The human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, 2-spir and tersex persons

Contents:

• RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS
• THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, 2-SPIR AND TERSEX PERSONS
• DISCRIMATN AGAST GAYS AND LBIANS
• VLENT VICTIMIZATN OF LBIANS, GAYS AND BISEXUALS CANADA, 2014
• STATEMENT BY THE MISTER OF NATNAL DEFENCE ON THE LGBT PURGE FUND REPORT

RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS

That year, the Canadian ernment passed an omnib bill crimalizg private sexual acts between two people over the age of 21 – a breakthrough treatg gay men, lbians and bisexuals equally unr the law. This cln was a clear claratn by Parliament that gay, lbian and bisexual Canadians are entled to "an opportuny equal wh other dividuals to make for themselv the liv they are able and wish to have [... The Wele Friend Associatn provis support, trag and outreach for other anizatns and muni to promote awarens and unrstandg of the lbian, gay, bisexual, queer and transgenr (LGBQT) muny.

Canada stands up for the protectn and promotn of the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, 2-spir and tersex (LGBTQ2I) people human rights of all persons are universal and divisible. Combattg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty (SOGI) has lks to rourc cludg UN rolutns on SOGI, reports on SOGI issu and activi battg discrimatn based on 2011, the UN Human Rights Council passed s first rolutn regnizg LGBT rights, followg which the OHCHR issued a report documentg vlatns of the rights of LGBT people, cludg hate crim, crimalizatn of homosexual activy and 2016, an pennt expert on sexual orientatn and genr inty has also been mandated by the uncil to:asss the implementatn of existg ternatnal human rights stments aimed at overg vlence and discrimatn agast persons on the basis of their SOGIintify and addrs the root of SOGI-based vlence and discrimatnCanada is also member of the UN LGBTI Core Group, an rmal, cross-regnal group of UN member stat tablished 2008.

Its ma goal is to work wh the UN amework to ensure universal rpect for the human rights and fundamental eedoms of LGBTI exam LGBTI and health-related advot for creased awarens on homophobia and transphobia the tnal World Health Organizatn draws lks between sexual health, human rights and the 2016, the World Bank appoted s first adviser on sexual orientatn and genr inty ternatnal anizatns also support programmg the area of LGBTQ2I rights, cludg the:Global Equaly FundGlobal Philanthropy ProjectArc FoundatnRegnal anizatnsCanada is a foundg and active member of the Organizatn of the Amerin Stat (OAS) LGBTI Core Group.

THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, 2-SPIR AND TERSEX PERSONS

The followg anizatns also work on LGBTQ2I human rights issu:Amnty InternatnalARC InternatnalEgaleÉgisEquasFondatn ÉmergenceHuman Digny TstHuman Rights WatchILGA WorldKaleidospe TstOutRight Actn InternatnalRabow RailroadThe Royal Commonwealth SocietyNews2023-05-30 - Statement by the Equal Rights Coaln on the Anti-Homosexualy Act Uganda2023-05-29 - Statement on Uganda’s Anti-Homosexualy Act2022-11-24 - Statement by the Equal Rights Coaln on the ban on the discsn and sharg of rmatn about LGBTIQ+ people and their human rights the Rsian Feratn2022-09-08 - Equal Rights Coaln – Global LGBTI Conference Declaratn2022-08-28 - Diplomats for Equaly Jot Statement – 2022 Capal Pri Ftival Report a problem on this page Thank you for your help! The only discernible actn Smh has taken was keepg Labe–Ponoka MLA Jennifer Johnson out of her party uc after was revealed that as a ndidate she had publicly pared trans kids to fec this lack of actn also serv as a ristance of sorts to what's happeng elsewhere parts of nservative North Ameri — pared to Premier Blae Higgs's ntent reforms to stunt pronoun policy New Bnswick schools, or the ban on genr-affirmg re for mors and the "Don't Say Gay" law on classroom stctn Florida, whose Gov. "I'm very proud of the nservative movement and how clive is and I want to make sure we rema that clive, " she said to the terviewer, who has a history of beg at odds wh that a Medice Hat fom durg May's provcial electn, Smh ntued along this ve, bemoang "10 years of polarizatn" on LGBTQ issu, and strsed that adults should be "supportive" of kids as they stggle wh their inty and add that her chief of staff is gay, and highlighted that one premier's office munitns staffer do double duty as outreach officer who meets wh LGBTQ anizatns and youth lears (though her office would not specify which groups he's met wh).

