Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life, Human Rights Watch said a report released today. The legislature should repeal the untry’s lonial-era laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex nduct and pass prehensive civil legislatn prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. The 58-page report, “‘They Can Harass Us Bee of the Laws’: Vlence and Discrimatn agast LGBT People Sat Vcent and the Grenad,” expos the physil and verbal asslts, fay vlence, homelsns, workplace harassment, bullyg, and sexual vlence that sexual and genr mori face unr the shadow of discrimatory laws. Those rponsible for mistreatment clu people close to LGBT people – fay members, neighbors, workers, classmat, and teachers – as well as strangers and police officers.
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- BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- BNEI TO PUNISH GAY SEX AND ADULTERY WH ATH BY STONG
- ‘IT’S DANGERO TO GO OUT NOW’: YOUNG, GAY AND SRED BNEI
BNEI’S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW GO TO EFFECT THIS WEEK. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD IS REACTG
The move by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah's ernment means gay men uld face "medieval" stong. * brunei anti lgbt law *
Bin shared a CNN article on the new law on his official Twter acunt, wrg, “Stong people to ath for homosexualy or adultery is appallg and immoral. In a statement on Twter, Kurz said: “I ll on the Sultanate of Bnei to whdraw the ath penalty by stong (of) homosexual acts between nsentg adults.
“(Atralia’s) Labor (Party) is eply ncerned by the Bnei ernment’s plans to implement new laws that would see adultery and homosexual acts between nsentg adults punishable by ath, ” she tweeted.
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
Unr new crimal laws those found guilty of gay sex or adultery n be stoned to ath * brunei anti lgbt law *
“Our hearts go out to the good, hardworkg employe of properti owned by the Sultan of Bnei, many of whom we know to be gay, ” he wrote.
BNEI TO PUNISH GAY SEX AND ADULTERY WH ATH BY STONG
Bnei’s new law punishg homosexual sex wh ath by stong has sent a wave of fear across the LGBT populatn neighborg Malaysia and Indonia. Malaysian LGBT rights mpaigner Thilaga Sulathireh said the immediate reactn among the gay muny was ncern the crackdown uld spread. Malaysia already enforc a mixed secular and relig legal system, wh some regns mandatg Sharia laws punishg what the penal lls “unnatural” acts such as homosexual sex wh ng and f, while Indonia’s nservative northwtern provce of Aceh has a history of enactg Sharia law.
‘IT’S DANGERO TO GO OUT NOW’: YOUNG, GAY AND SRED BNEI
Activists said the rise of nservative Islamic groups had been marked by growg homophobia both untri, and an crease official actn agast LGBT people. Bnei’s new Islamic crimal laws punishg gay sex and adultery by stong offenrs to ath have triggered an outcry om untri, rights groups and celebri far beyond the ty south-east Asian natn’s penalti were provid for unr new sectns of Bnei’s sharia penal and took effect on Wednday.
“Let’s be clear, every sgle time we stay at or take meetgs at or de at any of the ne hotels we are puttg money directly to the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to ath their own cizens for beg gay or acced of adultery, ” Clooney wrote a gut lumn on Deadle Hollywood last week.