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INEQUALI LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) HEALTH AND HEALTH RE ACCS AND UTILIZATN WISNS
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 inequalities *
Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. Siarly, to addrs the specific vulnerabili of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBTQ) people to the impact of the COVID-19 panmic, a more nuanced perspective is need. And Kenya, the gay and transgenr youths who found themselv homels after beg chased om their hom by angry groups actg on mors of a gay marriage, were targeted for abe bee they were poor.
* lgbt inequalities *
The homels youth arrted at a shelter Uganda for gay youth rejected by their fai, unr the pretense of enforcg printial directiv to slow the spread of COVID-19, were victims of poverty and discrimatn.
In South Korea, spegoatg on the heels of media reports about an fected person who went to gay clubs amplified fears of faial rejectn as well as the threat of employment discrimatn and other enomic repercsns the public sphere.
They lack muny support works due to homophobia, and have no accs to the ernment-issued emergency suppli available to needy South Ains durg the lockdown. David M., * a gay man, works at a Fortune 500 pany wh a formal, wrten nondiscrimatn policy. “I uldn’t be fired for beg gay, ” he said.