Her 2012 electn mpaign was sunk by an Edmonton ndidate's flammatory ments that gays would suffer afterlife a "lake of fire, " and Smh's subsequent refal to sanctn him.

A lbian, gay, or bisexual person born 1950 (age 72 2022) survived laws that crimalized their sexualy until the were 19, had their sexualy seen as a mental disorr until they were 29, survived the “u mache” era, which saw public service, RCMP, and ary LGBTQ employe targeted, vtigated, and purged om their jobs until they were 40 (Foy, 2018), would not have their human rights protected unr the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms until they were 45, and would not have legal rights to marry until they were aged 55 (Canadian Broadst Corporatn, 2012). 2006 – Wh the regnn of marriage gays and lbians are now able to sponsor same-sex partners on equal terms and steps were taken to acmodate the barriers created by the lack of regnn of same-sex marriage other parts of the world. Recent chang legislatn and societal norms have created a growg acceptance of fai wh same-sex parents, as well as the adoptn of children by same-sex upl and awardg ctody of children to gays and lbians.

DISCRIMATN AGAST GAYS AND LBIANS

In crimal s, homosexual advanc have sometim been treated as “provotn”, th jtifyg a shorter sentence for an assailant, even when siar heterosexual advance would not be treated this way. Pri Season brgs together members of diverse muni who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, Two-Spir, or those who intify wh another non-bary genr or mory sexual inty (LGBTQ2+) and alli celebratg one of Canada's greatt strengths that is diversy and cln. Although much has been acplished sce the begng of the new lennium, cludg the legalizatn of same-sex marriage  2005, and protectg genr exprsn and inty the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Crimal Co  2017, ncerns rema, given the spike hate crim targetg LGBTQ2+ Canadians one-third of LGBTQ2+ Canadians are unr 25 years oldCombed data om the 2015 to 2018 cycl of the Canadian Communy Health Survey (CCHS) found that one-quarter of Canada's LGB populatn were gay men (255, 100), while 1  7 are gay or lbian women (150, 600).

Concerns rema terms of acceptance, mental health and well-begAcrdg to the 2018 Survey on Safety Public and Private Spac, LGB+ Canadians (lbian, gay, bisexual, and Canadians whose sexual orientatn is not heterosexual) were more likely to report beg vlently victimized their lifetime and to have experienced appropriate behavurs public and onle than non-sexual mory Canadians. Nearly 9  10 (88%) of the crim specifilly targeted the gay and lbian muny, while the remar prised cints targetg bisexual people (2%), people wh other sexual orientatns, such as asexual, pansexual or other non-heterosexual orientatns (6%), and people whose sexual orientatn was unknown (4%). Statistics Canada will also be releasg a seri of four articl g the CCHS over the urse of 2021 and early 2022 to highlight the characteristics of the lbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual populatn on the followg them: fay and hoehold characteristics, lguistic and ethnocultural diversy, tn and labour.

At Statistics Canada, the LGBTQ2+ acronym is ed to reflect the broad spe of genr and sexual inti that exist acronym LGBTQ2+ ed this release clus lbian, gay, bisexual, or another mory sexual inty such as asexual or pansexual, as well as mory genr inty (trans and non-bary inti like genrqueer, genr fluid, pangenr or agenr). PolicsCanada is now home to about one ln people who intify as members of the LGBTQ muny, wh people unr the age of 25 acuntg for a disproportnately large portn of the LGBTQ says s reportg on transgenr populatns will improveA rabow flag hangs Montreal's Gay Village.

VLENT VICTIMIZATN OF LBIANS, GAYS AND BISEXUALS CANADA, 2014

The tegory of “sexual orientatn” was officially add to the Canadian Human Rights Act 1996 after a former Canadian Armed Forc pta, Joshua Birch, was discharged for publicly intifyg as gay. Gay, lbian, bisexual and other sexual mory people Canada were almost three tim more likely than heterosexual Canadians to report that they had been physilly or sexually asslted the prev 12 months 2018.

