A report om Human Rights Watch lls on the ernment of St. Vcent to overturn lonial-era anti-gay laws that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island.
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
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Domtic Vlence Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ) Communi. [18] Further, medil personnel may not thk to qutn a gay or bisexual male about the possibily of domtic vlence when he prents wh physil juri at a hospal.
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. * domestic violence lgbt community *
Fear of homophobia and/or transphobia may also lead dividuals to avoid seekg help or may e an dividual to hi his/her LGBTQ inty when munitg wh service provirs.
This is pecially te of trans dividuals and gay and bisexual men, who are equently unable to accs domtic vlence shelters that exclively serve women. Even where a jurisdictn has enacted a genr-ntral statute, the fact that homosexualy is crimalized many jurisdictns, cludg over 80 natns, means that an LGBTQ victim of domtic vlence who attempts to prs charg agast his/her aber may risk prosecutn unr anti-homosexualy laws. Texas which held anti-sodomy laws to be unnstutnal, homosexualy was crimalized several Uned Stat jurisdictns.
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