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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GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE FACE HIGH RAT OF WORKPLACE DISCRIMATN AND HARASSMENT
Is your pany a welg place for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ+1f sexual orientatn as “an herent or immutable endurg emotnal, romantic, or sexual attractn to other people”; the group f genr inty as “one’s nermost ncept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neher—how dividuals perceive themselv and what they ll themselv, ” notg that “one’s genr inty n be the same or different om their sex assigned at birth. ” A gay man at a Japane multatnal related: “It’s my b—I’ve been out about my fay sce I joed this pany. One Canadian terviewee relled, “My lleague overheard a nversatn when I was makg plans for the weekend and figured out I’m gay.
A gay man who is havg a child through a surrogate reunted: “I went through a paful procs wh my partnership, explag that isn’t appropriate to have a fay policy that giv me no fay leave as a matter of right. One Brish terviewee relled stanc where a client asked that an LGBTQ+ lleague be removed om the team “bee they were not happy a gay person was on their project. At the all-pany meetg that summer, one of the senr partners went on stage—there was a tradn where this partner would do stand-up edy—and ma a number of really homophobic ments.
One French executive told : “I had absolutely no role mol, bee none of the gay guys wanted to be out the workplace. One terviewee relled, “I got troduced to somebody at a party, and he said, ‘Oh, you’re that gay lawyer om Atlanta. ” Another terviewee exprsed ncern that his firm was puttg him on display to burnish s progrsive crentials: “For many years, I was the only openly gay partner que a big firm.