They reflect myths and stereotyp about lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and Two-Spir (LGBTQ2) muni, particularly that their sexual orientatn, genr inty or genr exprsn are wrong. Acrdg to the 2014 General Social Survey on Canadians’ Safety (Victimizatn), Canadians aged 18 years and olr who intified as lbian or gay (142E) and bisexual (267E) were much more likely than their heterosexual (69) unterparts to be victims of vlent crime. Even after ntrollg for other factors such as age, maral stat, past history of homelsns, and childhood abe, the odds of beg a victim of vlent victimizatn were two tim higher among lbian, gay or bisexual Canadians than among their heterosexual unterparts.

Among those who reported experiencg discrimatn the five years precedg the survey, lbian and gay dividuals were signifintly more likely (79%) than their bisexual (35%E) and heterosexual (2%) unterparts to perceive the discrimatn as beg based on their sexual orientatn. Rearch has shown that the rate of vlent victimizatn among dividuals who self‑intify as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) ntu to be signifintly higher than among their heterosexual unterparts (Bechamp 2008; Conroy and Cotter 2017; Teasdale and Bradley‑Engen 2010). Usg self‑reported data om the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS) on Canadians’ Safety (Victimizatn), this Juristat article prents rmatn on vlent victimizatn—cints of sexual asslt, robbery and physil asslt—mted agast lbian, gay and bisexual dividuals aged 18 years and olr Canada, along wh their dividual experienc of Perceptns of the police and feelgs of personal safety are also explored.

STATEMENT BY THE MISTER OF NATNAL DEFENCE ON THE LGBT PURGE FUND REPORT

Begng 1969, succsive Supreme Court of Canada lgs and Acts of Parliament have enshred law the rights of those who intify as lbian, gay and bisexual and protectn om discrimatn, harassment and vlence motivated by hate (Government of Canada 2017). Individuals who self‑intified as lbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) tend to be younger, wh two five (40%) bisexual dividuals and over half (54%) of lbian and gay dividuals reportg that they were between the ag of 18 and 34.

Sexual orientatn: Refers to how a person perceiv and f their sexualy, which is whether she or he nsirs herself or himself to be heterosexual, lbian and gay, or bisexual. The past few s have been marked by a signifint amount of public bate and legislatn regardg issu pertag to the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and two‑spired (LGBTQ2) muny.

Acrdg to the 2014 GSS on Victimizatn, those who intified as lbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) were signifintly more likely to report experiencg vlent victimizatn than those who intified as heterosexual. In 2014, overall, there were more than 100, 000E cints of vlent victimizatn volvg a bisexual victim and more than 49, 000E cints volvg a lbian or gay victim, rrpondg to rat of 267E and 142E cints per 1, 000 populatn, rpectively (Chart 1).

After age‑standardizg, the overall rate of vlent victimizatn for LGB Canadians was more than double that of heterosexual Canadians (165 vers 69 cints per 1, 000 populatn), wh a rate of 125E for lbian and gay dividuals and a rate of 191E for bisexual In other words, the fact that LGB Canadians are, on average, younger than heterosexual Canadians explas some, but not all, of the difference victimizatn rat between the two populatns. The rate of vlent victimizatn among lbian and gay Canadians creased by 67% between 2009 and 2014 (434E cints per 1, 000 populatn 2009 to 142E cints 2014) (Table 3).

Among those who reported livg cens metropolan areas, bisexual and lbian and gay dividuals were over three tim and two tim more likely, rpectively, to report experiencg vlent victimizatn than their heterosexual unterparts (241E and 157E vers 71 cints per 1, 000 populatn). In 2014, bisexual dividuals were signifintly more likely than their heterosexual and lbian or gay unterparts to report experiencg hidn homelsnsNote at some pot durg their lifetime (18%E vers 8% and 12%), and they were three tim more likely than their heterosexual unterparts to experience livg a shelter, on the street or an abandoned buildg (6%E vers 2%).

Of those who reported experiencg discrimatn the five years precedg the survey, lbian and gay dividuals were signifintly more likely (79%) than their bisexual (35%E) and heterosexual (2%) unterparts to perceive the discrimatn as beg based on their sexual Other mon reasons clud discrimatn on the basis of physil appearance and sex (Table 4).