The followg untry profil are rived part om sectns of theHuman Rights Watch 2021 World Report that relate to the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr and (LGBT) people.
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HAI'S FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS
LGBT Rights Hai: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * lgbt haiti *
The draft crimal would also partially crimalize abortn, which is currently prohibed all circumstanc, cludg s of sexual the survivors of the November 2018 La Sale massacre are 11 women and girls who were gang-raped and received no medil support or Orientatn and Genr IntyLbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people ntue to suffer high levels of discrimatn. The bill lists homosexualy, alongsi child pornography, ct, and mercial sexual exploatn of children, as a reason to ny a cizen a other bill lls for a ban on same-sex marriage, as well as any public support or advocy for LGBT rights. The other tablish homosexualy as a one of the possible reasons for nial of a Certifit Bonne Vie et Mœurs (a certifite of good standg required as proof that a person has not mted a felony).
“Remember what happened the Uned Stat, a powerful untry based on Christiany, they killed gay people, fought agast , but the LGBTQ muny grew and grew until [Barack] Obama gave them the ee pass. The penal chang, which would go to effect 2022, have led to ntual outcri om nservative groups Haian society who argue that homosexualy and LGBTQI+ rights are part of a foreign fluence agenda.
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The Prottant Feratn of Hai and Shekah, reprentg two branch of the Prottant church the Haian diaspora, rpond to the news by lnchg a petn entled “Reverse the legalizatn of child prostutn, ct, btialy and homosexualy Hai” which garnered over 130, 000 signatur. Other Twter ers went on to share the ia that homosexualy Hai is fluenced om outsi the untry: “They sist on claimg not to be able to see that the Canadian Embassy is stroyg all we have left of fay valu this untry through social lonizatn. The Hai Massi-Madi Ftival (“Masisi” and “Madiv” are lloquial terms Haian Creole referrg to homosexual muny members) was due to be held for the first time 2016 but was banned followg threats and cricism om the Haian Catholic Church, social media, and some members of the Haian Government.
Same-sex relatns are punishable unr article 338 of the penal by up to two years Algerian urt on September 3, 2020 sentenced two men to prison terms and 42 others to spend terms after mass arrts at what the police alleged was a “gay weddg. Human Rights Watch has documented anti-LGBT vlence and threats faced by gay men and trans women Antigua and Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has unrgone LGBTI sensizatn trag to better protect the rights of LGBTI people, facilated by Caribbean 2016, followg s UN Universal Perdic Review, the mister of social transformatn announced that she was willg to troduce to Cabet a remendatn to repeal the buggery laws, but as of 2021, they rema place Antigua and November 2019, the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversy and Equaly announced planned to lnch a legal challenge agast the crimalizatn of private, nsensual same-sex sexual activy.
In January 2019, Artak (Adam) Arakelyan, 19, a queer activist, was subjected to abe and discrimatn at a ary draft board, where officers varly ed homophobic slurs to scribe him, mocked him, and threatened to out him to his father.