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.
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THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
* why is lgbt rights important *
In many s, a lack of aquate legal protectns bed wh hostile public attus leads to wispread discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex people – cludg workers beg fired om jobs, stunts bullied and expelled om schools, and patients nied sential healthre[2].
This means that is unlawful to make any distctn of people’s rights based on the fact that they are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT), jt as is unlawful to do so based on sk lour, race, sex, relign or any other stat. The report remends that all Stat vtigate ser acts of vlence, repeal laws crimalizg homosexualy and enact legislatn to prevent discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn and genr inty.
GAY RIGHTS
Read CNN’s Fast Facts on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer or qutng ton the Uned Stat, and learn more about their stggle for equal rights. * why is lgbt rights important *
Remendatn v the member stat to guarantee that the prcipl and measur set out s appendix are applied natnal legislatn, polici and practic relative to the protectn of the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr persons and the promotn of tolerance towards them. It enurag the Member Stat to take all posive measur to bat homophobic attus, particularly schools, the medil profsn, the armed forc, the police, the judiciary and the Bar, as well as sports[10]. The non-bdg rolutns and remendatns has adopted so far regardg LBGT rights aimed at elimatg discrimatn on the ground of sexual orientatn (Remendatn 924/1981); ensurg that persecutn on grounds of homosexualy would be regnized as a ground for asylum (Remendatn 1470/2000); fightg homophobic attus sports (Remendatn 1635/2003); ensurg that sexual orientatn is nsired a profound part of the inty of each and every human beg (Rolutn 1728/2010).
Except legal documents Council of Europe has published a publitn Combatg discrimatn on grounds of sexual orientatn and genr inty about standards and mechanisms which seeks to promote and ensure rpect for the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr persons[11].
If you are a part of the LGBT muny, you have to te yourself about LGBT rights! I have recently talked to a few of my iends that are big our lol gay muny and once we started talkg about LGBT rights different parts of the world – their mds pletely went blank.… * why is lgbt rights important *
The term LGBTI refers to a broad tegory of people, cludg those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or tersex, although we regnize that there are many terms around the world that are ed by people to fe their sexual orientatn or genr inty. She is also the Pacific Islands Reprentative on the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn Executive Board and Chairperson of the South Pacific MSM (Men Who Have Sex wh Men) Network Group. In 1992 Colorado enacted Amendment 2, which repealed existg state laws and barred future laws protectg lbians, gay men and bisexuals om discrimatn.
Durg a typil “raid, ” police tried to arrt people for their mere prence at a gay bar, but the patrons of the Stonewall Inn fought back – and the gay rights movement was lnched. In 1986, after more than two s of support for lbian and gay stggl, the Amerin Civil Liberti Unn tablished a natnal Lbian and Gay Rights Project. This Amendment protects the right to anize and urge ernment to end discrimatn, to regnize lbian and gay relatnships, and to adopt laws prohibg discrimatn the private sector.