [lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr] Pri March on Fifth Avenue, long before the UN-GLOBE joed the World Pri para. Feratie van Nerlandse Vereniggen tot Integratie van Homoseksuale - COC Nerland. ILGA LAC, Asociación Internacnal Lbianas, Gays, Bisexual, Trans e Intersexual para Améri Lata y el Caribe.