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THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, 2-SPIR AND TERSEX PERSONS
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 rights are human rights *
Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu.
Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic attus rema eply embedd many cultur around the world. In a human rights ntext, lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people face both mon and distct challeng.
Intersex people (those born wh atypil sex characteristics) suffer some of the same kds of human rights vlatns as lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr, people.
The ACLU works to ensure that lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people n live openly whout discrimatn and enjoy equal rights, personal tonomy, and eedom of exprsn and associatn. * lgbt rights are human rights *
Protect dividuals om homophobic and transphobic vlence. Penalizg homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crim.
LGBTI stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex. But for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ+) people worldwi, beg open and out means alg wh discrimatn, harassment, or worse. Still have laws that effectively crimalize homosexualy.
A new law means gay people face the ath penalty, or 20 years prison for standg up for LGBTQ+ rights. (New York) – 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 crimalizatn of gay sex giv tac state sanctn to the discrimatn and vlence that LGBT people experience their daily liv and pels many to look abroad to live eely and fulfill their dreams,” said Cristian González Cabrera, LGBT rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch.
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Sat Vcent and the Grenad is one of six untri the Wtern Hemisphere that still crimaliz gay sex. The laws sgle out nsensual gay sex the “sexual offenc” sectn of the crimal that is otherwise rerved for crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt. While there have been no recent reported nvictns on the basis of the crimal provisns for nsensual gay sex, the laws stigmatize LGBT people and create an obstacle to full equaly.
The other untri the regn that still crimalize gay sex are Domi, Grenada, Guyana, Jamai, and Sat Lucia. As a 25-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent told Human Rights Watch, “People feel they n harass bee of the laws. If people are havg an argument, that’s [their] jtifitn for homophobia.
Some said that fay rejectn was often uched moralistic terms, echog the homophobic rhetoric preached some church, which are a rnerstone of social life and shape social attus Sat Vcent and the Grenad. Every LGBT person terviewed said they wished to leave the untry and envisned their future abroad due, part, to the homophobic or transphobic vlence and discrimatn the untry.